PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



699 



Shrubs with Alternati: Stipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Petals United. 



Saliz wallicliiana, 



Bwir, h'lains. 

 Saliuine^s:. 

 F.b.I. V. 628. 

 The Plains to 9,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mahasu, 

 Fagu (Collett). 



Sails elegans, 



Bail, bitiu, bada. 

 Salicine^ 

 F. B. I. V. 630. 

 Himalaya, f. 11,000 ft. 

 Jakn, Simla (Collett). 



Sails liastata, 



Salicine^, 

 F. B. I. V. 630. 

 Himalaya, 9-15,000 ft. 

 Hatha Marali ^Collett). 



Sails vlminalls, 

 Tho Osior, 



BitAV. 



SAr.iciNE.j:, 

 F. B. I. V. 631. 

 Himalaya, 5-9,000 ft. 



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Seeds White, Downy. 



large, bark greenish grey, young parts velvety or 

 woolly becoming nearly smooth : leaves 2-5 ins. long, 

 lanceolate, long-pointed, margins usually even, green 

 and hairy above, white silky velvet beneath, nearly 

 sessile ; flowers in spikes hanging or erect, 1-4 ins. 

 long, appearing before the leaves, 1-3 leaves at the 

 base, bracts black, male spikes 1 in. long, stout, sta- 

 mens 2, female spikes 3-5 ins., style forked ; capsules 

 ^ in. downy, slender, shortly stalked, stigmas erect, 

 nearly sessile. 



large, branches dark green, young parts grey vel- 

 vety ; leaves 1-3, ovate or oblong, pointed or blunt, 

 finely toothed or not, smooth above, pale beneath, 

 shortly stalked, often attacked by an orange fungus ; 

 flowers appearing after the leaves on leafy spikes, 

 H-5 ins. long, bracts yellow, velvety, male spikes 

 compact, stamens 2, female spikes slender, drooping 

 much longer, stigmas nearly sessile, divided ; capsules 

 ^ in., conical, shortly stalked, smooth. 



small, shoots silky, branches dark brown or black ; 

 leaves 1-3 by |-2 ins., acute or abruptly pointed, teeth 

 small, stalk }-^ in., stipules large, broadly ovate, flow- 

 ers appearing with the leaves, in nearly sessile spikes, 

 with small leaves at the base, 1-7 ins. long, silky, bracts 

 oblong, blunt, just visible in the long silky hairs, male 

 spikes 1-1^ in. long, compact, cylindric, stamens 2, 

 female spikes 2-7 ins. long, style thread-like, stigmas 

 divided, spreading, fruiting spikes 7 ins.; capsules 

 smooth, nearly sessile, ^-j in. long, ovoid, beaked. 



large, branchlets slender, flexible, leaves 4-5 ins., 

 lanceolate, long pointed, smooth above, silvery silky 

 beneath, margins even, turned over, stipules linear- 

 lanceolate ; flowers appeariig before the leaves, in 

 bright yellow nearly sessile spikes, 1-4 ins. long, 

 bracts tipped with brown, or black .silky hairs, male 

 spikes nearly sessile, 1 in. long, erect, stamens 2, 

 female spikes 2-4 ins. long, style slender, stigmas 

 slender spreading ; capsules ^ in., beaked. 



