1923] REHDER, THE LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF NORTHERN CHINA 145 



Meyer 



May 26, 1913; Po hua shan, /. Hers, ao. 1648, Septembe 

 ful). 



Honan: Cultivated on the sandy marshy plain east of Kai feng, J. 

 Hers, no. 30, May 9, 1919. 



Shansi: Wu chai hsien, Ta nan kow, alt. 2000-3000 m., Tchuang Kieh, 

 Hers no. 2026, September 7, 1922. 



Distribution: also Mongolia. 



I am not sure if the specimens cited above are really refereable to 

 Franchet's variety, as his description is rather incomplete. The leaves 

 are attenuate, 10-15 cm. long and 1-1.5 cm. wide, short-petioled, cuneate 

 at the base, abruptly acute at the apex, serrulate, rather remotely so toward 

 the base, and glabrous; the stipules are well-developed, lanceolate or ob- 

 long-lanceolate and longer than the petioles in the specimens from Chili 

 and Honan. This Willow is according to Hers extensively cultivated near 

 Kai feng and is apparently the chief basket Willow of northern China. 



There is a specimen from Po hua shan, Chili, collected by J. Hers under 

 no. 1648, consisting only of vigorous sterile shoots which may represent a 

 form of S. purpurea; the leaves are nearly as long as those of the var. 

 stipularis but up to 3 cm. broad, and the stipules are small and semi- 

 cordate. 



Salix cheilophila Schneider in Sargent, PL Wilson, in. 69 (1916). 



Chili: Po hua shan, J. Hers, no. 1459, July 1, 1921; Huai lai hsien, 

 Yang kia ping, alt. 900 m., J. Hers, no. 2085, October 4, 1922. 



Honan: Lu shih, Kiao ho, very common, alt. 1000 m., J. Hers, no. 963, 

 October 12, 1919 (up to 4 m. tall); Hwei hsien, Shansi border, J. Hers, 

 No. 712, June 19, 1919. 



Shansi: Wu chai hsien, Ta nan kow, alt. 2000-3000 m., Tchuang Kieh, 

 Hers no. 2023, September 7, 1922. 



Distribution: also Szechuan. 



As far as can be judged from the sterile specimens cited above, they are 

 identical with S. cheilophila from western Szechuan, though it is possible 

 that they represent a silky-pubescent form of S. purpurea L. different from 

 var. sericea Koch. 



Salix melea Schneider in Sargent, PI. Wilson, ill. 176 (1916). 

 Northern China: without locality, W. Purdom, 1909-1911 (type). 

 See also Schneider, 1. *c. 



Salix spec. 



Chili: Hsiao wu tai shan, Tieh ling, alt. 1300 m., J. Hers, no. 2120, 

 October 7, 1922. 



A sterile branch with short-petioled oblong-lanceolate leaves 8-9 

 cm. long, strongly glandular-dentate, glabrous, glaucescent beneath. 



