42 WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 
Salix babylonica Linnaeus, Spec. 1017 (1753). — Brandis, Forest Fl. 
Brit. Ind. 465, t. 59 (1874); Ind. Trees, 637 (1908). — Hooker f., FI. 
Brit. Ind. V. 629 (1888). — Burkill in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 525 
(proparte) (1899).— Wolf in Izv. S.-Peterburg. Liesn. Inst. IV. 28, t. 6, 
fig. 9-13, t. 8, fig. 4 (Mam. Hsyx. Hes Espon. Poce.) (1900); in Act. Hort. 
Petrop. XXIII. 192 (1903). — Collett, Fl. Siml. 479 (1902). — Seemen, 
Salic. Jap. 29, t. 3, fig. az (1903); in Ascherson & Graebner, Sym. - 
Mitteleur. Fl. IV. 82 (1908). — Schneider, Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. I. - 
36, fig. 11 m-n, fig. 15 b (1904). — Henry in Elwes & Henry, Trees Gr. 
Brit. & Irel. VII. 1749 (1913). 
? Saliz chinensis Burman, Fl. Ind. 211 (errore typogr. 311) (1768). 
? Salix cantoniensis Hance in Jour. Bot. V1. 49 (1868). E 
Saliz alba F. P. Smith, Chin. Mat. Med. 232 (non Linnaeus) (1871).—De- - 
beaux in Act. Soc. Linn. Bordeauz, XXX. 109 (Fl. Shangh. 57) (1875).— 
Fauvel in Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, XXII. 354 (1879). — Burkill in 
Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 526 (1899). 
Western Hupeh: Patung Hsien, roadside, alt. 650 m., April 1907 3 
(No. 2122; tree8 m. tall; 7; No. 2122; 9); Ichang, side of streams, ' 
etc., alt. 300-800 m., April 1907 (No. 1435, tree 5-12 m. tall; &; No. - 
1435*; 9); same locality, A. Henry (No. 1328; with fruits; No. 3355; 4 
d^); Nanto, side of streams, March 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 475; tree 3 
4 m. tall; 2); Changlo Hsien, A. Henry (No. 6325; 7). Chekiang: : 
without precise locality, Barchet (& and 9); Ningpo, without pre- 
cise locality, 1908, D. Macgregor (2). Kwangtung: “ ad rivulorum 
margines in delta fl. Cantoniensis, certe spontanea," February 1867, 
Th. Sampson (Herb. Hance No. 13757, type of S. cantoniensis; d) 
Kiangsu: Shanghai, W. W. Perry (fruits). 
JAPAN. Kyushu: “in locis depressis principatus Fizen," Pierot (ex vont 
Seemen; 1 have not seen a wild specimen from Japan). 
Wilson's specimens agree very well with the description and figure by VOD 
Seemen. The female plant of No. 1435 differs a little in the somewhat denser silky 
pubescence, shorter bracts, a more distinct style and in its rather longer stigmas- 
In some of Barchet’s specimens the ovaries are subsessile. 
„Hance, 1. c., says of his S. cantoniensis: “ this is the only willow really found 
wild in southern China.” 1 cannot separate the specimen of Hance’s species 2 
the Gray Herbarium from S. babylonica Linnaeus. Burkill, 1. c., says: “ The 
lowest flowers on the catkins have 5-7 stamens, while the uppermost have 3 or 2 
This Hance failed to observe." With regard to this statement 1 suspect that 
