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firma, lanceolato-elliptica v. obovato-elliptica, basim versus angustata, acuta v. 
subobtusa, apice acuta v. subobtusa, supra laete virentia, sublucida, costa vix 
impressa saepe villosula, ceterum glabra (v. subglabra), fere enervia, subtus glauca 
v. albescentia, costa elevata et interdum etiam facie sparse villoso-sericea, ner- 
vis paulo prominulis vix reticulata, margine integra, 0.9-2 cm. longa, 0.3-1 em. 
lata; petioli 3-10 mm. longi, supra saepe sericeo-villosuli. Amenta 9 ramulos 
foliatos 0.5-1 em. longos terminantia, ovato-capitata, pluriflora, circiter 1 cm. 
longa, fructifera ad 1 cm. crassa, rhachi sparse villosa v. fere glabra; ovaria ob- 
longa, glabra, pedicellata, stylo distincto brevi bifido stigmatibus bipartitis 
brevibus coronata; glandula una ventralis, oblongo-rectangularis, satis crassa, 
saepe incisa v. partita, pedicello longior v. subbrevior, interdum glandula minima 
dorsalis adest; bracteae oblongae, obtusae, flavae, nervatae, pleraeque tantum 
breviter ciliatae, ceterum glabrae, 44 ovarii aequantes. Capsulae nondum ma- 
turae circiter 4 mm. longae, apice attenuatae. 
The typical S. Souliei Seemen seems to differ from Wilson's plant only in its 
shorter petioles (2 mm.) and in its somewhat smaller leaves (up to 1.2-0.6 cm.). 
See also S. brachista Schneider and S. Lindleyana Andersson. Burkill (in Jour. 
Linn. Soc. XXVI. 531 [1899]) places Soulie’s No. 543 from Tachien-lu under S. 
oreophila Hooker f. This species however differs from our plant in the different 
serration and nervation of the smaller, narrower leaves; the glandular teeth are in- 
curved. Delavay’s specimens from Yunnan cited by Burkill, 1. c., under S. oreo- 
phila 1 have not seen. 
Salix opsimantha Schneider, n. sp. 
Frutex 1-3 m. altus, breviter ramosus; ramuli satis crassi, novelli 
in sicco nigrescentes, basi sericei v. glabri, vetustiores purpurascentes 
V. brunnescentes. Folia obovato-elliptica v. elliptica, apice obtusa v. 
subrotunda v. breviter acuta, basi obtusa v. rotunda, saepe angustata, 
supra intense viridia, costa puberula, ceterum glabra, nervis paulo v. 
vix prominulis, subtus opacav. glauca, initio ut videtur subsericea, mox 
glabra, laevia, sed reticulo nervorum visibili, margine plus minusve 
glanduloso-crenulata v. subintegra, minora 1.5-3 em. longa, 1-2 cm. 
lata, maxima ad 5 cm. longa et ad 2.7 cm. lata; petioli 3-12 mm. longa, 
superne pilosula. Amenta ramulos puberulos normaliter foliatos ter- 
 minantia, cylindrica, densiflora, 7 3-3.5 em. longa, circiter 1 em. crassa, 
pedunculis circiter 1 em. longis, rhachi puberula, 9 usque 3 cm. pedun- 
culata, 4-7 cm. longa, fructifera circiter 1.3 crassa, rhachi fere glabra; 
flores 7 diandri, filamentis liberis 1⁄4 pilosis bracteis fere duplo longi- 
oribus, antheris ovalibus flavis; glandulae duae, ventralis late 
obovata, apice saepe crenulata, latere compressa, 14 bracteae aequans, 
dorsalis minor, similis v. bipartita v. lobulata; bracteae brunnes- 
centes, oblongae, satis angustae, apice obtusae, utrinque laxe pilosae 
ciliataeque; ovaria sessilia, glabra, ovato-oblonga, stylis distinctis 
apice bifidis, stigmatibus bifidis oblongis divaricatis; glandula uns 
ventralis, e basi latiore oblonga, obtusa, dimidium ovarii juvenilis 
