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subglobosis flavis instructi; glandulae 2, ventralis latior, 2-3-partita v. | 
3-lobata, dorsalis simplex, minor, tenuior, omnes interdum quasi 
pseudodiscum 4-partitum formantes; bracteae obovatae, interdum | 
truncatae, filamentis subduplo breviores, apice fuscescentes, utrinque | 
breviter villosae v. ad apicem extus subglabrae; amenta 9 pedunculis | 
ad 1.5 em. longis exclusis 0.8-2 cm. longa et circiter 0.6 cm. crassa; 
ovaria sessilia, ovata, sericeo-tomentella, stylo brevi sed distincto — 
usque basim bipartito ramis divergentibus coronata; stigmata brevia, | 
biloba; bracteae ovariis longiores v. subaequilongae glandulaeque duae 
lis florum g simillimae. | 
Western Szech'uan: west of Kuan Hsien, Pan-lan-shan, alt. 
3700-4000 m., June 24, 1908 (No. 2137; shrub 1.2-2.4 m., 9; No. 
21375; à); same locality, summit of Niu-tou-shan, alt. 3100 m., June | 
20, 1908 (No. 2134, type; shrub 0.6-1.2 m.; 9; No. 2134*; d). | 
In its foliage this species very much resembles forms of sect. Longiflorae, but it 1 
is well distinguished by the peculiar glands and by the hairy ovaries with the two - 
separated arms of the style. S. atopantha may represent the type of a new section. 
The specific name is derived from ároros, strange, and dv£os, flower. 
Salix magnifica Hemsley in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1906, 163. — - 
Léveillé in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, LVI. 299 (1909). — Bean, Trees & - 
Shrubs Brit. Isl. II. 484 (1914). 
Western Szech'uan: Mupin, mountains, alt. 3000 m., July 1903 - 
(Veitch Exped. No. 4526, in part, type number; shrub 7.5 m., only - 
two seen; fruits); same locality, June 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4526, - 
in part, type number; 7); west and near Wén-ch’uan Hsien, thickets, | 
alt. 2600-3000 m., ES 1908 (No. 14015; bush 0.9-6 m.); Chiu-ting- - 
shan, thickets, alt. 2000-2500 m., May 23, 1908 (No. 1401; bush 1.8-3 - 
m.); west of Kuan-Hsien, Miudou shut. alt. 2600-3000 m., thickets, - 
June 20, 1908 (No. 14015; bush 1.5-6 m.); Mupin, thickets, 2600-3000 | 
m., June 1908 (No. 1401°); same locality, October 1910 (No. 4363) 
sterile; bush 1.5-6 m.). | 
An extremely well-marked species. See also the following species and the de 
scription of sect. Magnificae, p. 113. | 
Salix ulotricha Schneider, n. sp. | 
Frutex S. magnificae Hemsley signis omnibus valde similis, ab ea 
praecipue differt: ovariis crassioribus, subsessilibus ovato-rotundis, | 
crispato-tomentellis, subito in stylum crassum contractis, stigmatibus 
paulo longioribus, distinctius revolutis, bracteis latioribus, dimidio 
ovario aequilongis v. subbrevioribus. | 
