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16. S. nigra, Marshall. (Black Willow.) Leaves narrowly 
lanceolate , pointed and tapering at each end, serrate, smooth (except 
on the petioles and midrib) and green on both sides ; stipules small, 
deciduous; glands of the sterile flowers 2, large and deeply 2-3 cleft; 
stamens 4—6, often but 3 in the upper scales. (S. ambigua, Pursh .) 
Var. falcAta has the leaves elongated, scythe-shaped , and the stip¬ 
ules large, broadly lunar, reflexed. (S. falcata, Pursh. S. Purshik- 
na, Spreng. S. ligustrina, Michx.f) — Tree 15°-25° high, with a 
rough black bark, frequent on the margins of streams. 
17. s. lucicla, Muhl. (Shining Willow.) Leaves ovate-ob¬ 
long or lanceolate and narrow with a long tapering point, smooth and 
shining on both sides, serrate; stipules oblong, toothed; stamens com- 
raonly 5. Overflowed banks of streams. —A beautiful species, some¬ 
times flowering at the height of 2P, sometimes becoming a small bushy 
tree of 12°-15°. 
S. Babylonica, Tourn. (Weeping Willow), belongs to this sec¬ 
tion, and is much cultivated for ornament. Only the fertile plant is 
known in the United States.'— There is also a remarkable variety of 
it with curled or annular leaves (S. artnulkris, Forbes ), known in 
gardens as the Ring-leaved or Hoop Willow. 
* * * Ovary stalked , hairy: stamens 2. 
18. S. longifolia, Muhl. (Long-leaved Willow.) Leaves 
linear-lanceolate, very long , tapering at each end, nearly sessile, re¬ 
motely denticulate with projecting teeth, clothed with gray hairs when 
young, at length nearly smooth ; stipules small, lanceolate, toothed ; 
scales hairy at the base , often glandular-toothed at the top in the ster¬ 
ile catkins; gland long , in the sterile flowers sometimes deeply 2-3- 
cleft; in the fertile longer than the short stalk of the ovary ; stigmas 
very large, sessile. — New England, Western New York, and west¬ 
ward — Varying in height from 2°-12°; the stems and branches often 
prostrate, rooting extensively in sandy river-banks. 
§ 5 . Catkins peduncled, borne on the lateral, or sometimes terminal , 
leafy branches of the season, appearing in June : stipules deciduous, 
or none: scales persistent. — Small shrubs, with underground spread¬ 
ing stems, sending up short erect or prostrate branches. 
19. S. pedicellaris, Pursh. (Stalk-fruited Willow.) 
Leaves elliptic-obovate, obtuse or somewhat pointed, entire, smooth 
on both sides, reticulately veined and rather glaucous beneath ; fertile 
catkins loose and few-flowered; ovary smooth, on a stalk twice the 
length of the nearly smooth greenish-yellow scale; stamens 2. —Cold 
swamps, New England to Michigan, northward. — An upright shrub, 
l°-3^ high, with leaves V-l^' long, somewhat coriaceous when ma¬ 
ture. Catkins long : pods reddish-green, veined with purple. 
20. S. Uva-IJrsi, Pursh. (Bearberry Willow.) Leaves 
elliptical and pointed, or obovate and obtuse, tapering at the base, 
