SALIC ACE AE. — SALIX 73 



In the large leaves, the long aments on long leafy peduncles and in the distinct 

 deeply cleft styles this species resembles some forms of sect. Psilnsligmaiae, 

 but it differs from them in the reticulation of both the surfaces of the leaves. As 

 long as the cf plant is unknown, it seems difficult to determine the systematic 

 position of S. allochroa. In S. moupinensis Franchet we find similar glands on the 

 petioles. 



The specific name is derived from dWoxpoos, strange-looking. 



Salix etosia Schneider, n. sp. 



Frutex 0.9-1.2 m, altus, ramulis ut videtur virgatis; ramuli floriferi 

 satis crassi, sericeo-tomentelli, grisei. Folia nondum visa. Amenta 9 

 praecocia (v. coetanea?) pedunculos 8-10 mm. longos sericeo-villosos 

 foliolis 3-4 parvis angusto-ellipticis integris basi obtusis apice acutis 

 supra glabris subtus sericeis pallidioribus 10-13 mm. longis instructos 

 terminantia, eylindrica, subdensiflora, saepe curvata, rhachi laxe seri- 

 ceo-villosa, 5-8 cm. longa, circiter 1 cm. crassa; ovaria e basi ovata 

 oblonga, glabra, pedicello glabro quam glandula una ventrali lineari- 

 oblonga duplo breviore suffulta, stylo pedicellum subaequante v. 

 paulo longiore stigmatibus parvis oblongis subbifidis }4.-/i styli ae- 

 quantibuscoronata; bracteae ovato-obtusae, flavo-brunneae, }4 ovarii 

 aequantes, glandulam fere duplo superantes, sparse longo-sericeae v. 

 extus glabriusculae. Fructus maturi non vidi. 



Western Hupeh: Patung Hsien, alt. 1300-2000 m., side of 

 streams, May 1907 (No. 2112, type; bush 0.9-1.2 m. tall; 9 ). 



There are only flowering branchlets without leaves. The catkins look very 

 much like those of S. Wallichiana Andersson with which they were partly mixed, 

 but the flowers are totally different and resemble those of S. japonica Thunberg, 

 which, however, has a different short gland and does not occur in China. The 

 flowers also are not unlike those of S. Fargesii Franchet, which is a Hupeh plant 

 but differs considerably in its glabrous branchlets and in the large leaves at the 

 base of the catkins. 



The specific name is derived from eVcoo-iof, useless. 



CONSPECTUS ANALYTICUS SALICUM ASIAE ORIENTALIS 



HIMALAYAEQUE. 



I. Clavis Specieuum Secundum Specimina Mascula. 



(Specimina feminea, see p. 83.) 



A. Flores glandulis duobus (ventrali et dorsali •) instructi (B, see p. 78). 



a. Stamina 3 v. plura (b, see p. 75). 



Amenta (pedunculo excluso) valde elongata, gracilia, eylindrica, pleraque (7-) 8-10 

 cm. longa. Folia adulta ramulorum floriferorum ovato-lanceolata v. late lan- 

 ceolata, plus minusve longe acuminata v. caudata, majora 8-15 cm. longa (pe- 



1 Glandula ventralis inter florem et rhachim sita, nunquam deest. Confer p. 94. 



