Saiix.] cxxvi. SALiciNEiE (Skaii). 321 



erect, cvlindric or ellip.soiii. uj) to U in. Ion;:; and 7 lin. hroad. densely 

 flowered ; rhachis densely villous. Brads oblongs rather acute, 

 narrowed at the base, membranous, thinly ^rey-pubescent, one-third 

 as lon^i; as the capsule. Pedicel ^dabrous, half as lonp as the ovary. 

 Disc-Elands 2, posterior and anterior, broadly ovate, acute or split, 

 one-third as long as the ))edicel. Ovary conical-attenuated from an 

 ovoid base, glabrous; style almost 0; stigmas short, divaricate, 

 capitate. Capsule narrowly ovoid, nearly 4 lin. long, \\ lin. broad 

 at the base. 



Upper Guinea. French Soudan : between j)ialiba and Sangana, (Jkemliir, 

 202 ! Kcni(5gue, Chevalier, 271 ! Mandc Country ; between Nyamina and 

 Scgou, Chevalier, 2G<)6 ! 



5. S. nigerica, Skan. Branchlets terete, the younger silky-hairy, 

 the older reddish -brown and glabrous. Leaves lanceolate, acute 

 or acuminate at the apex, rounded to cuneate at the base, remotely 

 and minutely serrulate or entire, l^-^ in. long, J-J in. broad, more or 

 less silky-hairy when young, finally glabrous and leathery ; petiole 

 1-2J lin. long, puberulous or glabrous ; stipules wanting. Catkins 

 appearing with the leaves ; rhachis densely villous. Peduncle 

 J-f in. long, villous, bearing a few elliptic-lanceolate shortly petiolate 

 leaves rounded or apiculate at the apex, |-J in. long, 1.^-4 lin. broad, 

 more or less silky-hairy. Male catkins cylindric, |-1J in. long, 

 2J-3 lin. broad, densely flowered. Bracts suborbicular or obovate, 

 nearly 1 lin. long, | lin. broad, rounded at the apex, villous. Disc- 

 glands anterior, subcylindric, up to J lin. long. Stamens up to 11 or 

 more ; filaments densely villous on the lower part. Female catkins 

 up to 14 lin. long when in fruit. Bracts as in the male, quickly dtcidu- 

 ous. Pedicel scarcely i lin. long, villous. Disc-glands forming a 

 lobed cup surrounding and nearly as long as the pedicel. Capsule 

 broadly ovoid, 2|-3 lin. long, ll-lj lin. broad, minutely lepidote, 

 sometimes sparingly silk}''-hairy ; style nearly J lin. long ; stigmas 

 2-lobed. 



Upper Guinea. Northern Nit^eria : Kataguui ])istrict ; on banks of streams, 

 Dulziel, 220 ! T^ake Chad to Bornu, Talbot^ 1493 ! 



Dalziel's no. 199, from the banks of the Benuc River at Vohi, has male 

 catkins only and these are more slender than those in his no. 220 and have 

 narrower sparingly woolly or nearly glabrous bracts, while the flowers have 

 only 5 to 8 stamens. The leaves piesc-nt on the short catkin- bearing branehleti* 

 are narrower and longer. It is possibly a distinct speciis, but the mat^'rial 

 is inadequate for a complete description. Its Hausa name is '* ba ruana." 



6. S. Murielii, Skan. Branchlets terete, the younger densely 

 grey-villous, the older glabrous and brown. Leaves ovate-lanceolate 

 to broadly lanceolate, acute to acuminate at the apex, rounded to 

 somewhat cuneate or sometimes slightly cordate at the base, entire, 

 lJ-3 in. long, 7-12 lin. broad, densely grey-silky hairy on both sides 

 when young, less densely hairy when mature ; petiole l-3i lin. long, 



FL. TROP. AFR. VI. SECT. II. M 



