96 SUBG.-MA.J. J. E. T. AITCHISOK ON THE FLOEA 01" 



389. Salix grisea, Wall. = Griffith, nos. 1318 and 1319. 



Shendtoi, from 10,000 to 12,000 feet, common. 

 1208. S. daphnoides, Vill. 



One specimen collected by Major Collett, Kuram valley (loca- 

 lity unknown). 



574. S. pycnostachys, Anders. 



A cultivated tree near the village of Ballut; no male flowers 

 found. 



~rx. S. pycnostachys, Anders. 

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Male flowers collected in Shendtoi at 11,000 feet; May. 



1207. S. sp. = Griffith, no. 1316. 



Eeferred to by Brandis (For. Flor. p. 464) as a form between 



S. Safsaf, Forsk., and S. acmophylla, Boiss. 



99. S. sp. near S. seriocarpa, Anders., and S. babylonica, L. 



A large cultivated tree, with weeping branches ; the young 



branches cut as fodder for cattle. Very common at Alikhel round 



fields, where it is planted to keep open the irrigation channels. 



246. S. sp. near S. babylonica, L. 



A large weeping tree cultivated at Kuram ; April. 



110. S. sp. near S. viminalis, L. 



A shrub, wild and cultivated round fields for basket-work, and 



known as the " true willow " (" Asil-a-walla "). 



254. Populus alba, L. 



A cultivated tree near villages, very common in the Kuram 



district ; occasional at Hariab as at Alikhel. 



350. P. alba, var. denudata. 



A cultivated tree, with the same range as 254. 



161. P. nigra, L., var. afghanica, Aitchison et Hemsley. Ramulis ulti- 

 mis gracillimis, foliis parvis membranaceis ovato-rhomboideis basi insig- 

 niter cuneatis, amentis femineis laxis gracilibus. 



Arbor 100-pedalis, ramis adscendentibus, ramulis ultimis gracillimis. Folia 

 graciliter petiolata, primum puberula, adulta mem bran acea, ovato- 

 rhomboidea, lamina saepissime l-lj-pollicaris, raro lf-pollicaris, basi 

 ssepissime longe cuneata, apice breviter acuminata, margine crenato-den- 

 ticulata ; petiolus filiformis, usque ad pollicaris. Amenta feminea bre- 

 viter pedunculata, bipollicaria, gracilia, laxa ; perianthium cupulatum, 

 obsolete lobatum, majusculum ; capsula immatura ovata, pedicello sub- 

 sequilonga. 



"With all the principal characters of P. nigra this has exceed- 

 ingly slender branches, small leaves, and slender female catkins. 



