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acuminate, glandular-serrulate, rounded or cordate at base, glabrous 
above, glaucous beneath 2-4 inches long, on stout petioles:. stipules reni- 
form, conspicuous: aments appearing with the leaves, on leafy peduncles; 
staminate aments narrower, densely-flowered, 2-3 inches long, the black 
hairy scales persistent: pistillate looser, the linear scales pale and pink- 
tipped: capsule pubescent, long-beaked: on slender, pedicels as long or 
‘onger than the scales: stigma sessile. Common along streams, Oregon to 
Brit. Columbia, and Hudson Bay. 
: S$. lasiolepis Benth. Pl. Hartw. 335. ? <A large shrub or small tree 
15-40 feet high, with yellowish bark and erect branches: leaves oblong to 
oblanceolate, obliquely acute or acuminate, serrulate, shining green above, 
densely glaucous and somewhat pubescent beneath, petioled: stipules 
rarely present, triangular: aments appearing with or before the leaves; the 
staminate cylindrical, 1-3 inches long, short-peduncled; scales black, 
hairy: stamens 2, the glabrous filaments united at the base for half their 
length: pistillate aments small, 6-18 lines long, on short leafy peduncles: 
style about as long as the stigmas. Common along streams, Washington 
to California. 
S. cordata Muhl. Neue. Schrift, iv, 246. A shrub 5-12 feet high, the 
twigs puberulent or glabrous: young leaves pubescent; mature leaves ob- 
long-lanceolate, green on both sides or paler beneath, acuminate narrowed, 
obtuse or subcordate at base, sharply serrulate with glandular teeth, short- 
petioled: stipules oblique, serrulate, usually large and persistent: aments 
bracted at the base appearing before the leaves: staminate about 1 inch long, 
the pistillate 1-214 inches tong in fruit: scales silky, persistent, stamens 
2, filaments glabrous: style short: capsule narrowly ovoid, acute, glabrous, 
2-3 lines long, short-pedicelled. In wet soil Brit. Columbia to California 
and Virginia to New Brunswick. 
Var. angustata Anders. Monogr. Sal. 159. Leaves linear-lanceo- 
late. Range of the type. 
Var. Mackenziana Hook. Fi. ii, 149. A small tree with lanceolate 
or oblanceolate leaves. California to Oregon and Manitoba. 
S. myrtilloides L. Sp. 1019. An erect glabrous shrub 1-12 feet highy 
with light brown terete twigs: leaves oblong, elliptic or somewhat obovate, 
obtuse or acute, entire, mostly narrowed at base 1-3 inches long, short- 
petioled, bright green above, pale or glaucous beneath, the margins slight- 
ly revolute: aments appearing with the leaves, leafy-bracted at base, 
rather dense, an inch or less long, or the pistillate longer in fruit: scales 
persistent, obtuse, slightly villous: stamens 2; filaments glabrous: style 
horter than or equalling the stigmas: capsule oblong-conic, obtuse, glab- 
Sous, 2-3 lines long, much longer than the filiform pedicels which slightly 
Texceed the scales. In bogs, Brit. Columbia to Oregon and New Jersey. 
S. Barelayi Anders. Ofv. Handl. Vet. Akad. 1858, 125.? A shrub 
8-6 feet high with dark brown glabrous twigs, the young shoots pubescent: 
leaves obovate to oval or somewhat lanceolate, often short-acuminate, 
serrulate, bright green and glabrous above when mature, paler beneath, 
1-2 inches long, short-petioled: stipules ovate, mostly acute, deciduous: 
aments appearing with the leaves, borne at the ends of short branchlets, 
densely flowered, spreading or erect: the staminate about an inch long, 
the pistillate 2-3 inches long in fruit: scales persistent, slightly villous: 
stamens 2: filaments distinct: capsule narrowly conic, glabrous, acute, 3 
lines long: style longer than the stigmas. On wet banks in the highest 
mountains, Oregon to the Arctic regions. ' 
S. Sitchensis Sanson Bong. Veg. Sitch. 162. A straggling ascendin 
shrub 6-40 feet long, with light brown bark; branches slender, brownish, 
