SALICACEAE. — SALIX 55 
dula una ventrali plus minusve latiore quam longa, bracteis ovalibus 
apice rotundis v. subtruncatis flavo-brunneis glabris filamentis duplo 
brevioribus. Amenta 9 pedunculis circiter 5 mm. longis pilis albis et 
fulvis praeditis foliola minima 2-3 gerentibus instructa, rhachi sparse 
villosa, divaricata, tenuissima, 2-3 em. longa, 3(—4) mm. crassa; ovaria 
brevia, ovata, sessilia, glabra, stigmatibus brevibus subintegris; brac- 
teae late ovatae, obtusae, ovariis subaequilongae, brunneae, glabrae; 
glandula una ventralis ovata v. subrectangularis, ovario triplo brevior. 
— Haud sine dubio addeo ramulos steriles No. 21175/*: ramuli horno- 
tini plus minusve laxe villosuli, annotini glabri v. subglabri, purpureo- 
cinerei, deinde cinerascentes; gemmae ut videtur parvae, ovato-oblon- 
gae, subacutae purpureae, subglabrae, petiolis 3plo breviores. Folia 
minora elliptica v. elliptico-lanceolata, utrinque acuta, 2-4.5 em. 
longa, 1-1.5 em. lata, majora oblanceolata, basim versus angustata, 
acuta, apice acuta v. sensim breviter acuminata, ad 4.5:2 cm. magna 
v. pleraque angustiora 5-8 em. longa et 1.5-1.8 cm. lata, supra viridia, 
tantum costa puberula, nervis paulo prominulis, subtus cinereo-glauca, 
tota facie pilis brevibus sparsis albis et fulvis obtecta et costa sericeo- 
puberula v. in toto glabra; petioli 4-10 mm. longi, superne puberuli. 
Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, side of streams, alt. 2300-2600 m., 
May 16, 1909 (No. 2117, type; bush 1.2-2.4 m., much branched; 9, 
No. 2117%, co-type; d); same locality, in the fall (No. 2117*'5; 
sterile). 
This species seems nearly related to S. hypoleuca Seemen by its small ovaries 
with sessile stigmas, but the male catkins are different, so far as 1 can judge from 
the material before me. If the No. 211755 with mature leaves really belongs to 
the same species, the shape of the leaves is somewhat different from those of S. 
hypoleuca, and the petioles and young twigs are pubescent. See also the following 
species, 
The specific name is derived from fdos, river, and pAé@, I love. 
Salix polyclona Schneider, n. sp. 1, 
Frutex 2.4-3.6 m. altus, valde ramosus; ramuli initio laxe sericel, 
annotini glabri, purpureo-brunnei, vetustiores cinereo-brunnei. Folia 
Guvenilia tantum visa) elliptico-oblonga (v. in 2116>* elliptica) supra 
costa puberula excepta mox glabra, subtus plus minusve, saepe dense, 
albo-sericea (interdum pilis fulvis intermixtis), colore incerta, basi 
obtusa, apice acuta, integra, 1.5-3 cm. longa, 0.6-1 cm. lata (in No. 
2116%is supra initio saepe fulvo-pilosa, mox costa puberula excepta 
glabra, subtus ad costam dense sericeo-villosa, mox glabra, ut videtur 
pallidiora, 2-3.5 cm. longa, 1-1.7 em. lata); petioli 1-2 em. longi, 
