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daisenensis Seemen, although the latter, according to von Seemen's figure, has 

 longer catkins which are more distinctly pedunculate; the leaves are rather coarsely 

 denticulate, and the bracts and stigmas seem to be different. 

 The specific name is derived from a/x^iJpto-Tos , doubtful. 



181. Salix melea Schneider, n. sp. ... 

 Frutex?- ramuh novelli sparse villosuli, vetustiores purpureo-fusci, satis tenues, 



clabri Folia (nondum satis evoluta) lanceolata v. pleraque oblanceolata, basim 

 versus sensim attenuata, acuta, apice breviter acuta v. obtusiuscula, supra satis 

 obscure vu-idia, costa tenuissime pilosula ceterum glabra, subtus cinerea, costa 

 elevata flavescente plus minusve laxesericea, rarius etiam facie sparse pilosa, ceterum 

 glabra nervis vix prominuhs angulo 75-50° a costa divergentibus, circiter 3-4 pro 

 1 cm , margine Integra, 1.5-5 cm. longa, 0.5-1.2 cm. lata; petioU breves, 2-5 mm. 

 longi,' sparse sericeo-villosi ; stipulae minimae, lineares, caducissunae. Amenta 

 (fructifera tantum vidi) fere sessiha, ut videtur initio foliolis parvis v. squamis 

 paucis suffulta et praecocia, longe cyUndrica, 5.5-7 cm. longa, circiter 1 cm. crassa, 

 rhachi sericeo-villosa, densissima; flores inter fructus remanentes subsessiles; 

 ovaria ovata, puberula, stylo pedicello subaequilongo integro, stigmatibus stylo 

 Bubaequilongis oblongis ut videtur integris coronata; glandula una ventraUs, pedi- 

 cello paullo longior, oblonga obtusa; bracteae ^2-% ovarii aequantes, oboyatae, 

 brunneae, plus minusve albo-sericeae. Fructus tantum tenuissime pilosuli, circiter 

 4 mm. longi, oblongi, pedicello glandula vix aequilongo suffulti, bracteis pedicello 

 duplo longioribus. 



CHINA. Without locality or date, W. Purdom (fruiting type). 



With its long fruiting aments and its entire oblanceolate leaves this species 

 looks distinct, but somewhat resembles forms of S. opaca Andersson (see p. 159). 

 The Willows of northern China are still very badly known and need further study. 



The specific name is derived from fitXeos, useless. 



182. Salix etosia Schneider. See p. 73. 



183. Salix Leveilleana Schneider, n. sp. 



Frutex v. arbor?; ramuli floriferi breviter sericeo-villosuli, olivaceo-brunnei, 

 novelli ignoti; gemmae oblongae, adpressae, breviter pilosae. Foha ignota. 

 Amenta (9 tantum nota) praecocia, sessilia, basi squamis paucis extus sericeis 

 suffulta, ad 5 cm. longa (an satis evoluta?) et circiter 1 cm. crassa, paulo curvata, 

 eericea, densiflora, rhachi villosa; ovaria glabra ovata, in stylo subaequilongo satis 

 crasso sensim producta, stigmatibus linearibus stylo 2-3-plo brevioribus adpressis 

 bifidis coronata, pedicello distincto piloso glandulam duplo superante suffulta; 

 glandula una ventralis, obtuso-rectangularis; bracteae oblongae, subobtusae, satis 

 angustae, brunnescentes, longe sericeae, sed basi intus et apice extus interdum 

 glabrae, pedicello duplo longiores. Fructus ignoti. 



CHINA. Yunnan : " valine de Kiao-m6-ti, ruisseau," alt. 3000 m., April 

 1913, E. E. Maire (type, 9). 



1 have received a part of a branchlet of this interesting Willow from Mgr. L6- 

 veille in honor of whom I have named this species. Not having seen the leaves 

 and (f flowers, 1 cannot refer it to a section, but it is certainly different from all 

 the numerous Willows 1 have seen from China and the other parts of our area. 



SPECIES VAEIETATESQUE SECUNDUM PLANTAS IN DITIONE NOSTRA COLLECTAS 

 DESCRIPTAE SED DUBIAE. 



Salix apiculata Andersson in Svensk. Vetensk. Akad. Handl. 1850, 470 (1851); 

 Jour. Linn. Soc. IV. 42 (1860). 



