492 JUGLANDACEZ. [ Engelhardtia. 
~ lateral ones less than half as long, the perianth-base almost 
glabrous. 
aR. 2. integra: leaflets entire, blunt, 4-4} in. long, the 
petiolules 2-3 lin. long. 
Has.—Not unfrequent in the hill Eng forests of the Martaban spa eas 
of Tounghoo, also Tenasserim, at 1,000 to 3,000 ft. elevation.—Fl. Nov.- 
March.—l.—S8.—=Lat. Metam. 
SALICINEA. 
Flowers dioecious, in catkins, sessile or shortly pedicelled, sup- 
ported by a membranous, persistent or deciduous bract. Perianth 
none, the torus swelling to become a gland or obliquely truncate 
ring or cup. Males: stamens 2 or more, exserted from the centre 
of the torus; filaments filiform, free or monadelphous; anthers 2- 
celled, basifix, the cells opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary- 
rudiment none. Females: ovary free, sessile or shortly stalked, 
consisting of 2 connate carpels, 1-celled, with numerous ascending 
ovules along the short, linear, parietal placentas; styles 2, usually 
pene with an entire or 2-cleft stigma; capsule 1-celled, many- 
Ma : 
, 2-valved, the valves opening at the apex and turmng ~ 
more or less revolute at the ripening of the fruit. Seeds erect, 
minute, the funicle dissolved into a woolly tuft surrounding the 
whole membranous testa. Albumen none. Embryo straight, the 
cotyledons elliptical, plano-convex.—Trees or shrubs, rarely under- 
shrubs, with alternating simple leaves. Stipules scale-like and 
deciduous, or leafy and often persistent. 
febrifuge. Osiers are best fitted for wicker-work, sallows for 
charcoal-making, while the wood of other species of Salix and 
Populus is light and white and used in turnery. 
SALIX, L. 
Bracts of the catkin entire. Male flowers: torus gland-like. 
Stamens 2-5, the filaments free or cohering at the base, rarely 
monadelphous. Female flowers: ovary 1-celled, with numerous 
ovules ; style very short, with 2 stigmas. Capsule 1-celled, split- 
ng from the apex into 2 valves, with numerous comose seeds.— 
and deciduous, or leafy and more persistent. Flowers in sessl! OF 
peduncled terminal or lateral catkins. | 
