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Elaeagnaceae 



Leaves oblong-ovate or. ovate-lanceolate, 

 densely silvery-scurfy on both sides, acute 

 or obtuse short petioled, 1-4 inches long, 

 Flowers usually numerous in the axils of 

 the leaves, fragrant, silvery, | an inch or 

 more long; perianth silvery without, yellowish 

 within, the lobes ovate and short. 



On the eastern slope of the Rockies, on 

 the banks of the rivers and streams, very 

 abundant at Banff on the Bow and Spray 

 rivers; flowering in June. 



A shrub 4-8 feet high, with 

 Lepargyraea 

 canadensis brown-scurfy young shoots. 



(L.) Greene. Leaves with short petioles, ovate 

 Canadian or oval, obtuse at the apex, 

 Buffalo- rounded or some of them nar- 

 rowed at the base, i-ij inches 

 long, green and sparingly scurfy, stellate 

 above, densely silvery, stellate, scurfy be- 

 neath, some of the scurf usually brown. 

 Flowers small, yellowish, in short spikes 

 at the nodes of the twigs, expanding 

 with or before the leaves; fruit showy, 



