Protologue Description: Var. SUBELLIPTICA forma emarginata, f. nov. (TAB. 987). Frutex ad 1.5 m. alta; foliis subrotundo-obovatis 2-5 cm. longis, 1.5-4 cm. latis basin versus rotundadtis apice late emarginatis paginis inferioribus glabratis; amentis masculis 2 cm. longis; strobilis maturis 5-10 mm. longis.- CONNECTICUT: open, rather sphagnous, swamp, Rainbow, Windsor, hartford Co., Sept. 16, 1906 and April 6, 1907, C.H. Bissell & C.A. Weatherby (Weatherby, no. 2031). TYPE in Herb. Gray.