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Salix hypoleuca Seemen in Bot. Jahrb. xxxvi. beibl. lxxxii. 31 (1905). 

 Schneider in Sargent, PL Wilson, in. 53 (1916). 



Shensi: In kia pu, Lao y san, G. Giraldi, no. 5362 (type, ex Seemen, 

 1. c); Lao y san, G. Giraldi, June 4, 1897. 



Distribution: also Ilupeh, Szechuan. 



Salix heterochroma Seemen in Bot. Jahrb. xxi. beibl. liii. 56 (1896). 

 Schneider in Sargent, PL Wilson, in. 61 (1916). — Hers in Jour. N. China 

 Branch R. As. Soc. liii. 115 (1922); Liste Ess. Lign. Honan, 27 (1922). 



Honan: Lu shih, Hiung eul shan, alt. 1400 in., J. Hers, no. 935, October 

 10, 1919. — See also Hers, 1. c. 



Distribution: also Hupeh, Szechuan. 



As the Honan specimen is sterile it cannot be identified with absolute 

 certainty, but I cannot detect any difference in the leaves and branches of 

 these specimens and those of S. heterochroma from Hupeh and from plants 

 cultivated in this Arboretum. 



Salix phylicifolia Linnaeus, Spec. 1016 (1753), excl. var. /S. — Hance in 

 Jour. Bot. xin. 137 (1875).— Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, ser. 2, 

 vn. 93 (PI. David. I. 283) (1884).— Burkill in Jour. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 532 

 (1899).— Schneider in Sargent, PL Wilson, in. 123 (1916).— Hers, Liste 

 Ess. Lign. Honan, 27 (1922).— Limpricht, Bot. Reis. Hochgeb. Chin. 

 Ost-Tib. 353 (1922). 



Chili: Hsiao wu tai shan, alt. 2300 m., F. N. Meyer, no. 1204, Aug. 12, 

 1913, no. 1248, August 20, 1913; Hsiao wu tai shan, Tieh ling, alt. 

 1300 m., J. Hers, no. 2139, October 7, 1922; Hsiao wu tai shan, Shui shih 

 tao, alt. 1500 m., J. Hers, no. 2162, October 8, 1922; Huai lai hsien, Yang 

 kia ping, alt. 900 m., J. Hers, No. 2086, October 4, 19^22.— See also Hance, 

 1. c, Franchet, 1. c, Burkill, 1. c, and Limpricht, 1. c. 



Honan: Lu shih, Liao kiun shan, alt. 2200 m., J. Hers, no. 1203, Sep- 

 tember 21, 1919. — See also Hers, 1. c. 



Shansi: Hia hsien, Huang lai kow, J. Hers, no. 1830, October 2, 1921; 

 Lin hsien, Nan yang shan, alt. 2000-3000 m., Tchuang Kieh, Hers no. 2070, 

 September 11, 1922. 



Distribution: also northeastern Asia to Caucasus and Europe. 



All the specimens quoted are sterile and their identification is therefore 

 open to doubt, as is the identification of all specimens from northeastern 



(f< 



Asia. 



tricted to Europe and western 



Salix characta Schneider in Sargent, PL Wilson, in. 125 (1916). 

 Chili: Hsiao wu tai shan, mountain slopes, alt. 1700-3000 m., F. A r . 

 Meyer, no. 1160 (type), August 8, 1913. — See also Schneider, 1. c. 



Salix Baileyi Schneider in Bailey, Gent. Herb. I. 16, fig. 3 a, b, 1920. 



