376 SALICINE/E. [Salix. 



magsher, safedar, badha, Pb. ; Yir, Kashmir ; Bilsa, Oudh ; Pani jama, 

 Beng. ; Bhesh, Garo ; Bhi, Ass. ; Wallunj, bacha, Bombay ; Niranji, 

 Kan. ; Momakha, Burm. 



A moderate-sized deciduous tree. Bark rough, with deep vertical, 

 rough, shining fissures. Heartwood red, soft, porous, even-grained. 

 Annual rings indistinctly marked by concentric lines. Pores small, 

 very numerous, uniformly distributed, sometimes subdivided. Medul- 

 lary rays fine, numerous, not distinct. 



Throughout India, ou river banks and in moist places, and in the Himalayan valleys 

 ascending to 6,000 feet. 



Growth fast. In Minniken's report on the Delhi Bela Plantation the following 

 measurements are given : 



Trees. Mean girth. Height. Age. 



Compt. 3. Kudsia . .3 . . . 18 in. 25 ft. 6 years 



4. Jaffar Khan .3 . . . 15 in. ... 6 



or 2 to 2 rings per inch of radius; our specimens shew 2 to 6 rings per inch of 

 radius. Weight, Brandis' Burma List of 1862, No. 89, gave 37 Ibs. ; our specimens give 

 31 to 35 Ibs. The wood is rarely used ; it has been used for gunpowder charcoal ; Mann 

 says that in Assam it is used for posts and planks. The twigs are made into baskets 

 and the leaves lopped for cattle fodder. The bark is said by Kurz to be used for 

 tanning, and by Dalzell to be used as a febrifuge. 



Ibs. 



H 155. Sainj, Giri Valley ........ 35 



H 99. Bhajji, Sutlej Valley ........ 32 



O 1485. Kheri, Oudh ......... 32 



O 1465. Gonda, Oudh ......... 35 



C 2818. Melghat, Berar ....... . 31 



E 1256. Tezpur, Assam ......... 35 



2. S. fragilis, Linn. ; Brandis 466. Vern. Tilchang, Lahoul. 



A tree with grey, deeply fissured bark. Wood with 'reddish heart- 

 wood. Annual rings marked by concentric lines. 



H 141, from Lahoul, is probably this species. It is cultivated in Lahoul and 

 Ladak. Growth moderate, 11 rings per inch of radius, but the growth is fast while 

 young, and gradually gets slower as the tree ages. Our specimen was 50 years old, 

 and bad a girth of 30 inches. Weight, 28 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



3. S. babylonica, Linn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 754; Brandis 465; 

 Gamble 81. The Weeping Willow. Vern. Bisa, lada, M, katira, 



uny Pb. ; Giiir, Kashmir ; Tissi, bhosi, Nep. 



A tree with pendent branches. Bark grey, i to J inch thick. Wood 

 white, annual rings marked by a belt of more numerous pores in the 

 spring wood. 



Commonly cultivated in North India. Said by Stewart to be indigenous in the 

 Suliman Range. 



Growth fast, our small specimen shews 5 rings per inch of radius ; Stewart records 

 4 to 5 rings per inch of nodi us, and a girth of 4 feet as the average of 6 trees, Id years 

 planted out. The branches are made into baskets, and are used for weirs and the 

 protection of canal banks. It is very commonly grown for ornament, and is readily 

 reproduced by cuttings. 



H 3060. Koti, Simla, 7,000 feet. 



4. S. Wallichiana, And. ; Brnndis IDS. Vern. Bwir, Pb. ; 

 bhaiigli, katyuli, North- Western Provinces. 



A large shrub with greenish grey bark. Wood white or pinkish 

 white, structure that of the genus. 



