Smilacinece.] 



KAMTSCHATKA. 



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1. Salix rhamnifolia ; ramis glaberrimis, foliis obovatis subintegerrimis rigidis in petiolum 

 perbrevem gracillimiun attenuatis glabris supra nitidis quasi vernicosis subtus glaucis, 

 amentis laxis, squamis brevibus vix pedicello ldngioribus lanatis, germinibus lanceolato- 

 subulatis glabris obtusis, stylo brevi tenui, stigmatibus brevibus patentibus bipartitis. (Tab. 

 XXVI.)— Pall. Fl. Boss. P. II. p. 84 ? Gmel. Fl. Sib. v. 1. p. 159. t. 35. / 1. A. ? 



The figure of Gmelin, above quoted, sufficiently accords in foliage with our plant ; but his description 

 scarcely suffices to enable us to say that the two are identical, and no other author appears acquainted with 

 it: the stems and branches are erect, glabrous, dark brown. The leaves are about an inch long, truly obovate 

 and remarkably attenuated at the base into a short petiole, scarcely at all toothed at the marg in, mostly quite 

 entire, and very glossy above, reticulated with prominent veins, opaque and glaucous beneath. Catkins 

 longer than the leaves, peduncled, with lax, patent germens, whose scales are woolly, not longer than the 

 pedicels. Style short, and, as it were, set upon the obtuse germen, which does not gradually taper into it. 

 In many respects, the Salix pumila, Sfc. of Gmel. Fl. Sib. p. ICO. t. 35. f. 2, agrees with this, especially in 

 what he says of the catkins, and the glossiness and reticulation of the leaves. 

 Tab. XXVI. Fig. 1, A scale; fig. 2, Germen: — magnified. 



2. Salix Forsteriana ? Sm. — Engl. Bot. t. 2344. 



The scales and germens are more silky than in our British S. Forsteriana, otherwise the two plants seem 

 to correspond. 



3. Salix cinerea. Linn. — Engl. Bot. t. 1897. 



1. Populus balsamifera. Linn. — Pall. Fl. Boss. P. I. p. 67. t. 41. 



1. Alnus incana. Willd. — Betula incana. Linn. — Pall. Fl. Boss. P. I. p. 64. Gmel. Fl. 

 Sib. v. I. p. 171. 



In our specimens, the foliage is quite glabrous : but they are assuredly the true plant of Pallas. 



Ord. XXIII. CONIFERS. Juss. 

 1. Pinus Cembra. Linn.— Pall. Fl. Boss. P. I. p. 3. Gmel. Fl. Sib. v. 1. p. 179. t. 39. 

 Ord. XXIV. ORCHIDEiE. Juss. 



1. Orcbis latifolia. Linn? var. Beeringiana. Cham, in Linncea, v. 3. p. 26. 



This is probably, as Chamisso suspects, (who also found it in Kamtschatka,) a species distinct from the 

 O. latifolia of Linnaeus. The petals are remarkably acuminated, and the habit is considerably different. 



Ord. XXV. IRIDEiE. Juss. 

 1. Iris Sibirica. Linn. — Bot. Mag. t. 50, et t. 1604. (7.) 



Ord. XXVI. SMILACINEiE. Br. 



1. Trillium obovatum ; pedunculo erecto, petalis obovatis obtusiusculis planis patentibus 

 calyce vix longioribus et latioribus, foliis ovato-rbombeis acuminatis arete sessilibus. Pursh, 

 Fl. Am. v. 1. p. 245. Beichenb. Hort. Bot. p. 21. t. 29. 



1. Smilacina bifolia. Schultes. — Convallaria bifolia. Linn. — Maiantbemum bifoliinn. DC. 

 Spr. — Gmel. Fl. Sib. v. 1. p. 36. 



8. Canadensis appears in no respect distinct. 



