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4. Salix reticulata. L in n .— Engl. Bot. t. 1908.
5. Salix refusa. L in n .
6. Salix speciosa; ramis robustis densissime flavo-sericeis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis
vel subacummatis integerrimis supra glabriusculis subtus petiolisque niveo-tomentosis,
stipulis persistentibus lineari-subulatis membranaceis fuscis petiolo longioribus.
Although there is uo fructification ou the specimen of tliis plant, yet it is altogether so remai-kable in
appearance, aud so unHke any other Salix with « hich we ai-e acquainted, or cau find described that we
venfure on giving it a uame and character. The branch is ahout a foot long, strait, aud very stout in proportion
to its length; covered throughout, but especially towards the extremity, with remarkably dense
upright yeUon-silky hairs. Leaves four inches or more long, au inch or an inch aud half broad, moderately
firm, quite entire, acute, oblougo-lanceolate, tapering into a densely woollv footstalli, about half an inch
long, dilated considerably at the base, where it embraces a densely silky leaf-bud: the upper side of the leaf
has offiy a tew scattered lax ivooUy hairs, beneath it is white and cottony. Stipules liueai'-subulate, loiioer
than the petiole, membranaceous, brown, woolly. ”
O e d . X X X I I I . O R C H ID E Æ . Juss.
1. Habenaria obtusata. S ic k , in Frank!. Is i Journ. ed. 2. App. p. 33.— Orchis obtusata
Pursh.
1. Corallorhiza innata. B r.— OphjTs Corallorhiza. L in n .—Engl. Bot. t 1547.
O r d . X X X IV . IR ID E Æ . Juss.
1. Ivis Sibirica. L in n .—supra, p . 117.
O r d . X X X V . A S P H O D E L E Æ . Juss.
1. Anthericum L in n .
1. Album Sibiricum. L in n .
O r d . X X X V I . M E L A N T H A C EÆ . B r .
1. Zigadenus cMoranthus ; scapo subnudo, bracteis lanceolatis, sepalis obovatis obtusis.
R ich , in F ra n h l 1st Journ. ed. 2. A pp. p . 12.
1. Tofieldia cocctnea; spica capitata, floribus fere sessilibus, involucro triphyllo, scapo
1 -2 folio. (T a b . X X IX .) Rich, in F ra n h l 1st Journ. ed. 2. App. p . \ \ . Schult. Syst.
Veget. v. 7. p . 1580.
R a d ix fibrosa, fibns flexuosis pallide fuscis pubescentibus. Folia fere omnia radicalia, equitantia, disticha,
numerosa, unciam vel sesquiunciam longa, lineari-acurainata, plana, striata, glabra. Scapus 3-4 uncias longus’
erectus, flexuosus, siccitate angulatus, plerumque diphyllus; foliis brevibus erectis submembranaceis duplicato-
cannatis : uno basin versus, altero prope medium sito. Flores spicato-capitati, densi, fere omnino sessiles,
involucrati; involucro triphyllo, foliolis ovatis membranaceis acutis. Perianikii sepala oblongo-ovata, concava,
obtusa, erecto-patentia. Stamina sepalis opposita paulo longiora. Antheræ rotundutæ. Pistillum late
ovatum. Sty li tres erecti. Capsula ovatæ, basi in unum connatæ, intus longitudinaliter dehiscentes.
Semina numerosa, cylindracea, curvata, utrinque subacuta ad marginem suturæ inserta.
This was first discovered by Dr. Richardson, and described by him in the Appendix to Captain Franlilin’s
first Expedition, from recent specimens, in Arctic America, and which were lost in crossing the baixen
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