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refembling a fmall fingle Rofe, both in their petals, 

 and divifions of their flower cups which are villous, 

 and terminate in leafFy elongations. This grows na- 

 turally on rocky mountains in Pennfylvania and Vir- 

 ginia, and makes an agreeable appearance by a long 

 fucceffion of rofe-fliaped flowers. 



S A L I X. 



The W I L L O W - T R E E. 

 Clafs 22. Order 2, Dioecia Diandria. 



THE Male Flowers are difpofed in a common, oblong, im- 

 bricated katkin, with an involucrum formed of the bud. 

 The Scales are one-flowered, oblong, plain, and fpread- 

 ing. 



It hath no petals; but a very fmall, cylindrical, truncat- 

 ed, honey- bearing Gland, or Neftarium, in the cen- 

 ter of the flower. 

 The Filaments are two, ftraight, and thread form. The Jii- 



therce are twin, and four-cell' d. 

 *The Female have a katkin and fcales as the male. 



The Petals none. 

 The Germen ovate, and lefTened into a Stjle fcarce diftindl, fome- 

 what longer than the Scales of the flower-cup. The Stigmas 

 two, bifid and erect. 

 The Seed'vejjel a capfiile^ ovate-awl-fhaped, of one cell and two 



valves : the valves revolute. 

 The Seeds are numerous, ovate, very fmall, and crowned with 

 a fimple hairy Pappus. 



The Species, native with us^ arc^ 



* With fniooth ferraied leaves. 



I. Salix nigra. Rough American Willoiv. 



This rifes often with a leaning or crooked trunk 

 to the height of about twijnty feet, covered with a 



dark 



