42 WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 



Salix babylonica Linnaeus, Spec. 1017 (1753). — Brandis, Forest Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. 465, t. 59 (1874); hid. Trees, 637 (1908). — Hooker f., Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. V. 629 (1888). — Burkill in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 525 

 (pro parte) (1899).— Wolf in Izv. S.-Peterburg. Liesn. Inst. IV. 28, t. 6, 

 fig. 9-13, t. 8, fig. 4 {Mam. IhijH. Ilffh Eepon. Pocc.) (1900); in Act. Hort. 

 Petrop. XXIII. 192 (1903). — Collett, Fl. Siml 479 (1902). — Seemen, 

 Salic. Jap. 29, t. 3, fig. a-e (1903); in Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. 

 Mitteleur. Fl. IV. 82 (1908). —Schneider, III. Handh. Lauhholzk. I. 

 36, fig. 11 m-n, fig. 15 b (1904). —Henry in Elwes & Henry, Trees Gr. 

 Brit. & Irel. VII. 1749 (1913). 



f Salix chinensis Burman, Fl. Ind. 211 (errore typogr. 311) (1768). 



f Salix cantoniensis Hance in Jour. Bot. VI. 49 (1868). 



Salix alba F. P. Smith, Chin. Mat. Med. 232 (non Linnaeus) (1871). — De- 

 beaux in Act. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, XXX. 109 (Fl. Shanqh. 57) (1875).— 

 Fauvel in Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, XXII. 354 (1879).— Burkill in 

 Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 526 (1899). 



Western Hupeh: Patung Hsien, roadside, alt. 650 m., April 1907 

 (No. 2122; tree 8 m. tall; d" ; No. 2122^; 9 ); Ichang, side of streams, 

 etc., alt. 300-800 m., April 1907 (No. 1435, tree 5-12 m. tall; <f ; No. 

 1435"; 9); same locality, ^. Henry (No. 1328; with fruits; No. 3355; 

 d^); Nanto, side of streams, March 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 475; tree 

 4 m. tall; cT); Changlo Hsien, A. Henry (No. 6325; cf). Chekiang: 

 without precise locality, Barchet ( c? and ? ) ; Ningpo, without pre- 

 cise locality, 1908, D. Macgregor (cf). Kwangtung : " ad rivulorum 

 margines in delta fl. Cantoniensis, certe spontanea," February 1867, 

 Th. Sampson (Herb. Hance No. 13757, type of S. cantoniensis; cf ). 

 Kiangsu : Shanghai, W. W. Perry (fruits). 



JAPAN. Kyushu: "in locis depressis principatus Fizen," Pierot (ex von 

 Seemen; 1 have not seen a wild specimen from Japan). 



Wilson's specimens agree very well with the description and figure by von 

 Seemen. The female plant of No. 1435 differs a Uttle in the somewhat denser silky 

 pubescence, shorter bracts, a more distinct style and in its rather longer stigmas. 

 In some of Barchet's specimens the ovaries are subsessile. 



Hance, 1. c., says of his S. cantoniensis: " this is the only willow really found 

 wild in southern China." 1 cannot separate the specimen of Hance's species in 

 the Gray Herbarium from S. babylonica Linnaeus. Burkill, 1. c, says: " The 

 lowest flowers on the catkins have 5-7 stamens, while the uppermost have 3 or 2. 

 This Hance failed to observe." With regard to this statement 1 suspect that 

 Hance may have collected different things and perhaps a hybrid between S. baby- 

 lonica Linnaeus (or S. cantoniensis Hance) and S. Mesnyi Hance (see p. 95). 

 Leaves of such a hybrid might " pass for S. fragilis," as Burkill says. Judging 

 by the ovaries, which are hairy at the base, S. elegantissima K. Koch rather 

 than S. babylonica seems to be represented in Brandis's plate. 



