1918] SCHNEIDER—AMERICAN WILLOWS 133 
(fr.; G.), much resembles S. cordifolia, but I found stomata in the upper side 
of the leaves. We do not know enough of the willows of this range to be able to 
determine this form properly. 
S. ANGLORUM var. araioclada,> nov. var.—Frutex ut sub var. 
kophophylla descriptus sed sequentibus signis distinctus: folia 
adulta satis tenuiter papyracea, minora inferiora obovalia, obovato- 
oblonga vel ut majora superiora ovalia, elliptica, ovato-elliptica, 
obovato-elliptica vel rarius obovato-lanceolata, apice vulgo magis 
obtusa vel rotunda quam acuta, raro retusa vel subito plicato- 
acutata, basi rotundata ad late cuneata, rarius sensim attenuata, 
- Margine integerrima, minimis exceptis 1.5:1 vel 3:2 ad 4:2.7 vel 
5:2.9 cm. vel angustiora acutiora ad 4:1.8 cm. magna, superiora 
vulgo abinitio glaberrima; petioli interdum ad 10 mm. longi; stipulae 
rarissime evolutae, minimae, lineari-lanceolatae, caducae; amenta 
fructifera ramulos foliatos ad 4 cm. longos terminantia; mascula 
I.5-2.5:1cm. magna, minus quam in typo sericea; bracteae longe 
sed satis laxe sericeae; glandulae 2-1; feminea sub anthesi ad 
3-5:1cm. magna, fructifera vulgo 3.5-5.5 cm. longa et 1.8 cm. 
crassa, basim versus vulgo distincte laxiflora; bracteae interdum 
quam in masculis oblongiores sed saepissime densius sericeae, extus 
ad apicem interdum partim glabrescentes; ovaria ovoideo-oblonga, 
griseo-villoso-tomentosa, sessilia vel subsessilia; styli distincti, inte- 
gri vel apice breviter bifidi, quam stigmata oblonga bifida vix duplo 
(rarius in floribus valde juvenilibus fere 2}plo) longiores; glandula 
ut in typo longa, pl. m. anguste conica, bractea duplo brevior; 
fructus ovato-conici, maturi ad 7-8 mm. longi pedicello subnullo 
_ Vel brevi glandula 4 ad 2plo breviore excluso, laxius quam ovaria 
villoso-tomentosi, fulvi. 
TYPE LocALIry.—Gaspé Peninsula, north slope of Mt. Albert. 
.—Gaspé Peninsula and the Selkirks and Rocky Mountains in 
ge Columbia, Asulkan Valley, and in Alberta, near Laggan and Jasper 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED,—CANADA: Quebec, Gaspé County, Mt. Albert, 
deep ravine near snow, alt. 810 m., August 2, 1881, J. A. Allen (m.; G.; 
amentis parvis ovatis, glandula dorsali nulla, forma porro observanda); alt. 
750-1050 m., July 26, August 2, 1881, J. A. Allen (m., f.; G. ex herb. Bebb; 
> Derived from dpatés, slender, and «\ddos, branch. 
