46 WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 
Salix apatela Schneider, n. sp. 
Frutex 1.8-3 m. altus; ramuli glabri, purpurascentes; gemmae late — 
ovatae, obtusae, purpureae, subpruinosae, 7-8 mm. longae. Folia . 
obovato-oblonga, basim versus angustata, acuta v. subrotundata, apice — 
obtusa v. breviter acuta, supfa saturate viridia, glabra, costa flava 
impressa, subtus valde pallida, glabra, costa nervisque flavis elevatis et 
subtiliter reticulatis, nervis angulo lato a costa orientibus parallelibus _ 
fere ad marginem currentibus 2 pro 1 cm., margine integra, minora 
circiter 5 cm. longa et 3 cm. lata, maxima ad 12 cm. longa et ad 5 em. — 
lata; petioli glabri, purpurei, 9-15 mm. longi, supra late sulcati. — 
Amenta fructifera ramulis glabris 3-5 em. longis folia 3-5 normalia - 
gerentibus suffulta, glabra, densiflora, 13-16 cm. longa, circiter 1.3 em. — 
crassa; fructus maturi ovato-oblongi, subsessiles, apice stylo bipartito 
stigmatibus bifidis coronato; bracteae ovatae, apice truncatae, flavo- 
brunneae, glabrae; glandula una, lata, rectangularis, pedicello aequi- 
longa. 
Western Szech'uan: Lungan Fu, Tu-ti-liang-shan, woodlands 
alt. 2600-3000 m., August 1910 (No. 4575; shrub 1.8-3 m.; fruits). 
This species looks somewhat like a form of S. magnifica Hemsley with smaller 
obovate-oblong leaves, but judging by the nervation it seems more nearly rela’ 
to S. Fargesii Franchet, from which it differs chiefly in its entire leaves only very 
finely reticulate beneath, and in the glabrous catkins and bracts; c' flowers are 
own. 
The specific name is derived from dzargAós, misleading. 
Salix moupinensis Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, sér. 2, X. 82 
(Pl. David. II. 120) (1887). — Burkill in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 531 
(1899). — Seemen in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 277 (1900). — Léveillé in 
Bull. Soc. Bot. France, LVI. 300 (1909). 
WesternSzech'uan:  Mupin, thickets, alt. 2000-2300 m., Jun 
1908 (No. 1412; shrub 2-3 m.; 9 flowers and fruits); same locality, [ 
2600-3000 m., October 1910 (No. 4370; bush 3-4.5 m.; sterile); same — 
locality, in silvis, March 1869, A. David (type; arbor ad 30 m. alta, - 
ex Franchet); west and near Wén-ch'uan Hsien, woodlands, alt. 2300- 
3000 m., July 1908 (No. 1417; shrub 1.5-6 m.; with fruits); west of 
Kuan Hsien, Niu-tou-shan, alt. 3000 m., June 20, 1908 (No. 14175; 
shrub 5-6 m.; with fruits); Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 2300-2700 m. - 
June 1908 (No. 2126; bush 3-5 m.; with fruits); same locality, alt- | 
3000 m., July 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 4522; shrub 2.5-5 m.; 2); 
same locality, A. Henry (No. 8891; fruits); Tachien-lu, A. E. Pratt 
(No. 335; ex Burkill). 
