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Swaziland: Forbes Reef, Burtt-Davy 2746. Also in Natal, 
Basutoland, Transkei and the Eastern Cape, extending westwards 
along the mountains to the George Division. 
. Described from specimens communicated by Mr. Sweet, from 
Messrs. Malcolm and Sweet’s nursery at Stockwell Common, 
own from seed from the “ Cape of Good Hope.” 
Cultivated in St. Helena and the Scilly Isles. In the N. Trans- 
vaal the natives consider the tree ‘‘ good medicine.” 
45. Salix babylonica, L. Sp. Pl. 1017 (1753). 
Soutu Arrica. Transvaal: a quick-growing tree, hardy and 
readily propagated from branch-cuttings and poles; therefore 
extensively ong round springs, dams and lakes and along 
spruits and stre 
Native of Ponsiel and South China, widely planted in Europe, 
whence cuttings were taken to St. Helena and South Africa. 
Only the pistillate tree is usually met with there or here, though 
a specimen bearing androgynous catkins (a hybrid?) has been 
collected in Bavaria (F. Schultz, herb. norm., Cent. 2, No. 1. 
in herb. Cantab.). Planted for shade and ornament. The wood 
is soft and is used for brake-blocks, mortars for stamping mielies, 
and for farm sleds. . Foliage readily eaten by livestock ; useful 
as greens for poultry if chopped up with their food. It is possible 
that in the long time which has elapsed since its introduction 
into South Africa, S. babylonica may have been pollinated by 
S. capensis or 8. gariepina; intermediate forms should be looked 
for where any two of the three species occur together. 
. . Salix gariepina, Burch., Travels i, p. 317, t. 6 (1822); 
Burtt- -Davy i in Transv. Agric. Journ. iii, t. xii, f. 2. 8. capensis 
var. gariepina, Anders. in part; S. capensis, Auct. non Thun. 
A tree 12 to 50 ft. high, with pendulous branchlets sometimes 
2 ft. long, but not equalling in length those of 8. babylonica, L. 
Leaves of vegetative shoots, 5-7 em. long, 6-9 mm. broad. 
Sourn Arrica. Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape 
Prov:nce: Riparian along the Vaal and Orange ‘Rivers and 
their larger tributar es, from near Ermelo, Transvaal (1600 m. 
alt.) and Aliwal North, Cape Prov. (and probably higher ae 
to the lower reaches of the Orange River in Bushmanland (200 m 
alt.) and Little Namaqualand. Has been confused with S. ca- 
pensis, Thun. which has shorter and broader leaves (2: 5-5-5 cm. 
long, 9-13 mm. broad) and is not known to occur in the Orange 
River drainage basin. Nor does §. gariepina, Burch. appear 
to cross the ‘karroo, though it may follow the mountains from 
Aliwal North southward to Albany. A specimen (S. capensis ?) 
at Kew, Atherley 109, is of uncertain origin as the label reads 
= Orange River, Albany,” but it does not affect the point. Other 
incomplete material from the Eastern Province (Sunday’s River, 
&c.) suggests that there may be an, as yet, undescribed species, 
in that part of the couniry. 
Collectors of Willows should endeavour to obtain both 
flowering and barren shoots from the same tree. The confusion 
