112 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. [ May, — 
ie _ Of 8. Kootanie pass, B. C., Dawson; Kicking Horse pass and on the Sel- ‘ 
kirks, Macoun ; near Alaska, Dawson ; Kodiak, Kellugg. ae | 
a This combines characteristics of several diverse species, while differ- 3 
ing from each in turn. It has been mistaken for S. Barrattiana, especially 
the form with thick woolly aments, but it differs in the smooth leaves, 
aments peduncled, capsules glabrous: accords in some respects very nearly — 
with the character assigned S. Barclayi—a species of the Alaskan coast- 
but that has a much longer style and long slender reflexed stigmas: : 
aments as in S, cordata, but leaves broader and shorter, drying black, — 
capsules shorter pediceled ; leaves, particularly of the flowering branches, 
like 8. montana of ‘the Kocky mountains, but that has closely sessile 
aments. The wide range over which this species preserves its character 
were, 8. commutata, from which it is distinguished by the darker green — 
leaves, often subglaucous beneath, distinctly crenate serrate, smooth (38 — 
drying black, aments more loosely fl »wered, capsules = 
Tostrate, perfectly smooth even to the pedicel, stigmas often bifid. 4 
Lockford, Lil, 
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Some undescribed Hepatic from California. 
LUCIEN M, UNDERWOOD. 
i X é (WITH PLATES II—VI.) 
“ _ Among botanical collectors on the Pacific coast, Dr. 
der has done more than all others to bring - 
ice, and his name is inseparably 
pecies belonging to several genera. Much 
h collected was sent to Mr. Austin, — 
frous species from California, Some 
Ctions, however, were sent to Dr. C. Gottsche 
Hamburg ; among these are some that have 
Y one of the Species has been collected hg 
