320 CXXVI. SALICINEH (Skan). [Salia. 
olabrous to densely villous. Bracts as in the male, soon deciduous. 
Disc-gland cup-shaped, nearly or quite surrounding the pedicel, about 
lin. long. Pedicel 3-1} lin. long. Ovary narrowly ovoid, 1-1} lin. 
long, glabrous; style very short or 0. Capsule ovoid, 13-23 lin. 
long.—Fries in Ofvers. Vet. Akad. Férhandl. Stockh. xxiii. (1856) 
121; Anderss. in Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockh. vi. (1867) no. 1, 18. t. 1, 
fig. 11, and in DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 197; Gibbs in Journ. Linn. Soe. 
xxxvii. 471. 
Mozamb. Distr. Rhodesia: Matopo Hills, on the banks of the Malami 
River, Gibbs, 21! Victoria, Monro, 2053 ! 
Also in South Africa. 
3. S. Hutchinsii, Skan. Young branches at first very sparingly 
pubescent, soon glabrescent, purplish-brown. Leaves petiolate, 
narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate, acute or acuminate at the apex, 
attenuate at the base, entire or sometimes minutely serrulate, 1-23 in. 
long, 3-5 lin. broad, thin, glabrous, green above, markedly glaucous 
beneath ; petiole 1-24 lin. long, glabrous or very sparingly pubescent ; 
stipules minute. Male catkins wanting. Female catkins }-1} in. 
long, lax, terminating short leafy peduncles; rhachis grey-villous. 
Bracts broadly ovate, obtuse or subacute, 1 lin. long, nearly 1 lin. 
broad at the base, membranous, densely villous especially on the 
margin, glabrescent at the apex outside, quickly deciduous. Dise- 
glands 1 and posterior, half-surrounding the pedicel, or 2 and lateral, 
large and fleshy, quite or nearly quite as long asthe pedicel. Pedicel 
about 4 lin. long, thick, glabrous. Ovary narrowly ovoid, 13-1} lin. 
long, glabrous, tapering to a distinct style about 4 lin. long ; stigma 
of 2 short thick rounded spreading lobes. Capsule (immature) 
narrowly ovoid-ellipsoid, 24-24 lin. long, 14-12 lin. broad. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: banks of the River Nyiro, Hutchins! at 
6000-6500 fr., Battiscombe, 29 ! wae 
4. S. Chevalieri, Seemen in Fedde, Repert. Nov. Sp. v. 133. Branch- 
lets slender, dirty brown, the younger pale grey, almost villous. 
Leaves shortly petiolate, lanceolate, sharply acuminate, acute oF 
obtuse at the base, minutely serrulate, up to 21 in. long, and 3 in. 
broad, dark green somewhat shining and silky-hairy when young 
above, grey-green and shortly and densely hairy beneath, later 
glabrescent on both sides, rather rigid; veins closely reticulated, 
prominent on both sides ; petiole up to 24 lin. long. Catkins appear- 
ing with the leaves, terminating short peduncles bearing severa 
oblong or lanceolate leaves 5-12 lin. long. Male catkins cylindric, 
8-11 lin. long, 3-4 lin. thick, densely flowered ; rhachis densely 
villous. Bracts elliptic, scarcely 1 lin. long, obtuse, densely whitish- 
villous. Disc-glands flattened, entire or lobed, about } lin. long. 
Stamens 8-10; filaments villous at the base. Female catkins 
