Salix. DIOECIA DIANDRIA, 753 
ar, recurved, more than twice the length of the calyx. Fila- 
ments eight, of unequal length, erect, shorter than the petals. 
Anthers linear. Germ abortive, three-sided. Styles three. 
FEMALE FLOWERS on a separate plant. Scape shorter, and 
thicker than in the male. Spathe as in the male, one-flow- 
ered. Flowers white, elevated above the germ, and above 
the mouth of the spathe by a very long receptacle, style, or 
pedicel, which makes up for the shortness of the scape, and 
brings the flowers nearly of a height with the tops of the 
leaves. Perianth three-parted. Corol as in the male, only 
the petals are here filiform. Germ cylindric, obsoletely three- 
sided, sessile in the bottom of the spathe, ending in the above 
mentioned flower-elevating receptacle. Style three-cleft 
to near the base; divisions filiform, white. Capsu/e as in the 
genus. 
They are all found in lakes and in stagnant pools of sweet 
water, and as in V. spiralis, the male flowers, when ready to 
expand, detach themselves from the plant, and are borne, as 
the wind directs over the surface of the water, resting on the 
tips of their reflected petals in search of the female flowers. 
SALIX. Schreb. gen. N. 1493. 
Maue. Ament cylindric, Calyx scaly. Corol none, but 
@ nectariferous gland in the centre. Femaug. Calya the 
scales of the ament. Coro/ none. Style two-cleft, Capsule 
one-celled, two-valved. Seeds downy. 
4S. tetrasperma, Willd, iv. 657, Corom. pl. 1. N. 97. 
~ Arboreous, | Leaves lanceolar, serrulate, acuminate, 
smooth. Stamina from six to eight. Capsule four-seeded. 
Sans. Burun, 
~ Beng. Pani-juma, + 
Hind. Baishee. 
This is the only species of Salix I have yet found in India. 
‘It is a middle-sized tree, a native of the banks of rivulets 
Vv OL, m1, 4Q 
