Salix.] CXLI. SALICINEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 635 
S. fruticulosa, and in other respects to S. retusa of the Alps, which it represents in 
the Himalaya, differing in the narrower leaves, shorter catkins and reddish glaucous 
capsules. Andersson in the Prodromus likens this to S. fruticulosa, probably alluding 
to his S. fruticulosa described in Journ. Linn. Soc., a species overlooked in the Pro- 
dromus. (See end of the Genus.) 
Forma major, Anderss. in Herb. Wall., has leaves 1-1} in. rounded obovate 
narrowed into a petiole } in., and capsules nearly } in. long. S. clavata, Wail. Cat. 
3698.— Kumaon, Blinkworth.— Omitted in all Andersson’s works.. 
20. S. calyculata, Hook. f. Herb. Ind. Or. ; leaves petioled elliptie 
or broadly obovate tip subacute or rounded ciliate with silky hairs entire or 
crenulate towards the tip, young villous, old glaucous beneath, catkins on 
leafy branchlets subsessile short oblong, bracts oblong-obovate brown 
glabrous, capsules very shortly stipitate ovoid-conie glabrous, style thick 
not long, stigmas short erect. Anderss. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 55; DC. 
Prodr. xvi. i1. 296, 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 14-15,000 ft., J. D. H. . 
A very small gnarled shrub, with ascending branchlets. Leaves about 1 in., dull 
green above, with the nerves impressed, dark when dried; petiole z in. Male 
catkins } in., almost hidden amongst the leaves, broadly ovoid; fem. rounded. 
Capsule } in., pitchy brown; stipes longer than the glabrous disk-gland.—Andersson 
says. that he retains this species on my authority, but that he regards it as doubtful, 
and intermediate between flabellaris and Serpyllum. My opinion is that if the two 
latter are kept as distinct species, so must S. calyculata, but that all are best 
United. The name, he observes, is derived from the stamens being almost connate in 
a tube. In Journ, Linn. Soc. he describes them as free except in a monster in which 
the filaments are united in a tube which is thickened and bifid above the divisions, 
ovate acute and subantheriferous within, concealed by the dilated disk-scale. My 
impression is that the long bracts of the catkin suggested the specific name. 
21. S. oreophila, Hook. f. Herb. Ind. Or.; leaves shortly petioled 
obovate or oblong-cuneate pale green glabrous tips deeply serrulate, catkins 
minute hidden amongst the leaves few-fld., bracts pale obovate glabrous, 
isk-scale very large, stamens 2 free, capsules subsessile conic glabrous 
thrice as long as the lingulate bracts, style very short, stigmas short entire. 
Anderss, in Journ, Linn. Soe. iv. 57; DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 296. 
SIKKIM HIMATAYA, alt. 15-16,000 ft., J. D. H. 
: A very dwarf shrub, flabellately branched ; branches prostrate, curved. Leaves 
1274 1n., densely imbricate, rugulose above, quite glabrous except the slightly hairy 
ase, — Catkins very small, fem. 1 in. with the flowers subumbellately spreading. 
Capsule 1—1 in., rather obtuse brown shining. . 
. VAR. secta, Anderss, in DC. 1. c. 297; forming rounded tufts at very high eleva- 
tions, leaves rosulate js in. laciniate, catkins 2-4-fld., capsules conie, stigmas minute, 
S. secta, Hook. J. Herb. Ind. Or. ; ! Anderss. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 57.—Sikkim, 
alt. 14,000 ft.—Andersson remarks that this is both the smallest and most alpine 
willow known to him, It is, perhaps, a form of S. Lindleyana. 
P 22. S. Thomsoniana, Anderss. in. Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 54 ; DC. 
"od". xvi. ii, 297; a dwarf shrub, branches stout ascending, leaves elliptic- 
lanceolate acuminate remotely serrulate hoary or silkily villous beneath 
with hirsute nerves, catkins on leafy branchlets elongate cylindric males 
slender lax-fld., fem. few-fld., bracts broadly obovate hirsute with white 
nirs, disk-scale very long black, stamens 2 free, capsule minute sessile 
8'obose woolly, style cleft to the base, segments divaricate, stigmas short 
subbifd, S. vagans, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
SIKKIM HruAzAYA, alt, 8-10,0C0 ft., J. D. H.; Lachoong, Pantling. 
