860 JOURNAL,BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XVIII. 



Salis babylonica. 

 "Weeping willow, 



Beda, majnun, 



Salicine^;. 



F. B. I. v. 629. 



The Plains to 9,000ft. 



Sails fragilis, 

 Qrack -willow, 

 Salicine^e. 

 F. B. I. v. 630. 

 Lahoul. 



Salis daphnoides, 



Bell, sh?in, thail. 

 Salicine^:. 

 F. B. I. v. 631 

 Himalaya, 3-15,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mahasu. 



Sails osycarpa, 



Trf.es with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Petals None. 

 like S. Alba but with long drooping branches 



and the leaves not so white beneath as in S. alba. 



medium size ; branches smooth polished, fragile at 

 their insertion ; leaves 3-6 in. long ; flowering after 

 leafing, flowering stalks (spikes) leafy ( cultivated 

 only in Lahoul and Western Thibet). 



bark smooth, greenish grey ; flowers appear before 

 the leaves ; flowering stalks (spikes ) 1-4 in. long- 

 silky. 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Fopulus nigra, var 

 pyramidalis, 



Lombard? Poplar, 



Frast , safeda . 



SaliciNe^;. 



F. B. I. v. 638. 



The Plains to 10,000 ft. 

 Kashmir, Lahore. 



Populus ciliata, The 

 Himalayan Poplar. 



Pahari pipal. 

 SALICINE.E. 



F. B. I. v. 638. 

 Himalaya. 4-10,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Leaves long stalked. 



large, sometimes planted, is easily recognised by its 

 pyramidal shape, other characters like the following 

 species of Populus, but leaf 2-4 in., stalk l-2£ in. 

 long, male flowering spikes short, stamens 15-30, female 

 spikes 4-6 in. long. 



large bark grey, smooth on young plants, vertically 

 wrinkled on old ; buds viscidly resinous ; branches 

 angled ; leaves 3-7 in. long, ovate, stalk 2-5 in. ; 

 flowering before leafing ; flowering stalks ( spikes ) 

 male short, female branched. 2-9 in. long ; seeds 

 numerous with long silky hairs. 



PopullIS balsamifera, large, strongly scented leaf buds viscidly resinous ; 



Pa7tfo, biit. branches angled ; leaves 2-5 in. long, ovate, stalk, 



Salicine>e. 2-5 in. male flowering spikes sessile, stamens 20-3 



F. B. I. v. 638. female 5-6 in. long. 

 The Plains to 13,000 ft. 



