Amentales.] SALICACEiE. 255 



candicaiis, are besmeared in winter with a resinous, balsamic, bitter, aromatic exudation, 

 which, under the name of Tacamaliac, is said to be diuretic and antiscorbutic ; they are 

 also formed into an omtment for tumoiu's, womids, and bums, and are the basis of a 

 balsam and tincture used for colic, &c. The sweet-scented male catkins of Salix ffigyp- 

 tiaca are employed in the preparation of a medicated water called Kalaf, which has a 

 celebrity in the East for its cardiac and sudorific qualities. The same reputation once 

 attached to our Salix alba and rosmarinifolia. 



The use of Osiers for wicker-work, of Sallows for charcoal making, is well known. 

 Excellent cricket-bats are made from the light wood of Salix alba ; arrows from the 

 Aspen (Populus tremula ) ; and various turnery ware, and other even-grained, soft 

 implements from the Poplars, which are white-wooded. They have also been used for 

 coarse floormg, Init have no strength or durability. 



GENERA. 

 Salix, L. 

 Populus, L. 



Numbers. Gen. 2. Sp. 220. 

 Position. — Betulaceae. — Salicace^. — Altingiacea". 



