Saliz.] CXLI. SALICINEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 631 
nerves beneath hairy, stipules broadly ovate or 1-cordate, catkins subsessile 
or shortly peduncled robust with small.leaves at the base, male cylindric 
compact silkily hairy, bracts subspathulate dark, stamens 2, anthers 
yellow, fem. longer, capsules stipitate glabrous, style filiform, stigmas 
spreading 2-fid. Anderss. in DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 259; Brand. For. FT. 
407; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 570; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 1191. S. ar- 
buscula? Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. é T. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA, in the inner ranges, and TIBET, from Garwhal westwards, 
alt. 9-15,000 ft. SIKKIM; at Tallum Samdong, alt. 11,500 ft., J. D. H.—DISTRIB. 
N. and W. Asia, Subalpine Europe. 
A small shrub, flowering and leafing together; branches dark brown or black, 
glabrous, Leaves 1-3 by 1-2) in., membranous, green on both surfaces but paler 
beneath ; petiole {-} in. ; stipules large or 0. Male catkins 1-1; in. ; fem. 2—7 in. 
Disk half as long as the stipes of the ovary. Capsules 4—4 in., ovoid, beaked.—The 
Sikkim specimens are in leaf only, and the leaves are 3-43 in. long. Andersson 
refers them to S. hastata. 
*** Capsules sessile or subsessile ; style produced (very shortly in 
S. longiflora & Lindleyana). 
T Trees or large shrubs, leaves glabrous glaucous silky or villous 
beneath, 
8. S. daphnoides, Villars Delph. iii. 765; branches shining or glau- 
cous, buds large downy, leaves oblong- or linear-lanceolate acuminate serrate 
shining above glaucous beneath, nerves prominent, stipules }-cordate acu- 
minate, catkins sessile stout, bracts black-tipped villous, male erect, 
Stamens 2 free, anthers yellow, fem. longer nodding, capsule subsessile 
glabrous, style filiform, stigmas diverging entire. Anderss. in DC. Prodr. 
Xvi. d. 261; Brand. For. Fl. 469, t. 62; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 377 ; 
Reichb. le, Fl. Germ. t. 602, 603; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 1191. S. daph- 
noides, var, indica, Anderss. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 46. S. acutifolia, 
Willd. Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Kumaon westwards, from 2500 ft. in the outer 
mes to 15,000 in the inner and in WESTERN TIBET.— DISTRIB. N. and W. Asia, 
rope. 
A large shrub, or a tree attaining 60 ft., and trunk 9-12 ft. in girth, flowering 
fore leafing; branchlets yellowish or reddish. Leaves 3-5 in., broader in the lower 
elevations ; nerves many, glabrous or silky beneath ; stipules lanceolate in the Indian 
forms (}-cordate in European). Male catkins 1-1} in., cylindric; fem.2—4in. Disk 
Surrounding the base of the ovary. Capsules with the style 1 in. 
9. S. insignis, Anderss. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 47; DO. Prodr. 
xvi. n. 269; shrubby or arboreous, branches stout glaucous, buds large, 
“aves elliptic lanceolate acuminate at both ends glandular-serrate glaucous 
or silky) beneath sometimes silky on both surfaces, stipules j-cordate 
persistent, catkins sessile with brown deciduous basal scales, male stout, 
tacts black with yellow hairs, stamens 2 free, fem. longer acute erect, 
racts obtuse glabrate, capsules shortly stipitate conic puberulous, style 
“hort, stigmas stout erect entire. Brand. For. Fl. 470. 
WESTERN TEMPER ; wur to Kashmir, alt. 512,000 ft. 
Perhaps a variety of S. a deides (as named by Andersson in Herb. Wall.) with 
Tüperulous longer stipitate capsules, shorter styles, and often very silky leaves.— 
nfersson describes a hirsute form with narrower leaves, and tomentose shoots. 
10. Ss. viminalis, Linn. Sp. Pl. 1091; shoots silky, leaves linear- 
