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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
1206. S. alba, Linn., ilf.b.l, v. 629. 
Fern. : — Vivir (Kashmir) ; Bis, yur, changma, malchang, 
ohamma, kalchan, chung, bushan, madanu (Pb.) ; Bed-i-siah 
(Afg.); Ivhanvala (Trans-Indus). , 
Habitat: — Cultivated in the North-West Himalaya and 
Western Tibet. 
A large, deciduous tree. Bark light-brown ; wood white, pink 
or light-brown, soft, even-grained. Attains a height of 80ft.; 
flowering after leafing. Branchlets olive, green, yellow, red or 
purple. Leaves 2-4in., dull-green above, young silky on both 
surfaces, old glabrous, often glaucous beneath, narrow, lanceo- 
late,, acuminate, glandular-denticulate. Stipules silky, i-fin., 
falcately ovate or lanceolate, deciduous ; petioles eglandular, 
To-jin. Catkins on leafy peduncles. Male cylindric, 1-ljin., 
dense-fid, drooping ; bracts oblong, ciliate ; stamens 2, free. 
Female 2-3in., lax-fid ; bracts yellow or brown, ciliate. Dish 
scales 2. Capsules with narrowed tips, sub-sessile, ovoid, 
glabrous or pubescent ; style very short ; stigmas 2-fid. 
Uses : — The bark yields salicin, a drug largely used in the 
treatment of acute rheumatism, ft is recognised as antiseptic, 
antipyretic and antiperiodic. 
1207. S. babylonica, Linn., h.f.b.i., v. 629; 
Roxb. 712. 
Vern . : — Tissi, bhosi (NepaL; Gifif - (Kashmir) ; Bisa, bada 
katira, bidai, bitsu bes, besu, wala, majnun, laila, bed maju 
(Pb.). 
Habitat : — Cultivated in the plains of India, and the 
Himalaya and elsewhere in gardens, etc. 
A deciduous tree, with pendent branches, 50ft. Trunk 12ft., 
in girth flowering and leafing together ; males much commoner 
than females. Branchlets glabrous, shining. Buds thin, acute. 
Bark grey, l-|in. thick. Wood soft, porous, even-grained. 
Leaves 3-G by \ in.; midrib prominent, linear-lanceolate, acumi- 
nate, serrulate, glabrous or sparsely hairy; stipules falcate, serrate. 
Catkins very slender on leafy peduncles ; males short, cylindric, 
