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Salix apatela Schneider, n. sp. 



Frutex 1.8-3 m. altus; ramuli glabri, purpurascentes; gemmae late 

 ovatae, obtusae, purpureae, subpruinosae, 7-8 mm. longae. Folia 

 obovato-oblonga, basim versus angustata, acuta v. subrotundata, apice 

 obtusa V. breviter acuta, supra saturate viridia, glabra, costa flava 

 impressa, subtus valde pallida, glabra, costa nervisque flavis elevatis et 

 subtiliter reticulatis, nervis angulo lato a costa orientibus parallelibus 

 fere ad marginem currentibus 2 pro 1 cm., margine integra, minora 

 circiter 5 cm. longa et 3 cm. lata, maxima ad 12 cm. longa et ad 5 cm. 

 lata; petioli glabri, purpurei, 9-15 mm. longi, supra late sulcati. 

 Amenta fructifera ramulis glabris 3-5 cm. longis folia 3-5 normalia 

 gerentibus suffulta, glabra, densiflora, 13-16 cm. longa, circiter 1.3 cm. 

 crassa; fructus maturi ovato-oblongi, subsessiles, apice stylo bipartite 

 stigmatibus bifidis coronato; bracteae ovatae, apice truncatae, flavo- 

 brunneae, glabrae; glandula una, lata, rectangularis, pedicello aequi- 

 longa. 



Western Szech'uan: Lungan Fu, Tu-ti-liang-shan, woodlands, 

 alt. 2600-3000 m., August 1910 (No. 4575; shrub 1.8-3 m.; fruits). 



This species looks somewhat hke a form of S. magnifica Hemsley with smaller 

 obovate-oblong leaves, but judging by the nervation it seems more nearly related 

 to S. Fargesii Franchet, from which it differs chiefly in its entire leaves only very 

 finely reticulate beneath, and in the glabrous catkins and bracts; cf flowers are 

 unknown. 



The specific name is derived from dnaTTjXos, misleading. 



Salix moupinensis Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s^r. 2, X. 82 

 (PL David. II. 120) (1887). — Burkill in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 531 

 (1899).— Seemen in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 277 (1900). — Leveill^ in 

 Bidl. Soc. Bot. France, LVI. 300 (1909). 



Western Szech'uan : Mupin, thickets, alt. 2000-2300 m., June 

 1908 (No. 1412; shrub 2-3 m.; 9 flowers and fruits); same locality, 

 2600-3000 m., October 1910 (No. 4370; bush 3-4.5 m. ; sterile) ; same 

 locality, in silvis, March 1869, A. David (type; arbor ad 30 m. alta, 

 ex Franchet) ; west and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, woodlands, alt. 2306- 

 3000 m., July 1908 (No. 1417; shrub 1.5-6 m.; with fruits); west of 

 Kuan Hsien, Niu-tou-shan, alt. 3000 m., June 20, 1908 (No. 1417*; 

 shrub 5-6 m.; with fruits); Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 2300-2700 m., 

 June 1908 (No. 2126; bush 3-5 m.; with fruits); same locality, alt. 

 3000 m., July 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 4522; shrub 2.5-5 m.; 9); 

 same locality, A. Henry (No. 8891; fruits); Tachien-lu, A. E. Pratt 

 (No. 335; ex Burkill). 



