88 
Plants of the Punjab. 
SHRUBS WITH ALTERNATE STIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Salix Wallichiana, 
Bwir, bhains. 
SALICINES. 
F. B. I. v. 628. 
The Plains to 
9,000 ft. 
Simla, Mahasu, 
Fagu (Collett). 
Salix elegans, 
Bail, bitsu, bada. 
SALICINES. 
F, B. I. v. 680. 
Himalaya, 
6-11,000 ft. 
Jaku, Simla 
(Collett). 
Salix hastata, 
SALIOINBA, 
#. B..1. v.. 6390. 
Himalaya, 
9-15,000 ft. 
Hathu, Marali 
(Collett). 
Salix viminalis, 
The Osier, 
Bitsu. 
SALICINESE. 
Weil. ¥. O01. 
Himalaya, 
3-9,000 ft. 
PETALS NONE. 
enclosed in bracts, calyx minutely toothed, styles 3-5, 
acorn cylindric, 1-14 in. long, tip conical, cup very thick, 
grey, bracts closely pressed together, tips narrow. 
SHEDS WITH A TUFT OF LONG WHITE HAIRS. 
large, bark greenish-grey, young parts velvety or 
woolly becoming nearly smooth; leaves 2-5 in. long, 
lanceolate, long-pointed, margins usually even, green 
and hairy above, white silky velvet beneath, nearly sessile ; 
flowers in spikes (catkins), hanging or erect, 1-4 in. long, 
appearing before the leaves, 1-3 leaves at the base, bracts 
black, male spikes 1 in. long, stout, stamens 2, female 
spikes 8-5 in., styles 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 (catkins), 14-5 in. 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 in., acute or abruptly pointed, teeth 
small, stalk 3-3 in., stipules large, broadly ovate ; flowers 
appearing with the leaves, in nearly sessile spikes, 
with small leaves at the base, 1-7 in. long, silky, bracts 
oblong, blunt, just visible in the long silky hairs, male 
spikes 1-14 in. long, compact, cylindric, stamens 2, female 
Spikes 2-7 in. long, styles thread-like, stigmas divided, 
spreading, fruiting spikes 7 in.; capsules }- } in. long, 
smooth, nearly sessile, ovoid, beaked. 
large, branchlets slender, flexible ; leaves 4-5 1in., 
lanceolate, long-pointed, smooth above, silvery silky 
beneath, margins even, turned over, stipules linear-lan- 
ceolate ; flowers appearing before the leaves, in bright 
yellow nearly sessile spikes, 1-4 in. long, bracts tipped 
with brown, or black silky hairs, male spikes nearly sessile, 
1 in. long, erect, stamens 2, female spikes 2-4 in. long, style 
slender, stigmas slender, spreading ; capsules } in., boaked 
