SALICACEAE. — SALIX 145 



118. Salix Lindleyana Wallich apud Andersson in Svensk. Vetensk. Akad. Handl. 

 1850, 499 (1851); in Jour. Linn. Soc. IV. 56 (ISGO); in De Candolle, Prodr. XVI. 

 pt. 2, 29G (1868). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 634 (1888). — Brandis, Ind. Trees, 

 638 (1906). 



Salix furcata Andersson in De Candolle, Prodr. XVI. pt. 2, 291 (pro parte) 

 (1868). 



INDIA. Kumaon : " Pindari, alt. 12000 feet," Strachey & Winterbottom (No. 

 12, tj^es of S. furcata, cf and 9); " distr. Johar, Milum glacier, alt. 11200-12000 

 feet," June 25, 1865, Schlagintwcit (No. 9626; cT); Nepal: " ad Gossain Than," 

 R. Blinkworth (Herb. Wallich No. 3697, type of S. Lindleyana, 9, ex Andersson); 

 Sikkim: Kin chin jhow, " 16000 ped.," September 14, 1849, /. D. Hooker (9). 



Andersson describes two forms: var. latifolia (1. c. 300 [1851] et 1. c. 56 [I860]): 

 foliis 3-4 lin. longis, 1-2 lin. latis, apicem versus subserrulatis, and var. microphylla 

 (1. c. [1851] and 1. c. 296 [1868]): foliis 1-2 lin. longis, lineara latis, margine subin- 

 tegro revolutis. To the last form belong the specimens cited above. Hooker f . (1. c. 

 635 [1888]) mentions a " forma major Andersson in Herb. Wall." (S. clavata Wallich, 

 Cat. 3698," by R. Blinkworth, Kumaon): " Leaves 1-1^ in. rounded obovate nar- 

 rowed into a petiole }4 in-, and capsules nearly }4 in. long." It seems to be a differ- 

 ent species. According to Andersson the leaves are " subtus opaco-glaucescentia 

 costa flava nitente eximie prominente plana," which is the case in the specimens I 

 have seen. 



The leaves of the type of S. furcata Andersson are denticulate, and the nerves are 

 more or less prominent beneath; the petioles are very short compared with blade. 

 The broad ventral glands of the flowers are the same in both sexes as in the typical 

 S. Lindleyana; the stamens are glabrous. I cannot see a real difference between it 

 and S. furcata Andersson. Andersson apparently mixed *S. furcata with his S. 

 fruticulosa which he omitted from the Prodromus, only citing S. arhuscula Anders- 

 son (1860) as a synonym of S. furcata. The S. arhuscula is apparently a misprint 

 for S. fruticulosa, which belongs to a different section (see p. 119). 



119. Salix brachista Schneider, n. sp. 



Frutex pygmaeus facie S. Lindleyanae Andersson; rami prostrati, radicantes, 

 flavo-brunnei ; ramuli procumbentes (v. erectiusculi?) graciles, glabri, rubescentes; 

 gemmae parvae, obtusae, glabrae. Foha perparva, firma, eUiptica, utrinque acuta, 

 v. elliptico-spathulata, apice obtusa, supra viridia, glabra, costa impressa, nervia 

 interdum subprominulis, subtus palUda, sed non glauca, praesertim ad costam pilis 

 longis sericeis conspersa v. glabra, costa nervisque distincte prominulis interdum 

 subreticulata, margine versus apicem minute denticulata v. rarius subintegra, 

 4-9(-10) mm. longa, 1.5-5 mm. lata, basi in petiolos 1-3 mm. longos saepe sericeos 

 angustata. Amenta cf tantum visa, ramulos densifoliatos 1.5-2.5 cm. longos inter- 

 dum laxe sericeos terminantia, ovato-cyhndrica, 7-10 mm. longa, circiter 5 mm. 

 lata, pluriflora, rhachi sparse villosa, flores cf diandri, filamentis basi villosis brac- 

 teas vix duplo superantibus, antheris parvis ovalibus flavis instructi; glandulae 

 duae, ventralis anguste oblonga, basi subcrassior, braoteis duplo brevior, dorsalis 

 minor, angustior; bracteae obovato-oblongae, flavae, glabrae, apice interdum trun- 

 catae et denticulatae. 



CHINA. Western Szech'uan: Ching-chi Hsien, Ta-hsiang-ling, mountains, 

 alt. 2800 m.. May 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4511, type; d'). 



It is with some hesitation that I describe this plant as a new species. It may be 

 only a form of S. Soidiei Secmen, the cf of which according to von Seemen chiefly 

 differs in its entire more glaucous leaves, its shorter catkins and in its glabrous fila- 

 ments. Unfortunately I have not been able to examine the type of S. Souliei (see 



