Salicaceae

S. triandra L., Sp. PL 1016 (1753). Syn: S. amygdalina L., loc. cit. (1753); S. medwedewii Dode in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 55:652 (1908); S. armena Schisch-kin in Izv. Tomsk Univ. 81:436 (1929)!
Shrub, rarely small tree, to 6 m tall. Bark smooth, peeling off in thin patches. Twigs thin and flexible, glabrous or velutinous-pubescent, olive- or reddish-brown, rather fragile. Buds ovoid, brown, glabrous or hairy. Leaves oblong-ovate, ovate-elliptic, or oblong-lanceolate, usually 3-7 x as long as broad, 5-10 cm, acute or shortly acuminate, serrate, glabrous or finely velutinous-pubescent, dark-green above, pale green or glaucous beneath; petiole 6-15 mm, with 2-3 small subapical glands. Catkins appearing with leaves, on short leafy stalks, elongate-cylindrical; male 4-8 cm, slender, stamens 3, filaments hairy at base; female shorter and denser, flowers with 1 nectary, ovary ovoid-conical, glabrous; capsule 5-6 x 2-2.5 mm, fruiting pedi-cels 3-4 x as long as nectary. Style very short or lacking. Fl. 5-6. Usually in marshes, sometimes by streams or on river banks, 100-1950 m.
1. Shoots weakly pubescent, glabrescent; leaves ± narrowly lanceolate-elliptic, glabrous - subsp. triandra
1. Shoots usually densely short-hairy, at least when young; leaves broadly
oblong-lanceolate to ovate-elliptic, ± densely velutinous subsp. bornmuelleri
subsp. bornmuelleri (Hausskn.) A. Skv., Ivy SSSR 100 (1968). Syn: S. born-muelleri Hausskn. in Mitt. Thür. Bot. Ver. 9:21 (1890)! Figure 21.
Type: [Turkey A5 Amasya] Amasia, in humidis fl. Jeschil Irmak, 350 m, 17 vii 1889, Bornmüller (holo. JE!).
N., S. & Inner Anatolia. A3 Sakarya: nr Lefke in Sakarya valley, 100 m, Bornm. 1929:13575! A4 Ankara: Kalecik in Kizilirmak valley, 680 m, Bornm. 1929:13570! A5 Amasya: by Yeşilirmak, 480 m, Görz 122! A6 Amasya: Tersaken valley 3 km W. of Boğazköy, 13 vi 1955, Çetik! A8 Gümüşane: 5 km above Bayburt, edge of Çoruh river, 1500 m, Görz. B2 Balikesir: 25 km N.E. of Balikesir towards Bursa, Browicz & Zieliński 42. B5 Kayseri: Pinar-başi, D. 21918! B6 Maraş: Göksun to Findik, 1250 m, D. 27618! B7 Tunceli: 9 km from Pülümür to Tunceli, 1000 m, D. 29203! B8 Bitlis: Bitlis Su, Hand.-Mazz. (fide Görz 1930:119). ,B9 Ağri: Hamur to Tutak, S. of Ağri, Browicz & Zieliński 372, 373. C3 Antalya: Kara G. nr Yuva, 1000 m, D. 13909! C4 Konya: Konya to Çumra, Küçük Köy, 980 m, Helbaek 2457! C6 Maraş: Koyunoluk Da. to Delihübek Da., 1000 m, D. 27516! C7 Adiyaman: Malatya to Kahta, Hand.-Mazz. 2488 (fide Görz 193 0:119). C8 Mardin: Mardin, Hanaki, Sint. 1888:1376!
N. Iraq; Soviet Armenia (rare). Ir.-Tur. element. A third subspecies of S. triandra, subsp. nipponica (Franch. & Sav.). A. Skv., occurs in E. Asia from Lake Baikal to Korea and Japan.