142 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [AUGUST 
superantes. Fructus maturi circ. 6mm. longi, ovato-elliptici, 
glabri, ut ovaria pedicellati, pedicello glandulam siccam fere duplo 
superante. 
Szechuan australis: in districtu Hua-li ad flum. Yalung, in dumetis, alt. 
circ. 2800 m., 27 Maji 1914, C. Schneider (no. 1425; typus in Herb. Arn. Arb. 
et Hb. Schneider). 
Judging by the fruiting material only, I believe this species is best placed 
in sect. DENTICULATAE Schn. near S. denticulata And., but it can be distin- 
guished at once from this species by its much larger hives: The yellowish 
nervation is very conspicuous on both surfaces of the leaves. I am not able to 
determine the real relationship of the new species, not having seen any male 
WS \ Salix (probabiliter sect. PHyLiciFoL1AE Dum.) squarrosa, n. sp. 
Gee E, .1-5)—Frutex erectus, squarrosus, breviter ramosus, 
ad 4 m. altus; ramuli hormotini non visi, annotini nigro- 
-sesnagasren, glabri vel cai sie ad gemmas parce pipsseh, 
peranne foliiferae itis chioagne acutae, subadpressae, cire. 
I cm. longae, flavo-brunneae, glabrae. Folia nondum evoluta vel 
minima, vix ad 1 cm. longa et 3 mm. lata, superne glabra, subtus 
_ dense longe sericea sed ut videtur cito glabrescentia, integerrima, 
- nervis lateralibus vix visibilibus, matura ignota. Amenta prae- 
om sessilia, patentia, ovato-elliptica, vel breviter cylindrica, 
-1.5-2.8 cm. longa, circ. 1 cm. crassa, dense albo-sericea, tantum 
feminea visa ; bracteae ovatae, subacutae, ovaria florum superantes 
sed vix apicem styli attingentes, nigro-fuscae, utrinque longe ser- 
-jceae; ovaria ovata, dense breviter sericea, breviter pedicellata, 
ete glandulam aequante vel sublongiore; styli fere glabri, — 
-distincti, elongati, dimidio ovarii aequilongi, stigmatibus oblongis 
 apice haud vel paullo emarginatis stylo brevioribus coronati; — 
- landula una, ventralis, Pag ae ees apes. truncata. oe 
ie vix satis maturi pedicello sti c 
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