SALICACEAE. — SALIX 161 



147. Salix Rehderiana Schneider. See p. 66. 



Salix Rehderiana, var. brevisericea Schneider. See p. 67. 



148. Salix Blinii L6veill6 in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. X. 435 (1912). 

 Salix Taquetii L6veill^, I. c. 436 (1912). 



Frutex ut videtur breviramosus ; ramuH noveUi sparse sericeo-villosuli, deinde 

 glabri, purpurascentes, nitidi. FoHa obovata v. obovato-elUptica, apice acuta v. 

 obtusa, basin versus attenuata, acuta, in sicco brunnescentia, subconcoloria v. subtus 

 cinerea, initio utrinque, subtus intensius, sericeo-villosa, demum plus minusve gla- 

 brescentia, nervis costaque subtus prominuHs et paulo reticulata, margine crenato- 

 serrata v. basi subintegra, minora 2-4 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata, maxima usque 5.5 

 cm. longa et 2.2 cm. lata; petioU pilosi, 2-6 mm. longi. Amenta (tantum matura 

 fructifera vidi) subsessilia, basi foliis 2-3 parvis suffulta, ad 4.5 cm. longa, circiter 

 1 cm. crassa, densa, rhachi villosa; flores 9 (inter fructus remanentes) glandula una 

 ventrali elongata obtusa ]/z ovarii aequante instructa; ovaria subsessilia, breviter 

 sericea, ovata, stylo ]/2 ovarii aequilongo integro stigmatibus angustis parallelis 

 integris coronata; bracteae oblongae, subacutae, brunneae, utrinque sericeae, ^ 

 ovarii aequantes. Fructus ovato-oblongi, subacuti, sericei, circiter 5 mm. longi, 

 pedicellis brevibus glandulae aequilongis suffulti. 



NORTHEASTERN ASIA. Korea: Quelpaert, "in sylvis torrentium Hallai- 

 san," alt. 1200 m., June 1909, U. Faurie (Nos. 3248, type, 3249, co-type, both with 

 fruits; 3245, type of S. Taquetii). 



On account of the rather long style, the narrow stigmas and gland I place this 

 species in this section. In the leaves it resembles S. Siarkeana, var. cinerascens 

 Schneider (see p. 151) and also forms of S. Caprea Linnaeus (see p. 149). 



149. Salix obscura Andersson in De Candolle, Prodr. XVI. pt. 2, 269 (1868). — 

 Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 632 (1888). — Brandis, Ind. Trees, 638 (1906). 



INDIA. Sikkim : " Lachen valley, alt. 9000 ped.," June 3, 1849, J. D. Hooker 

 (9 type). 



Through the kindness of the Keeper of the Kew Herbarium I have seen part of 

 the type specimen, and I must say, as Andersson did, that this species "mihi quod 

 ad affinitatem obscura manet." It resembles somewhat S. Rehderiana, var. brevi- 

 sericea Schneider, but that has a longer style and acute bracts. In S. obscura the 

 style is about }4 as long as the ovary and in young flowers only half as long; it is 

 very shortly bifid at the apex, with narrow emarginate stigmas. The bracts are 

 obovate-oblong, very obtuse, and in the young flowers nearly as long as the sessile 

 ovary. The leaves are apparently oblong-lanceolate, with a short acute apex, and 

 are gradually narrowed toward the base. The tomentum of the young branchlets 

 and leaves is somewhat brownish and gray. The leaves apparently become soon 

 rather glabrous, only the midribs being puberulent; they are entire or obscurely 

 denticulate. The almost sessile fruiting catkins are 4 cm. long and about 1 cm. 

 thick. 



Burkill (in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 531 [1899]) refers to S. obscura No. 22 of 

 Soulie from Tachien-lu. Among the copious material collected by Wilson in this 

 part of Szech'uan I do not find any form which seems to me identical with S. 

 obscura Andersson. 



Sect. 31. SIEBOLDIANAE Seemen, Salic. Jap. 21 (1903). — Schneider, III. 

 Handb. Laubholzk. I. 69 (1904). 



Frutices v. arbores parvae. Folia ovata, obovato-oblonga v. elliptica, Integra v. 

 crenulata, subtus cinerea v. glauca, juniora v. etiam adulta sericea. Amenta prae- 

 cocia sessilia v. subcoetanea, brevi-pedunculata, cylindrica, densa; flores glandula 



