138 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [AUGUST 
subdense albo-villosuli, deinde fuscescentes vel nigrescentes, 
glabrescentes vel subglabri; gemmae juveniles dense villosae. 
Folia satis magna, late elliptica vel elliptico-oblonga, apice 
subito breviter acuta, basi rotundata, rarius leviter subcordata, 
minora inferiora 6-8 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata, majora superiora 
g-12 cm. longa et 3.3—4.8 cm. lata, superne saturate viridia, adulta 
laxe (in costa densius) sericeo-villosula, subtus valde discoloria, 
pulcherrime albescentia, pruinosa (non papillosa), plus minusve 
(initio probabiliter dense) adpresse albo-sericeo-villosula, costa 
nervisque lateralibus utrinsecus circ. 8-12 angulo 50~-80° a costa 
divergentibus flavescentibus utroque latere prominentibus, reticulo 
nervillorum gracillimo prominulo, margine integerrima; petioli 
6-15 mm. longi, undique dense villosi, superne late sulcati; stipulae 
ut videtur minimae, indistinctae. Amenta tantum fructifera 
visa, tardiva, ramulos foliatos 1.5-4 cm. longos terminantia, cylin- 
drica, ad 8 cm. longa et 1 cm. crassa, axi dense villosula. Flores 
adulti inter fructus remanentes circ. 6 mm. longi; ovaria ovato- 
oblonga, sessilia, dense albo-villosula; styli distincti circ. } ovarii 
- aequantes, ad basim bifidi, stigmatibus satis marcidis angustis 
_ oblongis bifidis brachiis styli fere aequilongis; glandula 1, ventralis, 
sicca ovato-trangularis, brevis; bracteae late ellipticae, apice 
 rotundatae, pallidae vel brunnescentes utrinque villosae, ovario : 
 subtriplo breviores. Fructus maturi circ. 7mm. oe ovariis 
_ adultis similes, ee 
Tr. ng lye 1, Pe fod m3 J lt. circ. 3400 Mm. 
: 30] er 4, € . Schneit (no 2059; tyP Ty A RO eet Schneider: 
qliestile oa biotite} 
= Unfortunately I collected only «few remnants of fruiting catkins, and I oo 
oiserayhiips - female flowers nor th ee 
a no doubt that this willow represents an excellent i 
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