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15. S. discolor Muhl. Pussy Willow. Glaucous Willow. 



Swamps, stream banks, and moist, chiefly gravelly, soil, either acid or neutral ; 

 common. Apr. 15-30. 



Newf. to Man., southw. to Del. (and in the mts. to N. C), 111., and Mo., including 

 the Coastal Plain. 



15a. S. discolor Muhl., var. latifolia Anders. (See Schneider, Journ. Arn<>M 

 Arb. 2:5. 1920. Var. crioccphala (Michx.) Anders.) 



In situations similar to the preceding; rare. Apr. 15-30. 



Boggy hillside n. of lower Coy Glen; Fall Creek (D. in C. U. Herb.) ; Renwick 

 (C. C. Thomas). 



Que. to Conn, and Ohio. 



The characteristic very large fruiting aments of this variety are 10-15 cm. long and 

 2-3 cm. in diam. 



16. S. humilis Marsh. Prairie Willow. 



Dry sterile acid or neutral soils; common. Apr. 15-30. 



Especially abundant on the barren hilltops s. w., s., and s. c. of Ithaca; rare 

 in the McLean region and in the richer soils. 

 Newf. to Minn., southw. to N. C, Tenn., and Kans. ; common on the Coastal Plain. 



17. S. purpurea L. Purple Willow. Basket Willow. 

 Low grounds and shores ; frequent. Apr. 20-May 10. 



Inlet Valley, in Newfield and also s. of the Valley Cemetery ; lighthouse road, 

 Ithaca; Mud Creek, Freeville; Beaver Brook (£>.) ; wet ledges above the falls, 

 Taughannock Gorge; Venice (D.) ; frequent along the shore of Cayuga Lake from 

 Esty Glen to Union Springs ; large plants near Howland Point. 



Escaped from cultivation where it was grown chiefly for basketwork. Native of 

 Eu. 



31. MYRICACEAE (Sweet Gale Family) 

 1. Myrica L. 



a. Leaves pinnatifid; bractlets of the ovary 8, linear, persistent; pistillate catkins 



globular, bur-like in fruit. 1. M. asplenifolia 



a. Leaves serrate or subentire ; bractlets of the ovary 2-4, scale-like, persistent or 

 deciduous ; pistillate catkins ovoid. 

 b. Leaves oblanceolate, averaging 7-15 mm. broad, appearing later than the flowers; 

 twigs slender, blackish; bracts persistent; pistillate catkins becoming cone-like 

 in fruit. 2. M. Gale, var. subglabra 



b. Leaves elliptic-oblong or obovate, averaging 14-25 mm. broad, appearing nearly 

 with the flowers ; twigs stouter, brownish ; bracts deciduous ; fruits separate, 

 ' coated with wax. 3. M. carolinensis 



1. M. asplenifolia L. (M. Comptonia of Cayuga Fl.) Sweet Fern. 

 Sterile sandy, gravelly, or rocky, acid soils ; occasional. Apr. 20-May 5. 



Only on the higher hills in the southern and southwestern parts of the basin : 

 North Spencer; Danby (D. !) ; hills on both sides of the White Church valley (D. !) ; 

 Connecticut Hill (A. L. Grant). 



N. B. to Sask., southw. to N. C, Tenn., Ind., and Mich. ; common on the Coastal 

 Plain. 



2. M. Gale L., var. subglabra (Chev.) Fernald. (See RKodora 16:187. 1914.) 



Sweet Gale. 



Very wet boggy situations ; rare. Apr. 20-May 5. 



Only in the northern and northeastern parts of the basin: Lake Como (Locke 

 Pond, D. !) ; Spring Lake; Savannah (Sartwell, Herb. & Cat.); Crusoe Prairie; 

 Turtle Pond. 



