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firma, lanceolato-elliptica v. obovato-elliptica, basim versus angustata, acuta v. 

 eubobtusa, a])ire acuta v. subobtusa, supra lacte vircntia, sublucida, costa vix 

 impressa saepe villosula, ccterum glabra (v. subglabra), fere enervia, subtus glauca 

 V. albescentia, costa elevata et interdum etiam facie sparse villoso-scricea, ner- 

 vis paulo prominulis vix reticulata, margine integra, 0.9-2 cm. longa, 0.3-1 cm. 

 lata; petioli 3-10 mm. longi, supra saepe sericeo-villosuli. Amenta 9 ramulos 

 foliatos 0.5-1 cm. longos terminantia, ovato-capitata, pluriflora, circiter 1 cm. 

 longa, fructifera ad 1 cm. crassa, rhachi sparse villosa v. fere glabra; ovaria ob- 

 longa, glabra, pedicellata, stylo distincto brcvi bifido stigmatibus bipartitis 

 brevibus coronata; glandula una ventralis, oblongo-rectangularis, satis crassa, 

 saepe incisa v. partita, pedicello longior v. subbrevior, interdum glandula minima 

 dorsalis adest; bracteae oblon;^ae, obtusae, flavae, nervatae, pleraeque tantum 

 breviter ciliatae, ceterum glabrae, J^ ovarii aequantes. Capsulae nondum ma- 

 turae circiter 4 mm. longae, apice attenuatae. 



The typical S. Souliei Seemen seems to differ from Wilson's plant only in its 

 shorter petioles (2 mm.) and in its somewhat smaller leaves (up to 1.2-0.6 cm.). 

 See also S. brachista Schneider and S. Lindleyana Andersson. Burkill (in Jour. 

 Linn. Soc. XXVI. 531 [1899]) places Soulie's No. 543 from Tachien-lu under S. 

 orcophila Hooker f. This species however differs from our plant in the different 

 serration and nervation of the smaller, narrower leaves ; the glandular teeth are in- 

 curved. Delavay's specimens from Yunnan cited by Burkill, 1. c, under S. orco- 

 phila 1 have not seen. 



Salix opsimantha Schneider, n. sp. 



Frutex 1-3 m. altus, breviter ramosus; ramuli satis crassi, novelli 

 in sicco nigrescentes, basi sericei v. glabri, vetustiores purpurascentes 

 V. brunnescentes. Folia obovato-elliptica v. elliptica, apice obtusa v. 

 subrotunda v. breviter acuta, basi obtusa v. rotunda, saepe angustata, 

 supra intense viridia, costa puberula, ceterum glabra, nervis paulo v. 

 vix prominulis, subtus opaca v. glauca, initio ut videtur subsericea, mox 

 glabra, laevia, sed reticulo nervorum visibili, margine plus minusve 

 glanduloso-crenulata v. subintegra, minora 1.5-3 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. 

 lata, maxima ad 5 cm. longa et ad 2.7 cm. lata; petioli 3-12 mm. longa, 

 superne pilosula. Amenta ramulos puberulos normaliter foliatos ter- 

 minantia, cylindrica, densiflora, ^ 3-3.5 cm. longa, circiter 1 cm. crassa, 

 pedunculis circiter 1 cm. longis, rhachi puberula, 9 usque 3 cm. pedun- 

 culata, 4-7 cm. longa, fructifera circiter 1.3 crassa, rhachi fere glabra; 

 flores cf diandri, filamentis liberis 3^ pilosis bract cis fere duplo longi- 

 oribus, antheris ovalibus flavis; glandulae duae, ventralis late 

 obovata, apice saepe crenulata, latere compressa, }4 bracteae aequans, 

 dorsalis minor, similis v. bipartita v. lobulata; bracteae brunnes- 

 centes, oblongae, satis angustae, apice obtusae, utrinque laxe pilosae 

 ciliataeque; ovaria sessilia, glabra, ovato-oblonga, stylis distinctis 

 apice bifidis, stigmatibus bifidis oblongis divaricatis; glandula una 

 ventraUs, e basi latiore oblonga, obtusa, dimidium ovarii juvenilis 



