822 cxxvi. SALiciNE^ (Skan). [Salix. 



densely and shortly <^i'ey-vilious ; stipules obliquely ovate, 2-4^ iin. 

 long, more or less glandular-denticulate, sometimes with glandular 

 papilla3 on the upper surface, sometimes very small or wanting. 

 Catkins appearing with the leaves. Male catkins cylindric, 1-3 in. 

 long, 3.i-4 Iin. thick, very densely flowered ; rhachis villous. 

 Peduncle up to J in. long, villous, bearing several obovate or elliptic 

 shortly petiolate leaves 4-8 iin. long and 2-3 Iin. broad, rounded and 

 apiculate or acute at tlie apex. Bracts elliptic, obovate or ovate, 

 1-1 J Iin. long, |-1 Iin. broad, obtuse or rounded at the apex, densely 

 covered with white woolly hairs. Disc-glands up to J Iin. long, 

 broad and flattened, entire, toothed or deeply lobed. Stamens 6-12 ; 

 filaments densely covered on the lower part with white woolly hairs. 

 Female catkins l-|-2 in. long when in fruit ; rhachis villous. Ped- 

 uncle |-l-i- in. long, bearing several elliptic-lanceolate apiculate 

 leaves up to 1^ in. long and 7 Iin. broad. Bracts elliptic, 1| Iin. 

 long, I Iin. broad, obtuse, densely villous, quickly deciduous. Pedicel 

 .\-| Iin. long, villous. Disc-glands forming an irregular toothed or 

 lobed cup one-quarter to one-half as long as the pedicel which it 

 surrounds. Capsule broadly ovoid, 2-2J Iin. long, li-l| Iin. broad, 

 glabrous or sometimes rather densely villous; style 0; stigmas 

 small, slightly lobed. — S. Safsaf, Forsk.,var. hirta, Anderss. in Vet. - 

 Akad. Handl. Stockh. vi. (1867) no. 1, 12, and in DC. Prodr. xvi. 

 ii. 197. 



Nile Land. Without precise locaHty, Sabhatier. Nubia ; near Khartoum, 

 Schweinfurth, HeiO ! between Berber"' and Khartoum, Sc/meinfurth, 511 ! 

 8ennar ; common on the Blue Nile, Muriel, 818 ! 819 ! north of the mouth of 

 the River Dinder, Broun ! 



7. S. Schweinfurthii, Skan. Young branches at hrst densely 

 grey-tomentose, finally brown and glabrous. Leaves petiolate, 

 oblong-lanceolate, long-acuminate, rounded at the base, serrulate, 

 up to 5 in. long, 1-1-J in. broad, at first densely villous on both sides, 

 later glabrescent, rather thin ; midrib conspicuous, flat above, 

 prominent beneath ; lateral veins numerous, conspicuous but fine ; 

 petiole 4-7 Iin. long, more or less villous or glabrescent ; stipules 

 semi-cordate, rounded or acute, 2-8 Iin. long, sometimes minute or 

 wanting, glandular-denticulate and sometimes with prominent 

 glands on the sides. Male catkins wanting. Female catkins (in 

 fruit) pedunculate, 1-2J in. long ; rhachis villous. Peduncle villous, 

 h-1 in. long, bearing a few lanceolate leaves f-li in. long and 2-6 Iin. 

 broad. Bracts wanting. Disc-glands J-J Iin. long, forming an 

 irregular lobed cup. Pedicel nearly 1 Iin. long, glabrous. Capsule 

 ovoid, contracted above the middle into a beak, 2-2^ Iin. long, 

 lJ-1 J Iin. broad about the middle, glabrous ; stigmas almost sessile, 

 very shortly 2-lobed. 



Nile Land. Nubia : Khartoum, Schweinfurth, 879 I Kordofan, Kotschy, 

 4391 



