DlOECiA DIANDRiA. on 



: •• . . ;, . made of che decoftion of k, proved very beae- 



■::■■ \ . ficial to children troubled v/ith ricketb'. 



T^e Inner bark has afforded a miferable fublV.tute 

 for bread to the neceifitous inhabitants of G^.v;.' • 

 Jchatka. 

 The wood is ufed to make poki, frakco, hoops foi 

 - - ca/ks, &c. and for fuel. 



* ..W:)- Cattle v;ill teed on the leaves •, and the Arabs difti! 



their celebrated Calaf water from the catkins of 



y^r\ ^ the S. ^qyp::aca Lin. or any other fpccies thai 



• • -■ has fragrant catkins. This water they uic as a 



cooling liquor, or as a febrifuge. 



In the Summer fcafon the leaves have been obferv'd 



to diftil a clear liquor, which Scopoli axHrms to be 



owing to tlic liqucfaclion of the Ipume w!;icii 



envelops an infc<5t called Cicada fpif-nayta. Seep. 



'- • ' ■■' Entomolo^. 331. (^ Fler. Carniol. 1212. 



Ohf. I have received from my often-mentioned 



friend, the Rev. Mr. Stuart, junior, of ivz///;;, in 



rS''-.-^' jI;.;': -■:-. . BrecdaltaKe^ fome fpecimens of oilvtv Calsdonian 



•!,',;- ■willows; hut for want of obferving them lii 



">' ^/ ' their different ftagcs of growth, they were found 



too infufficient to determine the fpccici in ib dii- 



Aicuk and vague a genus« 





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