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Stem 15 to 20 feet high, often crooked, or leaning, with a dark-colored rong& 

 bark; branches somewhat pubescent, and mostly dark purple, when young. 

 Leaves 2 to 3 inches long ; petioles 1 to 2 or 3 lines in length, often very pubescent, 

 sometimes smoothish. Staminate aments 1% to 2 inches long, rather slender, 

 tomentose ; stamens usually about 5. Pistillate aments about an inch long. 



Var. falcata, Carey, in Gr. Man. Leaves 3 to 6 inches long, more 

 or less falcate, tapering gradually to the apex, and often obtuse at 

 base; petiole and midrib smooth ; stajtwZesreniform-eordate, reflexed, 

 large and persistent on young branches. 

 S. Purshiana. Spreng. $ Fl. Cestr. ed. 2. p. 560. 

 Sab. Low grounds; along streams : frequent. FL May. Fr. June. 



Obs. Since the 2nd Edition was published, I have seen handsome 

 trees, of the var. falcata, in the adjoining County of New Castle, 25 

 to 30 feet in height ; and have received beautiful specimens from 

 the banks of the streams among the Allegheny Mountains, from my 

 industrious and observing friend, Mr. JOHN M'MiNN. 



1O. S. liicicla, Muhl. Leaves ovate-oblong, oval, or lanceolate, 

 often coriaceous, conspicuously acuminate, glandular-serrate, smooth 

 and shining on both sides; stipules oblong, toothed; stamens 

 about 5. 

 SHINING SALIX. 



Stem 8 to 12 or 15 feet h igh ; branches smooth, with a shining yellowish-brown 

 bark. Leaves 2 to 6 inches long, and % to 2 inches wide; petioles %to % of an 

 inch in length, glandular near the leaf. Staminate aments 1 to 1% inches long. 

 Pistillate aments 1 to 2 inches long. Coma of the seeds long and copious. 

 Ifab. Banks of the Brandy wine, near Downingtown : rare. Fl. May. Fr. 



Obs. I have received, since the last Edition, specimens from the 

 mountains, by Mr. JOHN M'MiNN, of Clinton County, with leaves 

 quite as large as those figured by MICHAUX, thick and coriaceous, 

 with a remarkable acumination. 



XL S. BABYLONICA, L. Young branches very slender, flaccid, and 

 pendulous; leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, usually sharply 

 serrate-dentate, smooth, glaucous beneath; stipules ovate, acumi- 

 nate, glandular-dentate, revolute ; aments recurved. 

 BABYLONIAN SALIX. Weeping, or Drooping Willow. 



Stem 30 to 50 feet high, with a wide-spreading top ; young branches greenish, 

 numerous, long and perpendicularly pendent. Leaves 2 to 4 or 5 inches long; 

 petioles 1 or 2 lines in length. Pistillate aments about an inch long, mostly curved 

 or turned upward on the pendulous branches. 

 Hob. About houses. Nat. of the East. FL April. Fr. 



Obs. This picturesque and elegant species is deservedly admired, 

 and much cultivated, as an ornamental shade-tree. TOURNEFORT 

 thus defines it: "S. orientalis, flagellis deorsum pulchre penden- 

 tibus." LINNAEUS, adopting the idea of RAUWOLF, gave it the 

 specific name which it now bears, in allusion to the 137th Psalm: 

 "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when 

 we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the Willows in 

 the midst thereof." According to Mr. WATSON, the Annalist of 

 Philadelphia, the first Weeping Willows were introduced by Gov. 

 JOHN PENN, for his Garden, in South third street. None but the 



