BRIEFER ARTICLES. 
NOTES ON NORTH AMERICAN WILLOWS. L. 
(WITH PLATES XII AND XIII) 
Salix Gooddingi, n. sp—A shrub or small tree 2-3™ high: twigs straight, 
slender, yellowish, only slightly shining, glabrous or finely puberulent just 
above the axils of the short fertile branches (very young shoots probably 
pubescent): leaves on fertile twigs lanceolate or narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, 
sharply acute or sometimes abruptly short-acuminate at the apex, acute 
at the base, 2.5-4.5°™ long, 6-10™™ wide (probably considerably larger 
on sterile shoots), entire or sparsely to closely glandular-serrate, frequently 
somewhat falcate; usually glabrous, or puberulent to finely silky-pubes- 
cent when young, especially near the base, becoming entirely glabrous with 
age, dull green on both sides, scarcely paler beneath; midrib distinct, 
yellowish, nerves not prominent; petioles pubescent, 1-3™™ long; stipules 
none: aments appearing with the leaves, solitary, terminating short lateral 
leafy pubescent branches which are 1-2.5°™ long, and bear 3-6 leaves; 
pistillate abundantly produced, slender, rather lax in fruit, 3-5™ long, 
the rachis densely gray-pubescent: capsules short ovate-conic, 3-4" 
long, densely gray-tomentose, long pedicelled; pedicels densely gry- 
tomentose, 1.5-3™™ long; scales yellow, linear-oblanceolate, obtuse, ase 
wide, 2.5-3™™ long, white-tomentose on both sides; style none; stigmas 
divided, short, thick, reddish-brown.—Plate XII, figs. 1, 2. 
S. Gooddingi belongs to the section LonGrroxteAe and is probably most nearly 
related to S. Bolanderiana Rowlee, from the Yosemite Valley, California. a 
easily separated from all other species by the long pedicels, nearly — 5 
capsule in length. The foliage bears a superficial resemblance to that of »- 
nigra Marsh. : 
The type was collected by Lestrz N. Goopp1ne, of the University of noe 
ing, no. 689, Flora of Nevada; ditch banks, Muddy Creek, May 2, — Lincoln 
Creek is a tributary of the Virgin River, which flows into the Ce ‘ 
County, in extreme southeastern Nevada. The specimen cure has beet 
shoots bearing numerous nearly mature aments. No other oe 
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