livi'is Yenisei aiul Aljakmi; alllimi^h luiiiuiinis inU'riiu'dialL' loi nis an' lo he loiiiul 

 liiere as well. The species inoslly ])asl flowciinfj in the second half of June. 



Distiihulioii: Sdli.v iiimiiKilis is spri'ad ovei luiiope, norlhwards (in Norway) lo 

 64° 12' north laliluilc (planlcd), Asia Minor, Irans C.aneasia. Tuikeslan. Aiinenia, Dznn- 

 garia, Punjai). the lliniaiaya.s, Siheria. in liu- Yenisei \alley northwards lo 72 ]')' north 

 latilnde. norlliern Mongolia, eastern Asia. Sakhalin. .lapan. North and South America 

 (planted). Tiie two suhspecies mentioned, are eastern, mostly .\siatic forms. 



Salix Iriaiidra L. X viininalis L. Inlander in litl. f. (ilitinrnlis Ixisi /lilnsis 



On the margins of an islet in the river Abakan, near Askys. In full flower in the 



middle of .June. 



According to I^xander (in litt.) at least some of the specimens described as S. 



viniinalis sui)si)ec. (linrlini may really be considered as hybrids between S. Iridiuhd 



and S". luntinalis. The forms in question have light, yellowish-brown calkin-scales, 



and the ripe capsules oidy slightly shorter than the catkin-scale. 



Salix ciiierea L. X viminalis subspec. Gmelini f. suhi'iniindlis luiander. 



In my collections I have 2 sheets of this form, taken on an islet in the Y'enisei, 

 near the banks of the river, abont half-way between Minusinsk and I'st .\bakansk. With 

 half ripe capsules at the beginning of June. 



Salix caprea L. Spec. PI. cd. II (1763) p. 1148; Wimmer. Snlic. Enrop. (1866) p. 

 55; Anderss. Monogr. .S'a/;V. 1 (1867) p. 75, no. 45; liu.ii.ij)!,, llnw Kii]ioii. Pdceiii II, ii. 

 66; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. IV, p. 268 (excl. syn. Sctli.r phlonwides Marsch.-Biel).) Turczan. 

 Cat. Baical. no. 1031; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 609; Turcan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (18;3l, I) p. 

 383, no. 1032; Herder, PL Radd. (1892) p. 402, no. 138: K|,i.i.i. <l'.i. A.n. V (1909) p. 1215. 



Scattered in thickets, and the like, along brooks in several places between Kusha- 

 bar and Minusinsk, near Ust Algiac, on the Dora Steppe, on the Upper Bei-kem. 



Distribntion; Europe, northwards to 69° 40' north latitude, the Caucasus, Asia 

 Minor, Persia, Russian Turkestan, Siberia, in the Yenisei valley norlhwards lo 69° 

 north latitude, northern Mongolia, eastern .\sia. Sakhalin. .Ia])an. 



Salix arbiiscula L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1445; Winnner. Salic. lunop. (hSbii) p. 

 102; Anderss. Monogr. Salic. I (1867) p. 145, no. 80; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 622; Turczan. 

 Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1854, I) p. 392, no. 1048; Bo.ih(i)'i.. ]li;i,i Khimmi. P,Kriii II. n. 91; 

 Herder, PI. Radd. (1892) ]>. 117. no. 150; KpM.T. 'I>.i. A.n-. V (1909) p. 121(;. Sali.r 

 pninifolia Ledeb. Fl. Alt. IV, p. 286; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 1048. 



In the Altaian, above the limit of tree vegetation, near a mountain brooklet. With 

 ripe, and nearly ripe capsules at the end of July. 



Distribution: Arctic and alpine regions of Europe, Caucasia, Russian Turkestan, 

 the Thian Shan, Siberia, in Uie Y'enisei valley to 72^ north latitude, northern Mongolia 

 (Sayansk district), eastern Asia (southwards to the north of China). North .\merica, 

 Greenland. 



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