Salix cyclophylla Rydb.

  • Authority

    Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden.

  • Family

    Salicaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Salix cyclophylla Rydb.

  • Description

    Species Description - A depressed shrub with rather slender branches, which are slightly villous when young; petioles 5 mm. or less long; leaf blade almost orbicular, often subcordate at the base and emarginate at the apex, dark green and shining when old, somewhat villous when young, strongly reticulate and pale beneath; catkins short, but dense, 1-1.5 cm. long, 1 cm. in diameter; bracts obovate, obtuse, fuscous, villous-ciliate; capsule acuminate-conic, glabrous; style about .5 mm. long.

  • Discussion

    It is nearest related to S. ovalifolia, from which it differs mainly in the broad leaves. Specimens : Alaska : St. Paul's Island, 1897, /. M. Macoun {16643, Type); 1896 {18881); 1891 {18877); Cape Vancouver (18878) ; Hall's Island (18876). 26. Salix ovalifolia Trautv. Nouv. Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 2 : 306. It is characterized by its oval reticulate leaves, glabrous capsules, and short style. The following specimens have been examined : Alaska: St. Paul Island, 1897, J. M. Macoun (16644) \ 1874, Mrs - Macintyrc; Point Barrow, Prof. Murdock.

  • Distribution

    Alaska, Cape Vancouver, Hall's Island.

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