THE ROBIN. 203 
was sent me by the Rey. Jas. Fowler from New Brunswick, ei 
from within our own limits by Dr. Clarke from Flint, Mich. ; two 
widely sundered stations on our northern boundary, ot 
the possible occurrence of intermediate ones. The only additional 
‘Specimens in Prof. Gray’s herbarium are two ¢ fragments named 
by Andersson, enough to confirm the correctness of the above de- 
termination. The typical form has round, sub-cordate, very thin, 
reticulate veined leav es, slender petioles, small caducous stipules, 
foliaceous peduncles, and very long, and slende? pedicels, The 
var. obscura (apparently a more vigorous growth of the same 
plant?) would be likely to escape observation from its general re- 
semblance to some forms of S.cordata. - | ’ 
S. ADENOPRYLLA Hook. This is another and most interesting 
addition to our willows of the Northern States. lts occurrence on 
sandy beaches of the Great Lakes I have already noticed in “The 
ns.” 3 
S. Currerr Tuck. If Dr. Andersson’s var. Labradorica (DC. 
Prodr. xvi, p. 292) is rightly associated with our White Mountain 
plant, then the old name of Uva-Ursi Pursh ought to be restored 
for the Labrador plant, and ours become its var. Cutleri 
1. S. T. Olney observes that S. tristis Ait. owes “folly a 
fortnight later than S. humilis.” This is noteworthy, as S. tristis 
affects warm, sunny knolls, and would therefore be expected to 
flower earlier instead of later than its more robust congener, S. 
| tristis var. microphylla. For all I know this variety rests upon a 
single gathering, distributed by Mr. Oakes many years ago; prob- 
ably a forma monstrosa. I had in my garden last summer 
precisely the same “rigid and contorted” leaves produced on S, 
viminalis by insects infesting the under surface, but have looked 
in vain over acres of S. tristis for specimens to match those of 
Mr: Oakes. 
Tar A American ròbin (Turdus migratorius) is too well known 
every resident of the ‘United States, to require any extended 
c E S r at the ignorance of 
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