SALICACEAE. — SALIX 167 



in the herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum agree well with the author's description, 

 except that the bracts are shorter and a little more acute, and the pedicels twice as 

 long as the gland. The following branchlets are glabrous, and the long stigmas are a 

 little longer than the style. On Maximowicz's No. 6 in the Gray Herbarium the cf 

 flowers agree with von Seemen's figure, the branchlets being covered with the rem- 

 nants of a tomentum near their apex. The 9 flowers, however, are very different 

 and almost like those of S. gracilistyla Miquel ; the bracts are more obtuse, the ovaries 

 short-stalked and the branchlets almost tomentose. U. Faurie's No. 806 1 have 

 not seen; it was collected at Hirosaki, where Faurie found also several different forms 

 (see S. hondoensis Koidzumi, p. 110). The specimens from Ishitzu and prov. Tosa 

 are doubtfully referred to our species. Certainly S. lepidostachys and its relatives 

 need further observation. It is almost impossible to interpret correctly flowering 

 branchlets of these forms without having seen mature leaves from the same plant. 



161. Salix purpurea Linnaeus, Spec. 1017 (1753). — Pokorny, Oesterr. Holzpfl. 

 124, t. 24, fig. 362-363 (1864). — Andersson in Mem. Am. Acad. VI. 451 (Gray, 

 Bot. Jap.) (1859); in De Candolle, Prodr. XVI. pt. 2, 306 (1868). — Franchet & 

 Savatier, Enum. PI. Jap. I. 462 (1875). — Herder in Act. Hort. Petrop. XI. 452 

 (1891). — Hempel & Wilhelm, Baume & Strducher, II. 107, fig. 193, t. 30 

 (1897). — Burkill in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 532 (1899). — Wolf in Izv. S.-Peterburg. 

 Liesn. Inst. IV. 42, t. 13, fig. 1-11 {Mam. Hayu. IIe^ Eepon. Pocc.) (1900); in Act. 

 Hort. Petrop. XXI. 148 (1903). — Seemen, Salic. Jap. 54, t. 11, fig. a-e (1903); 

 in Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. IV. 192 (1909); apud Siuzev in Trav. 

 Mus. Bot. Acad. Sci. St. Petersbourg, IX. No. 2 (1912) ex Toepffer, Salicol. Mitt. 

 No. 5, 248 (1912). — Komarov in Act. Hort. Petrop. XXII. 27 (Fl. Mansh. II.) 

 (1904).— Schneider, HI. Handb. Laubholzk. I. 68, fig. 20 v-vS 23 m (1904).— 

 Shirasawa, Icon. Ess. For. Jap. II. t. 7, fig. 10-18 (1908). — Nakai in Jour. Coll. 

 Sci. Tokyo, XXXI. 215 (Fl. Kor. II.) (1911). — Koidzumi in Tokyo Bot. Mag. 

 XXVII. 92 (1913). — Moss, Cambridge Brit. Fl. II. 65, t. 65-66 (1914). 



Salix purpurea, var. typica Beck, Fl. Nied.-Oestr. 288 (1890). 

 Salix purpurea, subspec. eupurpurea, var. typica Schneider, III. Handb. Laub- 

 holzk. I. 68 (1904). 



CHINA. See Burkill and von Seemen. 



NORTHEASTERN ASIA. Transbaikalia to Maritime Prov. : proba- 

 bly together with var. sericea. Korea: Chinampo, "secus aquas," August 1906, 

 U. Faurie (No. 180; sterile); " in monte des diamants," June 21, 1906, U. Faurie 

 (No. 179; with fruits). 



JAPAN. Hokkaido : prov. Ishikari, Sapporo, May 19, 1889 (No. 34 ex Herb. 

 Bot. Gard. Tokyo; 9 ). Hondo : prov. Shimotsuke, abundant in swamps between 

 Chuzenji and Yumoto, May 26, 1914, E. H. Wilson (No. 6765; shnib 0.3-0.9 m. 

 tall; d'; No. 6765^, 9); prov. Musashi, March 1895 (No. 70 ex Herb. Bot. Gard. 

 Tokyo; d^); Nambu, 1865, Tschonoski (with fruits); Azusawa near Tokyo, April 

 (No. 81 ex Herb. Bot. Gard. Tokyo; 9); prov. Tamba, April 4, 1910 (ex Herb. 

 Sakurai; 9); prov. Tajima, March 17, 1907 (ex Herb. Sakurai; 9). Kyushu: 

 Mt. Kirishima, roadside thickets, rare, March 6, 1914, E. H. Wilson (No. 6180; 

 bush 1.5-2.4 m. tall; 9 ; No. 6180% cT). 



This is the typical form with glabrous or slightly pilose young branchlets. The 

 leaves are mostly alternate with distinct petioles, and are glabrous even when 

 young. There are also the following varieties: 



Salix purpurea, subspec. eupurpurea, var. sericea Schneider, III. Handb. 

 Laubholzk. I. 69 (1904). — Koidzumi in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XXVII. 92 (1913). 



