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104 WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 



NORTHEASTERN ASIA. Maritime prov.: "ad fl. Polowinnaja, prope 

 oppid. Udskoi," June 7, 1844, A. T. von Middendorff (type, cf , ex Trautvetter & 

 Meyer) ; " ad sinum Ujakon," August 23, September 1, 1844, A. T. von Middendorff 

 (co-type, ex Trautvetter & Meyer; with fruits); near Ajan, H. Tiling (ex Regel & 

 Tiling). Amur: Stanowoi Mountains, July 1860, Fr. Schmidt (ex Andersson et 

 Wolf). Saghalien: Konuma, moors, not common, August 4, 1914, E. H. Wilson 

 (No. 7332; tree 13-17 m. tall, girth 2.1-3 m., bark gray, deeply furrowed, branches 

 thick, spreading; sterile); "im Thai des Baches von Adugiwo," July 5, 1860 (with 

 fruits; ex Schmidt). 



JAPAN. Hokkaido: prov. Oshima, Tokatsi (ex Koidzumi); Hondo: prov. 

 Echigo, Simizutoge (ex Koidzumi); prov. Shimotsuke, Nikko (ex Koidzumi). 



According to Shirai's plate this species must be most closely related to S. Urba- 

 niana Seemen, which may represent only a variety with sessile hairy ovaries. 

 I have not been able yet to compare any type specimens, and the figures of 

 Trautvetter & Meyer as well as Wolf's description are somewhat different 

 from these Japanese forms, of which 1 have not seen the specimens mentioned by 

 Koidzumi. The following specimens may represent the true S. cardiophylla or a 

 variety of S. Urbaniana Seemen with short-stalked, more or less or wholly glabrous 

 ovaries and fruits. 



Hokkaido: prov. Ishikari, Sapporo, " secus torrentes," June 14, 1908, U. 

 Faurie (No. 253) ; '' in arena rivorum Kamikawa," July 1905, U. Faurie (No. 6643) ; 

 without precise locality, August 21, 1905, /. G. Jack; Sapporo, May 20, 1885 

 (Agric. College). Hondo: prov. Shimotsuke, Nikko, road to Lake Chuzenji, 

 Sept. 3, 1892, C. S. Sargent (tree &-38 m.). 



This Willow, which in general appearance and size is similar to S. Urbaniana 

 Seemen, 1 met with only in Saghalien in the neighborhood of Toyohara. The bark 

 on the branches is smooth and pale gray and on the trunk it is gray and deeply 

 fissured. E. H. W. 



22. Salix angiolepis L^veille in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. III. 22 (1906) ; in Bull 

 Soc. Bot. France, LVI. 297 (1909); Fl. Kouy-Tcheou, 381 (1915). 



CHINA. Kweichau: Pin-fa, 1903, J. Cavalerie (No. 2069, type; d"). 



By the kindness of Mgr. L6veille, I have received a small branchlet of the type 

 of this very interesting species. Unfortunately the material was collected when the 

 flowers were very young and not yet fully developed; and it seems best to give 

 the following description of what 1 have seen : 



Ramuh novelli dense albo-tomentosi, vetustiores subglabri, nigrescentes. Folia 

 valde juvenilia supra plus minusve subtus dense albo-sericeo-tomentosa, ut videtur 

 ovato-oblonga basi subacuta, apice breviter acuminata, margineintegra (v. serraturis 

 nondum evolutis), nervis nondum visibilibus, ad 2 cm. longa et 0.5-0.8 cm. lata; 

 petioli breves, sed distincti, circiter 3 mm. longi, cano-villosi. Amenta d^ valde 

 juvenilia, pedunculos breves foliis 2-3 parvis lanceolatis instructos villosos ter- 

 minantia, cylindrica, densiflora, usque 3 cm. longa et 0.3-0.5 cm. crassa, rhachi 

 tomentosa; flores ut videtur nondum satis evoluti, staminibus 5-6 (-8, ex Leveill6) 

 filamentis brevissimis (an basi villosis?), antheris ovaUbus flavis (interdum non- 

 dum satis evolutis); glandulae 2, ut videtur pseudodiscum lobulatum formantes; 

 bracteae late ovatae, apice subtruncatae, interdum denticulatae, in sicco nigres- 

 centes, nervatae, concolores, basi utrinque distincte albo-villosae, ceterum sparse 

 pilosae (baud glabrae) et cihatae, stamina circiter duplo superantes. 



As far as 1 can judge from the young flowers and leaves, this plant apparently 

 belongs in the sect. Urbanianae. It certainly is an interesting Willow, but needs 

 further investigation. The flora of Kweichau seems to contain a number of 



