634 CXLI. SALICINEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Salix. 
half buried in the soil with ascending short branches. Leaves small, usually 
coriaceous and strongly nerved. 
17. S. Serpyllum, Anderss. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 55; DC. Prodr. 
xvi.ii. 292; leaves very small subdistichous obovate- or elliptic-lanceolate 
flat serrulate towards the tip pale or glaucous beneath, catkins terminating 
long leafy branchlets short subclavate dense-fld., stamens 2 free, bracts 
rounded cuneate black crispily hairy at length glabrous ciliate, capsules 
sessile turgid glabrous a little longer than the black oblong bracts, style 
long 2-cleft, stigmas yellow shortly 2-fid. S. longipes, Herb. Ind. Or. 
H. f. & T. 
SikKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 10-14,000 ft., J. D. H. 
Stem and branches stout, creeping and rooting; leafing branchlets slender, very 
short. Leaves }-} in., lingulate, deep green above, narrowed into the petiole, sub- 
glaucous beneath. Male catkins 4-1 in., erect; fem. 1} in.; filaments brown, base 
woolly. Capsules > ìn., turgidly conic, brown.—Represents S. Myrsinites of the 
European Alps. 
VAR. pusilla, Anderss. in DC. 1. c. 293 ; branchlets longer, leaves 13 in., margins 
subrevolute glaucous beneath, catkins } in. on shorter peduncles, 
18. S. flabellaris, Anderss. in Act. Holm. 497; in Bot. Reise Pr. 
Wald. 120, t. 90; DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 295; branches prostrate very stout, 
leaves long-petioled obovate or broadly obovate acute or obtuse crenulate 
glabrous paler or glaucous beneath, catkins on leafy branchlets usually 
very short few-fld., stamens 2 free, bracts lingulate-obovate glabrous dark, 
capsules subsessile turgidly ovoid quite glabrous red, style not long, 
stigmas entire. Brand. For. Fl. 471. $S. lucida, Jacquem. mss. 
obovata, Wall. Cat. 3698. S. rotundifolia, Herb. Royle. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA; from Kumaon to Kashmir, alt. 11-15,000 ft., Royle, &c. 
SIKKIM ; at Lachoong, J. D. H. 
A procumbent shrub; branches angled, glabrous, reddish, subflabellately leafy. 
Leaves ł-1 in., bright green above, paler beneath with reticulate nerves, rounded 
spathulate or obovate; petiole 1 in. Male catkins about 1 in., bracts subcrenulate ; 
anthers yellow; fem. as long or longer, purplish; bracts half as long as the red 
capsules; rachis glabrous.—Distinguished from S. Lindleyana & calyculata by the 
larger glabrous leaves green on both surfaces. Andersson suggests this being à 
Himalayan form of the European S. arctica, from which it differs in broader crenu- 
late leaves, longer catkins and brown capsules. Duthie sends specimens from Kumaon 
with red or yellow leaves 2 in., petiole 3-4 in., and fem. catkins 3 in. The smooth re 
capsules } in. long are very characteristic of all the specimens. 
19. S. Lindleyana, Wall. Cat. 3697 ; a prostrate creeping and rooting 
shrub, leaves petioled small oblong-lanceolate quite entire serrulate oF 
crenulate glabrous glaucous beneath, catkins on short leafy branchlets ovoid 
few-fld., bracts oblong-obovate quite glabrous, capsules shortly pedicelle 
much longer than the bracts conic quite glabrous, style minute, stigri 
stout. Anderss. in Act. Holm. 1850, 499 ; Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 56; Dc. 
Prodr. xvi. ii. 296; Brand. For. Fl. 471. Salix, No. 12 and 14, Herd. Sir 
& Wint. 
16 ooo HIMALAYA ; from Kumaon, alt. 11-14,000 ft., to Sikkim, ascending t0 
Branches often running along the ground. Leaves variable in breadth and 
serrulation. Catkins 4-1 in. Capsules 1} in., dark brown, valves narrower 
S. flabellaris.— Andersson has two varieties, latifolia, with leaves 3—} in., serru 
almost throughout, and microphylla, with narrower leaves -5—4 in., deeply channe 
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down the centre and with revolute margins. He likens the species in habit (only) to 
