SALICACEAE. — SALIX 113 
part; c); without locality, ‘ 15000 ped.,’’ Strachey & Winterbottom (No. 10; 9); 
“ Dras, 10000 ped.," T. Thomson (type of var. pubescens; sterile). 
The male and female flowers of Nos. 8 and 10 have two narrow glands of which the 
dorsal is often very small, and apparently was overlooked by Andersson. In his 
first description he says: “ filamentis glabris," but in the second “ filamentis liberis 
inferne pilosis." The style is short, a little cleft with short bifid stigmas. Accord- 
ing to Brandis, this species is an inhabitant of “ inner arid valleys." 
Andersson, 1. c. (1868), describes two varieties: var. a glabra “ foliis utrinque 
glabris laete viridibus," which seems to be a mistake, none of his specimens hav- 
ing glabrous leaves, and var. 8 pubescens, the leaves of which are “ densius albo- 
villosa" beneath. So far as I see, all the specimens have pubescent leaves 
especially Thomson’s plant from Dras, in which the under surface of the leaves 
is very pubescent; they are broad, elliptical and often subcordate at the base. 
The nearest relative to this species seems to be the following: 
38. Salix oritrepha Schneider, n. sp. i 
Frutex parvus, erectus, breviter ramosus, 0.6-1.2 m. altus; ramuli annotini ve- 
tustioresque griseo-tomentelli, deinde glabri, cinerei. Folia elliptica v. ovata, basi 
rotunda v. obtusa, apice obtusa v. acuta, apiculata, supra sordide viridia, initio 
pubescentia, deinde costa excepta interdum pilis fuscis instructa glabra, tenuiter 
inciso-retieulata, subtus pallida v. glauco-cinerea, initio sericeo-pilosa, mox glabra, 
nervis visibilibus sed vix prominentibus reticulata, margine integra, textura crassi- 
uscula, minora 1 em. longa et 0.8 em. lata, maxima usque ad 2.4 cm. longa et ad 
1.5cm. lata; petioli 5-8 mm. longi, purpurei, pubescentes v. subtus glabri. Amenta 
tantum 9 cognita, coetanea, pedunculo brevi piloso 3-7 mm. longo foliis parvis 2-3 
normalibus instructa, 1-1.5 em. longa, circiter 1 em. crassa, densa; ovaria satis 
matura sessilia, crasse ovata, apice breviter attenuata, breviter crispo-villosa, pilis 
albis et ferrugineis mixtis, stylis brevibus integris quam stigmata angusta bifida 
subaequilongis coronata; bracteae late obovatae, ovario subduplo breviores, pur- 
purascentes, nervosae, utrinque albo-sericeae; glandulae duae, pleraeque irregu- 
lariter anguste lobatae, pseudodiscum quasi formantes. : 
CHINA. Western Szech'uan: southwest of Tachien-lu, mountains, alt. 
3600-4000 m., July 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 4525, type; 9). 
This interesting species looks very much like the Himalayan S. sclerophylla 
Andersson, but S. oritrepha may be easily distinguished from that species by the 
glands, the brownish and white pubescence of the ovaries, and by the pubescence 
of the older branchlets. | : 
The specific name is derived from épirpepys, dwelling on the mountains. 
39. Salix atopantha Schneider. See p. 43. g 
Sect. 9. MAGNIFICAE Schneider, n. sect. : 1 
Frutices alti ramulis elongatis satis crassis purpureis saepe leviter glaucis. Folia 
maxima, papyracea, laevia, late elliptica, obovata v. obovato-rotunda, obtusa, sub- 
tus glauca v. albescentia, nervis lateralibus paulo elevatis distantibus 1 (rarius 2) 
Pro 1 em., angulo fere recto a costa divergentibus et 5-10 mm. ante marginem eva- 
nescentibus, tenuissime reticulata, integra v. versus apicem nonnihil breviter den- 
ticulata; petioli longi, crassi. Amenta apice ramulorum folia normalia magna 
gerentium 18-30 cm. longa et usque 1.5-2 cm. crassa; flores 7 diandri, glandulis s 
ventrali lata et crassa saepe emarginata bipartita v. triloba, dorsali minore, crasse 
obovata v. minima interdum ut videtur obsoleta; flores 9 ovariis subsessilibus v. 
in fructu brevipedicellatis glabris v. tomentellis, stylis mediocribus crassis bifidis, 
stigmatibus erassis brevibus v. oblongis bilobis, glandula una ventrali crassa late 
ovata obtusa. 
