1917] SCHNEIDER—NEW CHINESE PLANTS 143 
This is the first willow from central China, I have seen, which apparently 
represents a species of sect. PHYLICIFOLIAE Dum. It is a much branched tall 
shrub with short spreading branchlets. The short, silky female aments are 
perfectly sessile. Without having seen mature leaves and male flowers, 
however, it is impossible to be sure of the real relationship of the species. 
\\55 Salix (sect. Drptopicryar Schn.) Faxoniana, n. sp. (fig. H, 
I~5).—Frutex parvus, ramis prostratis radicantibus, ramulis 
ascendentibus, o.2-0.3 m. altus; ramuli tantum novelli initio 
sericei, annotini glabri, flavo-brunnei, biennes vetustioresque 
obscure brunnescentes, deinde nigrescentes; gemmae elliptico- 
oblongae, subacutae, circ. 5 mm. longae, glabrae. Folia obovato- 
elliptica, elliptica vel elliptico-oblonga (vel minima ovato-elliptica), 
apice rotundata, obtusa vel breviter subacuta, basi late cuneata vel 
rotundata, 1.5:1 cm. ad 3.5:2-2.3 cm. vel angustiora ad 3:1.5 
cm. magna, superne intense viridia, subnitidula, glabra, tantum in 
costa subimpressa vel plana versus basim pilis sparsis praedita, 
subtus valde discoloria, cinerascentia vel albescentia, pruinosa, in 
costa nervisque lateralibus prominulis utrinsecus 6-10 angulo 
7o-80° a costa divergentibus pilis sericeis sparsis instructa vel 
glabra (juvenilia probabiliter dense sericea), reticulo nervillorum 
satis distincto, margine satis indistincte et distanter glanduloso- 
crenato-denticulata; petioli satis longi, superne in sulco lato plus 
minusve puberuli, 8-13 mm. longi. Amenta tantum fructifera — 
visa, ramulos ad 3 cm. longos normaliter foliatos terminantia, 
cylindrica, densiflora, ad 5 cm. longa et circ. 1 cm. crassa, axi laxe 
villosula; bracteae florum inter fructus remanentium oblongae, 
fuscae, obtusiusculae, dimidio ovarii aequantes, versus basim parce 
villosulae, apicem versus glabrae, plus minusve ciliatae; ovaria 
elongata, conica, basi in pedicellum brevissimum quam glandula 
-duplo: breviorem attenuata, oabek vel basi sparse villosula; styli 
sicnett ee aa 
