Salix.] CXLT. SALICINEJ3. (J. D. Hooker.) 635 



S.fruticulosa, and in other respects to S. retusa of the Alps, which it represents in 

 the Himalaya, differing in the narrower leaves, shorter catkins and reddish glaucous 

 capsules. Andersson in the Prodromus likens this to S.fruticulosa, probably alluding 

 to his S.fruticulosa described in Journ. Linn. Soc., a species overlooked in the Pro- 

 dromus. (See end of the Genus.) 



Forma major, Anderss. in Herb. Wall., has leaves 1-1^ in. rounded obov:ite 

 narrowed into a petiole ^ in., and capsules nearly in. long. S. clavata, Wall. Cat. 

 3698. Kumaon, Blinkworth. Omitted in all Andersson's works.. 



20. S. calyculata, Hook. f. Herb. Ind. Or. ; leaves petioled elliptic 

 or broadly obovate tip subacute or rounded ciliate with silky hairs entire or 

 crenulate towards the tip, young villous, old glaucous beneath, catkins on 

 leafy branchlets subsessile short oblong, bracts oblong-obovate brown 

 glabrous, capsules very shortly stipitate ovoid-conic glabrous, style thick 

 not long, stigmas short erect. Anderss. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 55; DC. 

 Prodr. xvi. ii. 296. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 14-15,000 ft., J. D. H. 



A very small gnarled shrub, with ascending branchlets. Leaves about 1 in., dull 

 green above, with the nerves impressed, dark when dried ; petiole -^ in. Male 

 catkins % in., almost hidden amongst the leaves, broadly ovoid; fern, rounded. 

 Capsule | in., pitchy brown ; stipes longer than the glabrous disk-gland. Andersson 

 says, that he retains this species on my authority, but that he regards it as doubtful, 

 and intermediate betweenjtfafreWoHs and Serpyllum. My opinion is that if the two 

 latter are kept as distinct species, so must S. calyculata, but that all are best 

 united. The name, he observes, is derived from the stamens being almost connate in 

 a tube. In Journ. Linn. Soc. he describes them as free except in a monster in which 

 the filaments are united in a tube which is thickened and bifid above the divisions, 

 ovate acute and subantheriferous within, concealed by the dilated disk-scale. My 

 impression is that the long bracts of the catkin suggested the specific name. 



21. S. oreophila, Hook. f. Herb. Ind. Or. ; leaves shortly petioled 

 obovate or oblong-cuneate pale green glabrous tips deeply serrulate, catkins 

 minute hidden amongst the leaves few-fld., bracts pale obovate glabrous, 

 disk-scale very large, stamens 2 free, capsules subsessile conic glabrous 

 thrice as long as the Ungulate bracts, style very short, stigmas short entire. 

 Anderss. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 57; DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 296. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 15-16,000 ft., J. D. H. 



A very dwarf shrub, flabellately branched ; branches prostrate, curved. Leaves 

 ^-\ in., densely imbricate, rugulose above, quite glabrous except the slightly hairy 

 base. Catkins very small, fern. in. with the flowers subumbellately spreading. 

 Capsule i in., rather obtuse brown shining. 



VAR. secta, Anderss. in DC. 1. c. 297 ; forming rounded tufts at very high eleva- 

 tions, leaves rosulate -% in. laciniate, catkins 2-4 -fld., capsules conic, stigmas minute. 

 S. secta, Hook. f. Herb. Ind. Or. ; Anderss. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 57. Sikkim, 

 alt. 14,000 ft. Andersson remarks that this is both the smallest and most alpine 

 willow known to him. It is, perhaps, a form of S. Lindleyana. 



22. S. Thomsoniana, Anderss. in. Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 54; DC. 

 Prodr. xvi. ii. 297 ; a dwarf shrub, branches stout ascending, leaves elliptic- 

 lanceolate acuminate remotely serrulate hoary or silkily villous beneath- 

 with hirsute nerves, catkins on leafy branchlets elongate cylindric males 

 slender lax-fld., fern, few-fld., bracts broadly obovate hirsute with white 

 hairs, disk-scale very long black, stamens 2 free, capsule minute sessile 

 globose woolly, style cleft to the base, segments divaricate, stigmas short 

 subbifid. S. vagans, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. fy T. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 8-10,OCO ft., J. D. H. ; Lachoong, Pantling. 



