638 CVIII. SALICACE.E [Suite 



bracts black, obtuse, capsules hairy. 15. S. Caprea, Linn. ; Brandis F. Fl. t. 60. Sallow. 

 Cultivated in the Punjab (Bed mushk). Wild in Europe, Northern and Western Asia. 

 A shrub or small tree. L. crenate, broadly elliptic or obovate, glabrous and more or less- 

 rugose above, grey-tomentose beneath, stipules large, reniform. Catkins densely silky, 

 nearly sessile, $ sweet-scented, erect, 1-li in long, bracts tipped with black. Capsules 

 downy, stigmas subsessile. 



16. S. viminalis, Linn. Kashmir, Chamba, Lahaul, 5-9,000 ft. Baspa valley, 

 Kunawar 9,000 ft. (D. B. Sept. 1864). — Europe (one of the principal kinds in Osier 

 beds). Northern Asia. China. A shrub, branchlets and underside of 1. densely 

 matted with grey silky hairs. L. linear-lanceolate, margin revolute, blade 4-5 in., 

 narrowed into a short pet., stipules lanceolate, i catkins 1, 9 2-A in.' long, bracts- 

 brown or black at the apex, fringed with long silky hairs. Capsule grey tomentose, 

 narrowed into a long slender style. 17. S. obseura, And. Lachen, Sikkim 9-14,500 ft. 

 — China. A diffuse shrub, young shoots silky, 1. lanceolate, 2$ in. long, glabrous or 

 slightly silky beneath, midrib pubescent above. 9 catkins sessile, bracts minute. 

 18. S. eriophylla, And. Khasi hills, probably also Sikkim. — China. A spreading 

 shrub, branchlets and underside of 1. with dense silvery tomentum. L. lanceolate, 

 2-4 in. long, sec. n. conspicuous. Catkins supported by a few small 1., <J slender 1 in., 

 9 li-2 in., capsule fa in. long, sessile, woolly. 



19. S. Siklrimensis, And. Inner Sikkim, 9-14,000 ft. A tree, shrubby at high eleva- 

 tions, common in stream-beds. — China. Branchlets stout, angled, shining. L. lanceo- 

 late, underside densely silky and coppery. <J catkins supported by a few small 

 deciduous 1., stout, 1-2 in. long. Capsules sessile, densely silky, nearly hidden by the 

 villous bracts. 20. S. sclerophylla, And. Inner arid valleys of the North- West Himalaya, 

 10-15,000 ft. A stout much-branched shrub, branches glaucous. L. rigid, glabrous or 

 underside silky, pale beneath, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 1-1 J in., veins finely reticulate, 

 catkins J in. long. 



B. Small, usually prostrate shrubs, the creeping stem often half buried in 

 the ground. L. small, usually coriaceous and strongly nerved. Catkins after 

 the 1., terminating leafy branches. 



(a) L. narrow, width less than one-third the length. 



21. S. Lindleyana, Wall. Himalaya, Kashmir to Sikkim, 10-15,000 ft. — Yunnan. 

 L. glabrous denticulate, elliptic-lanceolate J— j in. <J catkins J— § in. long, rachis, 

 bracts and filaments glabrous. 22. S. furcata, And. in DC. Prodr. 16, ii. 291 (S. fruti- 

 culosa, And. in Journ, Linn. Soc. iv. 53 is older, but is described : foliis integris, 

 capsulis dense cinereo-villosis). Bashahr, Garhwal, Kumaon 10-12,000 ft. Young- 

 shoots, rachis of catkins and filaments with long thin hairs, 1. glabrous, glaucous, 

 beneath, serrate, elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate, J— h in. long. Catkins : S J-l in. 

 long, bracts purple, glands of disk 3^, red. 9 J in., two long styles, ending in clavate- 

 stigmas, early deciduous. Capsules glabrous. 23. S. Serpyllum, And. Sikkim 10- 

 14,000 ft. Branchlets hairy, 1. glabrous, oblanceolate, £-J in. long. Bracts of catkins 

 black, obtuse, with long white hairs. 24. S. Tiomsomana, And. Inner Sikkim, 

 8-10,000 ft. A dwarf shrub, 1. J-l in., lanceolate, white-silky beneath, sec. n. oblique, 

 prominent. i catkins villous, 2-3 in. long. 



ip) L. comparatively broad, width one-third the length of blade or more. 



25. S. flabellaris, And. Himalaya, chiefly in the inner arid valleys, 11-15,000 ft., 

 but also in the outer ranges, Hazara, Kashmir. Branchlets angled, glabrous, 1. 

 glabrous, crenulate, elongate-elliptic or obovate, blade i-li, pet. J-f in. 26. S. calyculata. 

 Hook. f. Lachen valley, Sikkim, 12-15,000 ft. Young shoots and young 1. silkj^, with 

 long hairs, 1. obovate, blade J-J, pet. J in. 27. S. oreophila, Hook. f. Sikkim, 14-16,000 ft. 

 — China. L. fa~l long, deeply serrulate at the apex, catkins minute, hidden among- 

 the foliage. 



Sect. iii. Synandrce. Stamens 2, filaments connate entirely or to about 

 the middle. 



28. S. pycnostachya, And. Inner dry valleys of the North-West Himalaya, 12- 

 15,000 ft., growing in clumps in dry stream-beds, cultivated in Ladak. Generally a 

 shrub, at times a small tree, 16 ft. high with a trunk 2 ft. girth and divaricate 

 branches. Young shoots silky, branchlets smooth, shining. L. lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate, entire or serrulate, 1-3 in. long, sometimes slightly hairy beneath. Fl. 

 after the 1., S catkins on leafy peduncle 1 in., 9 2 in. long, bracts yellow or brown. 

 The 1. turn red before falling. 29. S. oxycarpa, And. Outer and middle ranges of 

 the North- West Himalaya 6-11,000 ft. A shrub or small tree. Similar to 28, 1. larger,, 

 lanceolate, serrate, fl. with or a little before the 1., bracts of c5 catkins black, of 9 brown. 

 9 catkins 2-3 in. long. 30. S. angustifolia, Willd. Inner dry valleys of the North- 

 West Himalava. 7-15.000 ft. — Western Tibet. Yarkand, Kashgar. Songaria. North 



