Salix.] cxxvi. SALiciNEiE (Skan). 310 



banks of the Tacazzo River, Schi/nper, 700; (iagcios. Sc/timper, 1(k; ; iii-gu- 

 meder ; near C^afat, Steudner, 1344 ! 1345 ; Sennar, Dukr of \\ url* mfunj. 



Lower Guinea. Angola : Jiumbo ; at th(> base of the Chdla Mountains, 

 WclwiUcJi, G334 ! at a stream in Chao da Xella, Wdiritsch, WS.Vlh ! Luanda ; 

 district of Malange, Gossiceihr, 1 102 ! Mossaniedes ; banks f)f the Kakulo\ar 

 River, near N'jambi, P&irson, 20J1 ! between Matukua and Ediva, at about 

 3800 ft., Baum, 91)9 ! Huilla, Antitnes, 99; at the banks of rivers and 

 streams about Lopollo, Monino and the Ivantala lake, Welwitsch, 0332 ! 

 0333 ! 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Nortliern Kinga (Livingstone) 

 Mountains ; t^ssangu, Goetze, 999 ! 



Also in Lower Egyj)t, Syria and Palestine. 



\i\,r. cyalhipoda, AndvrsH. in Vet.-Akad. Hand!. Stoekh. vi. (18()7) no. I, 10, 

 and in DC Prodr. xvi. ii. 19(). Capsule usually smaller, ellipsoid or ovoid- 

 cUipsoid, narrower or sometimes acute at the base. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 189; >Seemen in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 375; Pin^tta in Ann. Istit. 

 Rot. Roma, viii. 255. *S'. hlumhardh'ami, Sehimp. ex Hochst. in Flora, xxiv. 

 (1841) i. Intoll. 21. .S^. cyalhipoda, Anderss. in A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 275. 

 !S. axillaris, Anderss. I.e. S. Snfsaf, forma aby.^iii7uc(i, Anderss. in \'et.-Akad. 

 HandL 8tockh. vi. (1867) no. I, 11. 



Nile Land. Eritrea : Amascn and Az Taclesan, T e.rraccia no db Pappi, 

 433,2115. Abyssinia: GondsiV, Schimpcr I on rivulets near Assai, r^w«;7in- 

 Dillon ; VVojerat, Petit ; Tigrc ; near Adowa, tichiinpei\ G25 ; Mount Sliolotia ; 

 Schimper, 250 ! Urahut ; on Mount Errareta, Schimper, 023 ; and without 

 precise locality, Schimpcr, 13 ! 



Mozamb. Distr. German East .\frica : Uhche ; Iringa, Goetze, MS. 

 Rhodesia : River Kafulafuta, at 4000 ft., Rogers, 8312 ! Batoka Highlands, 

 at 3000 ft., Kirk ! Victoria, Munro, 334 ! 



«S'. nigritina, Seemen in Engi. Jahrb. xxiii. Eeibl. 57. 4t). from Huilla {SiWtun, 

 178), and S. rumijlora, ISeemen, I.e. 45, also from Jhiilla {Aittuiifs^ 93), of 

 which I have not seen specimens, arc probably refeiable to S. Safsnf, Forbk. 

 There is nothing in the descriptions by which they may be distinguished from 

 that species. 



2. S. capensis, Thutth. Fl. Cap. i. 139, and cd. Scliult. 31. fc>liiiib 

 or tree up to 50 ft. high or inoio, very juucli brciiichcd ; hrajichlets 

 very slender, sometimes more or less pubeseent when yuiin^', (juite 

 glabrous often shining and reddish to dark brown when older. Leaves 

 narrowly laneeolate or lanceolate, rarely broadly lanceolate, ariite 

 to acuminate at the apex, more or less cuneate at the base, eiit ire 

 or closely or remotely serrulate, usually J-lJ in. rarely up to 2 in. 

 long, l|-3 lin. rarely up to 6 lin. broad, often thin, becoming more 

 or less coriaceous, glabrous or sometimes slightly ])ubescent when 

 young, green on both sides or green above and glaucesceiit beneath ; 

 petiole vJ-2 lin. long ; stipules minute or wanting. Catkins appear- 

 ing with the leaves, terminating very short peduncles which bear 

 1-5 shortly stalked or sessile leaves similar to the others but usually 

 smaller. Male catkins narrowly cylindric, J-l^ in. long. Bracts 

 ovate to elliptic or suborbicular, J-1 lin. long, J-J lin. broad, more 

 or less villous inside, villous or glabrous except at the base or some- 

 times nearly quite glabrous outside. Disc-glands fleshy, scarcely 

 ^ lin. long. Stamens 4-8 (usually 5 or 0) ; filaments villous below the 

 middle. Female catkins cylindric or ovoid, J-1 in. long ; rhachib 



