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BEAKED WILLOW. 

 Sails rostrata, Richards. 



FORK— ehnb or Boall tre«. ra.-el/ eiceedlc« 20 fc Is beiebt. naallT «-10 ft. b^sli ud 3-t 

 iiKli>^ ia dJamctor. Tnmk (bort, oftra mcliiMd and cwlxtcd. Crown broad ud roondtovpcd. 



BA£K — On tmsk tbls. raootb, Moetiaa •baOawlT aanired. mnliT aealr, Mttcr, nddiib. 

 jraT.-h. or oUre-sreen. 



TWIGS — At fint bairr, later oweth. Heater, pnpUah to brown, wtik vt u itcUnc kaf-orsn aad 



few l*!ficlcel«. 



BUDS — Alternate, othns, aamnr. bfantt-potated, abont i of aa iaek looc. eorcrcd br a gfacle 

 Uebt ebestnst-brcwn wale. 



IXATZ8— Alternate. simpU, elUptie to oUmc, laacMiate. ibact-valated to afearv.poiaterl at 

 a[«i, wedee.«baped or rooBded at base, igatliistr tootfeei ar estire •• winln. tfnil creea and 

 nnootb oa appe.- svfaee, pale ft.t e u and proataentiy reiaed and katrr •■ lower larfaee, 1-3 

 iubea lone, and }-l bMk wtde. 



IXAF^CASS— AltefMte. 



tnnate. aonewbat elerated. with S 



IXOW fRS Appear atMvt April or Mar before or dartas tbe ^tfoidiae of tbe learea. PfatSIate 

 irA >ta3:.:uire lowers oeear on diCereat tree*. Tbe Raoitaate bave 2 Maaena witb aoacb 

 Oiaaieiita aad ere arrtased ia erect *ad teraiaal rat^lna abavt 1 iaeh laae. Tbe pictlllate bare 

 hairr and erldeattT-nalked OTariea and are aimneed ia calkina iboiit 2-4 inebea lane. 



TRVn — A canowlj-OTald, bairr, erfdeailj-beaked and -"'**■' capaole. 



WOOD — Diffoe-penoa; wltb retr iaeanaplenova aKdnOarr nra. BtaOar ta tke wood at otber 

 w.ijoTf. S<H^ descripCfioB aader Blaelc vituow. pa^e 99. 



DISTXSeuiSRIHe CHABACTEXISnCg — ^Tbe Beaked wnkrw. alio laiiaii a* B«iib'> WiBaw, 

 IU7 b« iisxlBfmSmiftd br iti elUptle to oMone-Iaaeeaiate lean* whSek are Tm'tr ymmltn Uy 

 Twined ud balfT •■ lower (orfaee. Tbe p nhmi'a l, mdesttr-atalked and beaked i ipaalu 

 are abo cjta-aeteristie Tbe bracts of tbe rafbtaa are yellow wbOe tboae of tbe glamlj' selatcd 

 Glaeaowi WUtow are reddiA-brown. 



SABTGE — man tbe raBer of tbe Maefcenxi? BtT«r witbfa tbe Arrtie Circle and tbe vaDer of tbe 

 St. Lawrence to Alaska, aoatb to PeaBST-traaia, and west to ^*fc'ff*— > *f and Uabo^ One of Ifte 



most w-Id'?>T dirtrft>«it^ sp»^ei of waimr. 



and iiai (b« i a parti «C tbe 



EASITAT— Prefers Boiit or wet sHnittoiia b«t wfn grow on dir blDsides. ''— —— fa a w aapa 

 aad alone tbe bcrdns of striim la Canaita often pra dneea twisted stenv wbieb t»e^ afeaaat 

 bBpenetzable tfeiekets. 



mPOSTASCE OF TEE SPECIES— TUs speeies is of ao cmnaneceEal aad of Btae uriiiaMli 

 laipotla ace m PenasrlruLi. Ti-t Is tts aovtbem Badt. It tesains oaall and is not abandant. 

 Like Boat at tbe Willows, tt grows in wet atl n aU u na and win aid te HaOims tbe saB. tbns 



