SALIC ACE AE. — SALIX 57 



glandula una oblonga, bracteis obovato-rotundis utrinque fulvo-sericeis 

 (pilis albis intermixtis) duplo brevior. Amenta 9 brevissime pedun- 

 culata, basi foliolis parvis 2 normalibus instructa, 2-2.5 cm. longa, den- 

 siflora, rhachi pilosa; ovaria ovato-elliptica, sessilia, glabra, stylo 

 brevi subbifido stigmatibus brevissimis bifidis coronata; bracteae 

 late obovatae, flavo-brunnescentes, tantum extus basi pilosae, ovariis 

 juvenilibus subaequilongae (in fruetibus valde breviores); glandula 

 una, obovata, obtusa, ovariis circiter 3plo brevior. 



Western Hupeh : Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, 1300-1700 m.. May 

 14, 1907 (No. 21 18, type; bush 4.5-6 m.; d^ ; No. 2118*; 9 co-type). 



This species may be easily distinguished by the brownish silky bracts of the cf 

 plant. In the 9 plant the leaves are broad and roundish at the apex, somewhat 

 resembling those of S. hypoleuca Seemen, but are pubescent like the petioles and 

 branchlets while young. The shape of the leaves is different from that of those of 

 (S. longiflora Andersson or S. cathayana Diels, which have a Uttle larger fruits and 

 well developed leaves on the peduncles. 



The specific name is derived from fiiKTos, mixed, and 6pi^, hair. 



Salix cathayana Diels in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh,Y. 281 (PL Chin. 

 Forrest.) (1912). 



Salix longiflora Burkill in Jour. Linn. Sac. XXVI. 530 (pro parte, non Anders- 

 son) (1899). 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, thickets, alt. 1600-2000 m., June 

 1908 (No. 1402; bush 2.4-3.6 m.; with fruits); same locality, alt. 

 2000-2300 m., June 1908 (No. 1408; bush 1.8-3 m.; with fruits; No. 

 1408^; d", No. 2131; with fruits); same locality, woodlands, alt. 

 2300-2600 m., October 1910 (No. 4365; bush 4.5-6 m.; sterile [foliis 

 utrinque acutis subtus distincte sericeis]); same locality, thickets, 

 alt. 2600 m., October 1910 (No. 4368; bush 3-6.6 m.; sterile [forma 

 satis parvifolia fere glaberrima]); Ching-chi Hsien, Ta-hsiang-Iing, 

 thickets, alt. 2000-3000 m., May 1908 (No. 1428; bush 1.2-2.4 m.; 

 with immature fruits; [amentis ad 5 cm. longis]); Chiu-ting-shan, 

 thickets, alt. 2300-2600 m., May 23, 1908 (No. 2127; bush 1.8-2.4 m.; 

 cf); west of Kuan Hsien, summit of Niu-tou-shan, alt. 3300 m., June 

 20, 1908 (No. 2135; bush 0.6-1.2 m.; 9 ; No. 2135% c?); Wa-shan, 

 thickets, alt. 3300 m., June 1908 (No. 1405; bush 1.8-3 m; 9 flowers 

 and fruits; No. 1405% sterile, collected in the fall); same locahty, alt. 

 2600-3000 m., June 1908 (No. 2130; bush 3^.5 m.; cf); without 

 exact locality, mountain tops. May 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4516; 

 bush 0.9-1.2 m.; cT); without locality, side of streams, 3000-3300 m., 

 June 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4517; bush 1.8-3.6 m.; cf ). Yunnan : 



