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erect branches from a decumbent trunk. On the northern 
shore— Point Barrow, etc.—it is a small prostrate shrub, 
spreading over two or three feet, but keeping close to the 
surface of the ground. The leaves vary in outline from lan- 
ceolate to elliptic, entire or obscurely serrulate, the aments 
rom oblong to narrowly cylindrical with or without bracts, 
no one of these characters being constantly associated with 
any peculiar veining of the leaves. 
e long linear-lanceolate stipules constitute a distin- 
guishing feature, and, clinging to the stems as they do for 
two or three years, often render possible the identification 
of staminate aments unaccompanied by leaves. 
Without understanding the shifting about which Seeman’s 
specimens received in Andersson’s hands, the student is 
likely to be mystified by the inconsistencies of the three con- 
secutive descriptions given. For instance, we have, first, in 
the Salices Boreali-Americane ‘ capsule 2-3 lineas longe ;” 
next in the Monographia Salicum ‘‘ capsule lineam long ;”’ 
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ers ae Prof. Oliver; 1, 2, leaves; 3, 1 6 
°; 0, scale <6; 7, emarginate stigmas X06. : 6 lawe: 
Figs. 8-10. Plant coll. McKay, Nushajak, Alaska; §, ee hid rip 
S "ion of a large ament to show the leafy peduncle; 10, in 7 Bay 
pienylicoides And. DC. Prod., abortive, from Seeman’s Awatseh 
(Herb.Gray); 
Figs. 12-15. Coll. Harrington, Nagai Island, Shumagins 
12, leaf showing “ retianralt ening? 13, capsule nornally Ieee s. 
- }, 14, capsule from the same plant, abortive (like the 
Phylicoides x6) ; 15, stipule 3. 
