340° 
Nation 302!; Barberton Distr., Komatie River at Komatie- 
poort, Rogers in Trans. Mus. Herb. 4759!; Schlechter 11847 !. 
Swaziland: banks of the White ‘mBulusi River, Burtt-Davy, 
106142. Imperfect specimens from Witpoortje, Witwatersrand, 
and Six- mile Spruit, Pa., labelled S. Wilmsii probably belong 
here, but better material i is required for precise determination. 
Trorroan Arrica. §. Rhodesia: Umtali Div.; Odzani Riv. 
Valley, Teague 125, may belong here, as may also Munro 2053 
in herb. Mus. Brit., (Victoria) and Gibbs 21 (Matopos), but better 
material is her 
Natal Willow 
48. Salix Wilmsii, Seem. in Engl. Jahrb. 27, Beibl. 64, p. 9 
(1900). 
Shrub or small tree up to 10 ft., riparian on the Komatie and 
Olifants Rivers and their tributaries, almost entirely on the 
eastern slope of the Drakensberg from about 1500 m. down to 
180 m. alt., and apparently endemic to the Transvaal. 
South Arrica. Transvaal: Lydenburg Distr.; Spekboom 
River, Wilms 1350!, 1351 and 1352 (types); Schlechter 3938 ?.; 
Burghers Pass, up to about 1500 m. alt., Burtt-Davy 1559!; 
between Pilgrim’s Rest and Sabie, Burtt-Dary y 1584!; Pilgrims 
Rest, plentiful along the Blyde River, Burti-Davy!; Carolina 
Distt, Waterval Boven, Rogers in Trans: Mus. Herb. 12245!; 
Barberton Distr., Umlomati Valley, 1200 m. Galpin 1278!; 
Kaap Valley, near Clutha, Thorncroft 586!; Pietersburg Distr. 
near Haenertsburg, Nelson 424!, common along the Broeder- 
stroom near Haenertsburg, 1906, Burtt -Davy 5185 ; Beves incre 
Distr., Spelonken, Jenkins in Trans. Mus. Herb. 
This is quite distinct frcm S. hirsuta, Thun., a ci ues 
to the South-west Cape Region (Calvinia and Clanwilliam 
Divisions). 
Low-veld Willow. 
49. Populus canescens, Sm. FI. Brit. iii. 1080. 
Introduced from Europe and occasionally found as an escape 
— cultivation and established along streams and other wet 
places. 
SourH Arrica. Transvaal: Pretoria Distr.; Crocodile River, 
near the Magaliesberg, spontaneous along the river, 30 May, 1903, 
Burtt-Davy 188; near Pretoria, Burtt-Davy ; Witwatersrand 
Distr., Roodepoort, spontaneous near the railway 26 March, 1904; 
Heidelberg Distr., Boschhoek, near Heidelberg, and Zuikerbosch 
River, near Balfour, in 1908 ; Standerton Distr., stream near 
Tae Station, in 1908; Lydenburg Distr., near Lydenburg, Burtt- 
av * 
Wo od white and light, used for making matches, brake- 
blocks, farm sledges, &c.; does not burn readily; said to be 
superior to that of P, alba. The poles are valued on farms for 
rafters and roof-poles for thatched houses, sheds, native huts, 
etc.; much grown around farm houses and by dams and streams 
for these purposes. 
