144 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [auGuST 
Schneider (no. 2319; typusin Herb. Arb. Arn. et Hb. Schneider; frutex 0. 2-0.3 
m. altus); in declivibus rupestribus montium inter flum. Yang-tze et oppidum 
Chung-tien, alt. circ. 3400 m., mense Augusto 1914, C. Schneider (no. 2375; 
forma nullo modo ab no. 2319 diversa). 
At first sight this species very closely resembles S. oreinoma Schn. from the 
high mountains of western Szechuan, but S. Faxoniana differs from it and from 
the other Asiatic species of sect. DrpLopictyAr Schn. in its glabrous ovaries, 
the fruits being sometimes hairy only at the very base. The leaves are similar 
to those of S. oreinoma, but the catkins of this species speente only about 2 cm. 
in length (without the -sasaieds ,an and the bract zg , broader, and 
truncate at the apex. i pliment to Mr c E, Faxon, 
the assistant director 2 the Arnold Arboretum. 
SALIX BRACHISTA Schneider in Sargent, Pl. Wils. 3:145. 1916.— 
I described only a male specimen, and I add the following descrip- 
tion of the female pent: dct: pygmaeus, trunco subterraneo, 
bentik 1s; ramuli prostrati, initio olivacei 
vel Parveackntes, dein flavo-brunnei vel flavo-rubri, tantum novelli 
_ parce pilosuli, cito glabrescentes. Folia parva vel perparva, crasse 
_papyracea, elliptica vel ovato-elliptica, utrinque acuta vel pleraque 
apice acutiuscula et basi subrotundata, minimis exceptis 6:2 mm. 
_ ad 12:6 mm. vel maxima ad 17:9 mm. magna, superne satis viridia, 
costa incisa, nervis lateralibus planis vel vix levissime prominulis, 
glabra, subtus pallidiora, non eaeecortie, costa nervisque 
aoe lateralibus utrinque 5~7 angulo circ. 50-70" a costa divergentibus — 
-distincte prominulis, an initio pilosa?, adulta glabra, margine 
: Me subintegerrima vel plus minusve distanter minute ee 
oo petioli oe superne sulcati, 2-4 vel foliorum 8mm 
longi, ger mas plus minusve duplo superantes. Amenta trate 
- pauca tantum v termi- 
— zaflora; f fructus maturi, obovato-oblongi apice attenuati, : 
