CXXXIV. SALICINE^. 
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Salix.] 
(i) S. tetrasperma Roxb. Cor. PL i. 68, L 97; Gamble, Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 467. 
A small tree about 30 ft. tall. Leaves linear-lanceolate or 
ovate-lanceolate, long acuminate, base narrow or round entire or 
serrulate, glabrous above, silky beneath, 2-5 in. long, 1 in. wide; 
petioles *75 in. long. Stipules subulate. Male catkins lateral 
villous long sessile ,* bracts ovate, silky; disc of 2 glands. Stamens 
5 to 10; anthers orbicular. Females in shorter catkins pedicelled; 
bracts obovate-oblong. Ovary fusiform, glabrous. Seeds 4 to 6. 
Hab. In ditches in open country, borders of rice fields, etc., in 
deep forest according to Maingay. Pahang, Pekan; Malacca, 
Machan (Maingay); Jus (Derry); Batang Malaka (Holmberg). 
Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga. Selangor, Bukit Kutu; Weld’s 
Hill (Bum-Murdoch); Rawang. Perak, Ulu Temengoh; Lenggong; 
Plus River (Wray). Penang, Balik Pulau; Ayer Hitam (Curtis). 
Distrib. India, China, Malay islands. Native names : Dalu Dalu; 
Jendalu; Dahu. 
The female plant of this has never been found here, and it is propagated 
by cuttings, being used as a boundary hedge. Though very widely dis¬ 
tributed and common, I suspect it is introduced, and as the form here 
closely resembles the Javanese S. Horsfieldiana Miq., a local form, it was 
probably introduced by Javanese. A fruiting specimen labelled “ Salix 
calophvlla Wall., Malacca (Griffith) ” in Herb. Kew. is utterly unlike the 
Malay" Peninsula plant, having thick, polished glabrous ovate cuspidate 
leaves. It closely resembles a specimen collected in Mishmee, Bengal, by 
Griffith and is doubtless wrongly localised. 
