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guste lanceolata (in No. 4356 latiora, elliptico-lanceolata), basi rotunda 

 V. subcordata (aurita), apice acuta, supra intense viridia, subnitida, 

 costa minute puberula, ceterum glabra, costa nervisque subprominulis, 

 subtus albescentia v. glaucescentia, glabra (v. sub lente pilis sparsis 

 obtecta), costa flava nervisque plus minusve prominulis vix reticulata, 

 Integra, 1.4-3 cm. longa et 0.5-0.9 cm. lata (in No. 4356 2.5-4 cm. longa 

 et ad 1-1.2 cm. lata v. ad 5 cm. longa et ad 2 cm. lata) ; petioli brevissimi, 

 1-3 mm. longi, pilosuli, supra late sulcati. Amenta (tantum fructifera 

 visa) pedunculo ad 1.5 cm. longo folia circiter 4 normalia gerente 

 piloso suffulta, 2.5-3 cm. longa, valde deflorata circiter 0.6 mm. crassa, 

 rhachi pilosa, densiflora. Flores inter fructus remanentes subsessiles; 

 ovaria ovato-oblonga, glabra, stylo brevissimo, stigmatibus brevibus 

 emarginatis coronata; glandula una, ovato-oblonga, bracteis obovato- 

 oblongis brunnescentibus subglabris duplo brevior. Fructus oblongi, 

 circiter 4 mm. longi. 



Western Szech'uan: west of Kuan Hsien, Pan-lan-shan, upland 

 thickets, alt. 3300 m., October 1910 (No. 4354, type; bush 2-3.6 m.; 

 with fruits; No. 4356; sterile); Mupin, alt. 1600-2000 m., June 1908, 

 (No. 1402; bush 2.4-3.6 m.; with fruits). 



Mr. Wilson sent cuttings of both No. 4354 and 4356 to the Arnold Arboretum. 

 Plants raised from these agree exactly; the twigs get black in drj'ing, and the leaves, 

 which do not differ from the larger ones in No. 4356 and measure up to 5 cm. in 

 length and 1.8-2.5 cm. in width, are nearly sessile. No. 1402 is a little more pubes- 

 cent, but has the same kind of long buds. The leaves are nearly as narrow as 

 those of the type specimen and measure up to 4 cm. in length and to 1.2 in width. 

 In its leaves and buds the species looks very distinct, but is certainly nearly re- 

 lated to S. cathayana Diels. 



The specific name is derived from fiaKpos, long, and ^Xacrros, bud. 



Salix driophila Schneider, n. sp. .sr 5 ^JJ[J}k^}JL\ 



Frutex ramosus, 1.5-3 m. altus; ramuh noveUi sericeo-villosuli v. 

 tomentelli, biennes plus minusve glabrescentes, nigr^scentes et cineras- 

 centes, vetustiores glabri; gemmae, ut videtur, ovatae, adpressae, 

 paullo pilosae, flavo-brunneae. Folia (nondum matura) ovata, ellip- 

 tica V. obovato-oblonga, basi rotunda v. obtusa, apice obtusa et apicu- 

 lata V. acuta, supra initio tomentella, mox costa except a glabrescentia, 

 viridia, subtus cinerea v. subglaucescentia, initio densius sericea v. 

 sericeo-tomentosa, vix v. paulo glabrescentia (adulta ignota!), nervis 

 utrinque paulo prominulis, margine integra, minora 2-2.5 cm. longa, 

 1-1.5 cm. lata, majora ad 4 cm. longa et ad 2 cm. lata v. ad 5 cm. longa 

 et ad 1.8 cm. lata; petioli 3-6 mm. longi, sericei v. tomentelli, superne 

 sulcati. Amenta cf et ? pedunculis 1.5-2.5 cm. longis sericeo-villo- 



