SALICACE/E PLATANACEjE BALSAMACKiE. 30 1 



Gariepina, Burch,) is, according to Burchell. one of the greatest ornaments 

 of the noble river whose name it bears, (Harvey.) The E. Indies present, 

 according to Wall. Cat. and Royle. ill. 2 species of Populus, (Himalayas) ; 

 and 15 of Satix ; 2 from Oude ; 3 from the Peninsula of India; 1 from 

 Lower Bengal ; and the rest from the Himalayas. 



The willows and poplars are valuable trees for their timber, or for econo- 

 mical purposes. 



Salix, L. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 28, No. 129 ■,—Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 290.) 

 Willow. 



1. babylonica, L. (Spreng. syst. 1, p. 99 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 734 ; — J. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 195.) Weeping Willow. 5 Greece. Asia Minor. 

 Nepal. Cultivated in gardens. Fl. March. 



2, tetrasperma, Roxb. (Corom. 1, t. 97 ; — fl. ind. 3, p. 753; — Spreng. syst. 

 \,p. 100;—/. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 195.) ^ffsft ^STl Panee-juma. 

 5 Kheree Pass, along the foot of the Mountains, and in other hot 

 parts of India, as Bengal and the Peninsula. In the Presidency of 

 Bombay, the vale of Yena, and other moist places, Mahableshwur ; 

 various places of the Southern Mahratta Country. Fl. H. and R. S. 



* Salix glabrescens, Lindl. Oude. Rohilcund. — 5. urophylla, Lindl. 

 Oude. — 5. Bonplandiana, Humb. Mexico. — S. cegyptiaca, L. Egypt. 

 — S. paradoxa, Humb. Mexico. — Populus grtEca, Ait. Greece. 



ORDER CXXXII.— PLATANACE^, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 187. 



Trees or shrubs of one genus, of which Spreng. syst. enumerates 4 

 species : 1 from Europe and Asia Minor ; 2 from Asia Minor ; and 1 from 

 N. America. Wood very valuable. 



* Platanus orientalis, L. b S. Europe. Asia Minor. Caucasus. Cash- 

 mere. 



ORDER CXXXIIL— BALSAM ACEiE, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 188. 



BALSAMIFLUiE, BL. 



Tall trees yielding balsam, (Bl.) contained in one genus, Liquidambar, 

 of which Spreng. syst. enumerates 2 species, one from the warmer parts 

 of N. America ; the other from the neighbourhood of Smyrna. A third 

 Liquidambar cerasifolia, GrifF. (Sedgwickia cerasifolia Wall, et Griff.) is 

 found in the E. Himalayas and Assam. " The fragrant resin Storax is 

 yielded by several species of Liquidambar." (Lindl.) 



