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Tetraspermae. Burkill placed his S. Henryi in the sect. Hastatae, but so far as I 

 can judge it belongs with two other species to a new section (see p. 121). The cat- 

 kins of both the sexes are long-cyUndrical. 



Salix microphyta Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s6t. 2, X. 

 83 {PL David. II. 121) (1887). — Burkill in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 

 531 (1899). — L^veille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, LVI. 299 (1909). 



Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, on rocks, alt. 2300-3000 m., June 

 1908 (No. 2141; bush 15-20 cm.; 9 flowers and fruits); same place, 

 alt. 3300 m., July 1903 (Veitch Exped., No. 4513; 9 ); west of Kuan 

 Hsien, Pan-lan-shan, moist banks, alt. 2300-3700 m., June 1908 (No. 

 2142; bush 15-20 cm.; c^ ; No. 2142''; with young fruits); Mupin, "in 

 humidis regionis altissimae," June 1869, A. David (type, female, ex 

 Franchet) . 



Franchet's description is rather incomplete, and it seems best to give here a 

 fuller one: 



Frutex minimus, trunco subterraneo radicante, ramuUs gracilibus erectis fasti- 

 giato-flabellatis, 10-30 cm. altus; ramuli novelli villosuli, mox glabri, fiavo-virides 

 V. in sicco nigrescentes, vetustiores brunnescentes v. cinerascentes. Folia ovata, 

 obovata, oblonga v. fere spathulata, basi subrotunda v. pleraque acuta, apice 

 obtusa V. subito breviter acuta, utrinque glabra (v. interdum initio costa pihs 

 paucis conspersa), viridia, saepe paulo nitentia, elevato-reticulata, textura papy- 

 racea, margine crenato-glanduloso-denticulata v. serrata, minora 1-1.5 cm. longa 

 et 0.8-1.3 cm. lata v. ad 1.5 cm. longa et 0.7 cm. lata, maxima 2-2.7 cm. longa et 

 1.2-1.7 cm. lata; petioli glabri v. sulco superne sparse pilosi, (3-)4-9 mm. longi. 

 Amenta 9 et cf ramulos elongates foliatos sparse villosos 3-5 cm. longos termi- 

 nantia, subdensiflora, anguste cjdindrica, 2-4 cm. longa, florifera circiter 5 mm. 

 crassa, fructifera vix longiora, sed crassiora, rhachi sparse villosula; flores cf 

 diandri, filamentis basi 3^ villosulis bracteas duplo superantibus, antheris parvis 

 ovato-globosis rubescentibus ; glandula una ventralis, lata, ovata, latere compressa, 

 bracteis fere 3plo brevior; bracteae flavo-brunneae, obovatae, concavae, apice sub- 

 truncatae, erosae, glabrae; ovaria sessilia v. subsessiUa, ovato-oblonga, glabra, 

 Btylo triplo breviore integro v. apice bifido stigmatibus angustis bifidis coronata; 

 glandula una ovato-oblonga, J^ ovarii aequans; bracteae ut infloribusmascuhs sed 

 margine ciUatae, ovariis initio subaequilongae. Fructus maturi conici, 5 mm. 

 longi, bracteis glandulisque brevioribus. 



1 believe the species is best placed in sect. Myrsinites, see p. 138. 



Salix Souliei Seemen in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. III. 23 (1906). 



Western Szech'uan: Tachien-lu, alt. 3600-4000 m., July 1908 

 (No. 2143; prostrate on rocks; 9); same locality, July 1903 (Veitch 

 Exped. No. 4512; prostrate shrub); same locality, June and July 

 1894, Soulie (No. 2289, type; d" ex von Seemen). 



Von Seemen described only a male specimen, and I add the following description 

 of the female plant, chiefly based on Wilson's No. 2143: 



Frutex pygmaeus, trunco subterraneo, ramis procumbentibus radicantibus; 

 ramuli prostrati, flavo-brunnei v. rubescentes, glabri v. sparse sericei. FoUa parva, 



