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binis complanatis gracilibus squamas duplo superantibus, antheris 
rotundatis luteis, amentis 9 adhuc ignotis. 
d rivulorum margines in delta fl. Cantoniensis, certe spontaneam, 
m. Februario 1867, collegit Sampson. (Exsice. n. 13757.) 
It is to be regretted that Mr. Sampson did not meet with the female 
of this tree. In so exceedingly difficult a genus it is almost impossible 
‘to pronounce with any certainty whether a form is entitled to specific 
rank or not; but I have thought it desirable to draw up the above 
diagnosis, because, if I am not mistaken, this is the only Willow really 
found wild in Southern China. S. Babylonica and S. tetrasperma are 
planted, and the latter may possibly be spontaneous, but I do not 
think such is the case. The Canton plant is perhaps nearest S. deal- 
bata, And. I should add, that I have compared it with the wild stirps 
of S. alba (=S. Kassanogluensis, Kty.) with S. fragilis, L., and S. ac- 
mophylla, Boi 
ead IV. Palis Grijsii, n. sp.; monoica, pilis reversis curvulis hirsuta, 
foliis alternis (altero scilicet abortiente) oblique ellipticis caudato-acu- 
minatis paulo infra medium usque ad apicem crenato-serratis basi ob- 
liquissime cordatis supra scabris infra pubescentibus 4-pollicaribus 
breviter petiolatis, cymis ex axillis superioribus longius pedunculatis 
folium dimidium æquantibus dichotomis corymbosis d et 9 similibus, 
floribus (an semper?) pentameris, perigonii fructiferi segmentis sub 
apice mediocriter aristatis, achænio subgloboso glabro, perigonii masculi 
parum majoris segmentis paulo inæqualibus. 
Unicum accepi specimen a cl. De Grijs, in prov. Fokien a. 1861 
lectum. (Exsice. n. 6704.) 
Allied to P. heteroloba, Wedd., and P. scabra, Bth., which it strikingly 
resembles in foliage, but readily distinguished by its very different in- 
florescence. 
OŚ V. Cudranus (v. Cudrania) trilobus, n. sp.; frutescens, ramulis 
angulatis tomentosis, foliis alternis e basi rotundata rhombeo-ovatis 
plus minus distincte trilobis lobis lateralibus intermedio brevioribus 
obtusis v. rotundatis nune subobsoletis supra pilosulis demum glabratis 
siccitate nigricantibus subtus pallidioribus sparse pilosulis viridibus 
rete ereberrimo venarum purpurearum haud elevatarum conspicue no- 
tatis 1$ poll. longis medio 1} poll. latis, petiolo 5-lineali, stipulis 
minutis, spinis solitariis axillaribus 5 lineas longis rectiusculis, capi- 
tulis J geminatis 24 lineas diametro pedunculo sesquilineali suffultis. 
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