628 CXLI. SALICINE^S. (J. D. Hooker.) [Salix. 



S. CALOPHTLLA, Wall. Cat. 9102, from Attran (Burma), consists of a glabrous 

 branch with very large long and stoutly petioled ovate-lanceolate leaves, resembling 

 those of S. ichnostachya ; it is probably a form of tetrasperma. It is overlooked by 

 Andersson. 



S. DENSA, Wall. Cat. 9103, from Martaban, also overlooked by Andersson, consists 

 of a glabrous branch with linear-oblong petioled leaves 6 in. long. It is also probably 

 referable to tetrasperma. 



S. NOBILIS, Fries ; S. TETRASPERMA, var. NOBILIS, Anderss. in Act. Holm. 1850, 

 492, and in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 42 (omitted in the Prodromus), from Nepal, is 

 described as having a very long 2-fid style with linear split stigmas. 



2. S. ichnostachya, Lindl.in Wall. Gat. 3704 ; shoots and young 

 leaves silky-pubescent, leaves petioled lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate serrulate usually glaucous beneath, catkins densely woolly sessile 

 or pedicelled, male sparse-fid., fern, rather dense-fid., stamens 6-8, capsules 

 shortly stipitate globosely ovoid densely woolly, style short 2-fid. Anderss. 

 in Act. Holm. 488 ; Wight Ic. t. 1953. S. tetrasperma, var. ichnostachya, 

 Anderss. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 41 ; DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 193. S. pondi- 

 cheriana, Anderss. mss. 



The DECCAN ; Pondicherry, Perrottet ; Maisor ; near Salem, Wight. 

 Habit and foliage of 8. tetrasperma, from which the densely woolly catkins and 

 the shape and woolliness of the capsules distinguish it. 



3. S. acmopliylla 9 Boiss. Diagn. vii. 98 ; Fl. Orient, iv. 1183 ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate upper caudate-acuminate quite entire or serrulate 

 glaucous beneath, catkins short shortly peduncled, bracts ovate or oblong 

 concave villous, stamens 4-6, capsules ovoid-oblong shortly stipitate, 

 stigmas sessile short entire. Anderss. Monogr. 7, f. 76 ; DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 

 195 ; Brand. For. Fl. 463. S. glauca and S. acmophylla, Anderss. in Act. 

 Holm. 1850 ; Journ. Linn. Soc. I. c. 43. S. octandra, Del. ; Aitcli. Cat. 

 Panjab PI. 140. 



NORTH-WESTERN INDIA, from the Beas. westward; (cultivated at Delhi, Aitchison.) 

 DISTRIB. Afghanistan, Beluchistaii (cultivated all over it, Stocks) and westward 

 to Syria. 



A moderate-sized quite glabrous tree, flowering after leafing ; trunk attaining 

 7 ft. girth ; crown rounded, branches often pendulous. Leaves 2-5 in., pale, lower 

 often subacute or mucronate. Male catkins 1-2 in., cylindric, dense-fid. ; fern. 1 in., 

 nodding, with deciduous long-haired bracts. Brandis observes that & acmophylla is 

 both geographically and structurally intermediate between S. tetrasperma and the 

 N. African S. Svfsuf, Forsk. 



SECT. II. DIANDII^;. Fern, catkins sessile or peduncled ; bracts coloured, 

 persistent. Stamens 2 (or more in S. alba &fragilis), free. Disk of one or 

 two scales. 



* Capsules usually stipitate ; style 0. 



4. S. Wallichiana, Anderss. in Act. Holm. 1850, 447 ; Monogr. 80, 

 f. 46 ; DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 223 ; shoots and leaves beneath silky, leaves 

 oblong lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate smooth quite entire, catkins densely 

 silky subsessile with small leaves at the base, males 1-1^ in. erect, fern. 

 3-4 in. drooping, bracts black, stamens 2 free, capsules shortly stipitate slender 

 silky, stigmas erect subsessile. Brand. For. l?l. 468 ; Gamble Man. Ind. 

 Timb. 376 ; Wall. Cat. 3700 A in part, B, C. Salix, Herb. Strach. $f Wint. 

 No. 3, 5, 11. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Kashmir to Bhotan, ascending to 9000 ft., and in 

 the PANJAB PLAINS ; wild or cultivated. DISTRIB. Afghanistan. 



