cxxvi. sALiciNE^ (Skaii). [Salix. 



j»labrous to densely villous. Bracts as in the male, soon deciduous. 

 Dis(;-gland cu])-shaped, nearly or quite surrounding- the pedicel, about 

 I lin. lono. Pedicel ^-1^ lin. long. Ovary narrowly ovoid, 1-lJ lin. 

 long, glabrous; style very short or 0. Ca])sule ovoid, IJ— ^J lin. 

 long. — Fries in Ofvers. Vet, Akad. Forhandl. Stockh. xxiii. (185G) 

 121 ; Anderss. in Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockh. vi. (1867) no. 1, 13. t. 1, 

 fig. 11, and in DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 197 ; Gibbs in Journ. Linn. See. 

 XXXV ii. 471. 



Mozamb. Distr. Rhodesia : Matopo Hills, ou the banks of tlic Malami 

 Piver, Gibbs, 21 ! Victoria, Monro, 2053 ! 



Also in South Africa. 



3. S. Hutchinsii, tikan. Young branches at first very sparingly 

 pubescent, soon glabrescent, purplish-])rown. Leaves petiolate, 

 narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate. acute or acuminate at the apex, 

 attenuate at the base, entire or sometimes minutely serrulate, 1-2 J in. 

 long, 3-5 lin. broad, thin, glabrous, green above, markedly glaucous 

 beneath ; petiole 1-2J lin. long, glabrous or very sparingly pubescent ; 

 stipules minute. Male catkins wanting. Female catkins J-IJ in. 

 long, lax, terminating short leafy peduncles ; rhachis grey- villous. 

 Bracts broadly ovate, obtuse or subacute, 1 lin. long, nearly 1 lin. 

 broad at the base, membranous, densely villous especially on the 

 margin, glabrescent at the apex outside, quickly deciduous. Disc- 

 glands 1 and posterior, half-surrounding the pedicel, or 2 and lateral, 

 large and fieshy, quite or nearly quite as long as the pedicel. Pedicel 

 about \ lin. long, thick, glabrous. Ovary narrowly ovoid, l^-lf lin. 

 long, glabrous, tapering to a distinct style about \ lin. long ; stigma 

 of 2 short thick rounded spreading lobes. Capsule (immature) 

 narrowly ovoid-ellipsoid, 2-^2J lin. long, 1J-1| lin. broad. 



Nile Land. British East Africa : banks of the River Nyiro, Hvtchins ! at 

 (300U-()500 fr., Battiscombe, 29 ! 



4. S. Chevalieri, Seeuicn in Fcdde, Repert. Nov. S]). v. 133. Branch- 

 lets slender, dirty brown, the younger pale grey, almost villous. 

 Leaves shortly petiolate, lanceolate, sharply acuminate, acute or 

 obtuse at the base, minutely serrulate, up to 2^- in. long, and J in. 

 broad, dark green somewhat shining and silky-hairy when young 

 above, grey-green and shortly and densely hairy beneath, later 

 glabrescent on both sides, rather rigid ; veins closely reticulated, 

 prominent on both sides ; petiole up to 2J lin. long. Catkins appear- 

 ing with the leaves, terminating short peduncles bearing several 

 oblong or lanceolate leaves 5-12 lin. long. Male catkins cylindric, 

 8-11 lin. long, 3-4 lin. thick, densely flowered ; rliachis densely 

 villous. Bracts elliptic, scarcely 1 lin. long, obtuse, densely whitish- 

 villous. Disc-glands flattened, entire or lobed, about J lin. long. 

 Stamens 8-10 ; filaments villous at the base. Fenude catkins 



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