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Series VIII. ORDINES ANOMALI. 
Order CXXXII. SALICINEZ. 
Salicinee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 411. 
Trees and shrubs. Two genera and, according to different botanists, from 150 to 
200 or even 300 species, generally dispersed in the north temperate and frigid regions, 
rarer within the tropics, both north and south ;. one occurs in South Africa; and one of 
the American species extends southward to Chili. The Order is altogether unrepre- 
sented in Australasia, the Malayan Archipelago, and the Pacific Islands. 
1. SALIX. 
Saliz, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 1098; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 411; Anders. in DC. Prodr. 
| xvi. 2, p. 191. 
This genus covers the whole area of the Order. Species about 160, according to 
Andersson. 
1. Salix bonplandiana, Kunth in H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i il. p. 24, tt. 101 
et 102; DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, p. 200.. 
Soutn Mexico, near Moran, Cabrera, Omitlan, and Pachuca, 7600 to 8100 feet 
(Humboldt & Bonpland), Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miller, 918), Antigua, Vera Cruz 
(Linden, 11), Tehuacan at 5000 feet (Galeotti, 67), valley of Mexico (Bourgeau, 423; 
Schaffner, 907). Hb. Kew. 
B. pallida, Anders. Monogr. Sal. p. 18, et in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, p. 200; H.B.K. 
Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 25 (species). 
Soura Mexico, between Venta de Acaguisotla and Mazatlan (Humboldt & Bonpland). 
2. Salix cana, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. x. (reprint, p. 4). 
_ Sout Mexico, peak of Orizaba at 11,000 to 12,000 feet (Galeotti, 69). 
This, as well as the other species described by the same authors, was not taken up 
by Andersson; but they are probably all reducible to previously established species. 
3. Salix humboldtiana, Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. p. 657; H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 
ii. p. 22, tt. 99 et 100; DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, p. 199 (varietates). 
Salix oxyphylla et S. falcata, H. B. K. loc. cit. pp. 23 et 24. 
NortH Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 841)? 
Sourn Mexico, near Chilpanci ingo (Humboldt & Bonpland), banks of rivers near Vera 
Cruz (Galeotti, 66).—CoLomsia to SourH Brazit and Cuiul, and in the West InDins. 
Hb. Kew. 
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