SalixJ] CXLI. SALICINE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 629 



A shrub or small tree, flowering before leafing. Leaves 2-3 in., young silvery- 

 tomentose on both surfaces, sometimes obscurely crenate ; nerves numerous, not very 

 distinct. Male catUns 1 in., short, stout, tip rounded; fern. 3-5 in., rachis tomen- 

 tose. Capsules $ in., valves slender. Andersson has the following varieties. 



VAR. grisea, Anderss. Monogr. 80 ; DC. 1. c. ; leaves serrulate glabrate above 

 base narrow or rounded, catkins crowded scales long acute pale with brown tips, 

 capsules subsessile very slender hoary, stipe* hardly longer than the disk. S. grisea, 

 Wall. Cat. 3700 G. S. pseudo-grisea, Steud. Nomencl. 



VAB. julacea, Anderss. Monogr. 1. c. ; DC. 1. c. 224; leaves ovate-oblong sub- 

 obtuse minutely distantly serrulate, catkins shortly peduncled very long slender 

 flexuous, bracts glabrate tips brown, capsules sparsely hairy, stipes 3-4 times as long 

 as the disk. Hyderabad, Jacquemont. I have not seen this. 



VAB. sericea, Anderss. 11. c. ; leaves silky on both surfaces, catkins stout shortly 

 pedicelled, bracts acute black glabrous, capsules short pale, stipes about three times 

 as long as the disk. Kashmir. 



S. CAPREA, Linn. Sp. PI. 1020 ; leaves elliptic oblong or obovate crenate 

 rugose beneath and grey-pubescent with crispy or cottony down, nerves 

 8-12 pairs strong beneath, stipules large subreniform, catkins snbsessile 

 densely silky, male 1 in. erect ovoid-oblong, bracts dark, stamens 2 free, 

 fern. 2-3 in. slender nodding, bracts tipped with black, capsules shortly 

 stipitate cylindric from an ovoid base downy, stigmas subsessile erect. 

 Anderss. in DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 222 ; Brand. For. FL 467, t. 60; Seichb.Ic. 

 Fl. Germ. t. 577 ; Boiss. FL Orient, iv. 1188. 



Cultivated in Rohilkund and N.W. India. DISTEIB. Europe, W. Asia. 



A tree, 25-30 ft., flowering before leafing ; trunk attaining 3-4 ft. girth, often a 

 shrub. Leaves 2-4 in., dark green above, margins often recurved, base cuneate 

 rounded or cordate. Male catkins very stout, sweet-scented; fern. 2 3 in. Capsules 

 | in. Sallow, or Goat Willow. 



S. ALBA, Linn. Sp. PI. 1021 ; a tree, leaves narrow lanceolate acu- 

 minate glandular-denticulate silky beneath, stipules lanceolate deciduous, 

 catkins on leafy peduncles, male cylindric dense-fld. drooping, bracts oblong 

 ciliate, stamens 2 free, fern, lax-fld., bracts yellow ciliate, capsules sub- 

 sessile ovoid glabrous, style very short, stigmas 2-fid. Anderss. in DC. 

 Prodr. xvi. ii. 211 ; Brand. For. FL 466 ; Seiehb. Ic. FL Germ. t. 608 ; 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 1485. 



NORTH-WEST HIMALAYA and WESTEBN TIBET, cultivated only. DISTBIB. 

 Europe, N. Asia. 



A tree, attaining 80 ft., flowering after leafing ; branchlets olive-green, yellow, 

 red, or purple. Leaves 2-4 in., dull green above, young silky on both surfaces, old 

 glabrous, often glaucous beneath ; petiole eglandular. Male catkins 1-1 -a- in. ; fem. 

 2-3 in. Disk scales 2. Capsules with narrowed tips. White Willow. 



S. BABYLONICA, Linn. Sp. PL 1017 ; a tree with weeping branches, 

 leaves linear-lanceolate acuminate serrulate glabrous or sparsely hairy 

 beneath, stipules falcate serrate, catkins very slender on leafy peduncles, 

 male short slender curved pale yellow, stamens 2 free, fem. as long, bracts 

 small lanceolate pale, capsules sessile narrowly conic glabrous or nearly so, 

 stigmas sessile entire. Anderss. in DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 212 ; Brand. For. 

 Fl. 465, t. 59; Wall. Cat. 3709; Boiss. FL Orient, iv. 1185. 



Cultivated in the plains of INDIA, and the HIMALAYA, ascending to 9000 ft. ; 

 and elsewhere in gardens, &c. DISTRIB. Europe, N. and W. Asia. 



A tree, attaining 50 ft. ; trunk 12 it. in girth, flowering and leafing together ; 

 males much commoner than fem. Leaves 3-6 by \ in., midrib prominent. Male 



