ARBORES FRUTICESQUE CHINENSES NOVI. IV 
CAMILLO SCHNEIDER 
(WITH PLATE XV) 
) Salix (sect. SCLEROPHYLLAE Schn.) tenella, n. sp. (fig. A, 
ae. .—Frutex parvus squarrosus; .ramuli hornotini non visi, 
annotini biennesque floriferi obscure purpurascentes, minute 
puberuli vel fere tomentelli, dein glabrescentes, vetustiores cineras- 
centes vel cinereo-brunnei. Folia nondum satis evoluta anguste 
elliptico-lanceolata, apice obtusa, basi subrotundata, 11.5 cm. 
longa, o.2-0.4 cm. lata, superne viridia, initio plus minusve pu- 
berula, subtus discoloria, glaucescentia, sparse puberula vel ut 
videtur cito glabrescentia, nervis valde tenuibus utrinsecus circ. 
6 superne incisis, margine integerrima; petioli 1-2 mm. longi, pilis 
subflavis tomentelli. Amenta tantum juvenilia feminea visa, 
coetanea, anguste cylindrica, 3-4 mm. crassa, ad 2.5 n. longa, 
pedunculis folia 3-6 Mest’ normalia Sproles puberulis Or | 
5 mm. longis exclusis, rhachi t 
rotundae vel ovato-ellipticae, ovariis sublc : 
Auscae, : 
gi jones ae 2 esa : ao 
varia spare: isa soy brevissimo_ ad ain bifido eaten Pe 
stigmata brevia, biloba; | 2, ventralis late ovata vel — 
-ovato-rectangularis, dorsalis paullo 1 minor, similis similis vel 2 -partita. | aS 
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