336 



38. SALICINBJE. 



[Salix, 



1. S. tetrasperma, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 573 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 626 ; Brandis 

 For. Fl. 462 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 303 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL 220. 

 Bocha, hitasa, M. ; Wallunji Yern. 



Througliout tropical and sub-tropical India, ascending in the Hima- 

 layas to 7000 feet altitude, absent from Ceylon. Commonly planted 

 along roadsides and near fields in tbe Belgaum district : only male trees. 

 Heartwood red, soft, porous. Annual rings indistinct. Pores small, 

 numerous, sometimes subdiyided. Medullary rays fine, numerous, not 

 distiuct. A moderate-sized tree. 



2. S. ichnostachya, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 3704; Fl. Br. I. 5.628; 

 Wigbt Icones t. 1953. 



The Deccan, Pondicherry, Mysore. N. Kanara and the Konkan along 

 river banks. Fl. Fr. Ocl-Nov. This is a very common species and has 

 the densely woolly capsules described in the FJ. Br. I. It is reduced by 

 Brandis and others to 8. tetrasjperma, but Sir J. D. Hooker keeps it 

 separate in the Fl. Br. I. 



8. babylonica, Linn. ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 620 ; Brandis For. Fl. 465. Weeping 

 Willow. Cultivated in gardens at Poona, Bombay and elsewhere 

 throughout the presidency. Wood white. 



2. POPULUS, Linn. 



Trees with broad leaves; petioles usually exceeding J o£ the length 

 of the blade. Scales of catlrins caducous^ obovate, crenate, lobed or 

 cut. Disk flat^ cup-shaped, often oblique, membranous or thick and 

 slightly fleshy. Stamens 4-30, inserted on the disk ; filaments usually 

 twice as long as the anthers. Stigmas 2-4, often lobed. Capsule 

 2-3-4- valved, each spreading valve with a median placenta. 



P. euphratica, Oliv. Yoy. III. 449, t. 45. 46 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 638 ; Bran- 

 dis For. FL 474 ; Gamble Man. Ind. Timbers, 378. Sofeda hhan, Sind. 



Common in Sind along the Indus, Punjab and Western Thibet, where it 

 ascends to 13,500 ft. alt. 



A moderate-sized tree. Bark with irregular, vertical farrows ; inner 

 bark fibrous. Wood ; sapwood white, heartwood red, often very dark in 

 ih.e centre, moderately hard, compact, even-grained, tough but not durable. 

 Weighs about 35 lbs. to the cubic feet. Used for firewood, building pur- 

 poses, turning, &c , and for boat building on the Euphrates. 



Order 84. GNETACE^aS. 



Climbing shrubs with jointed stems. Leaves opposite, broad or 

 scale-like. Flowers monoecious or dioecious,, in axillary or terminal 

 bracteate spikes or cones. Male flowers. Sepals 2-4 or tubular. 

 Anthers 2-8, sub-globose 1-3 celled, sessile or on a column of the 

 connate filaments. Female flower. An erect ovule terminating 

 above in a long tubular prolongation of its coat, resembling a style, 



