WILLOW FAMILY. 

 2. Salix Wardii Bebb. Ward's Willow 



zlix nigra var. If'ardi Bebb; Ward, Bull. I". S. Nat. 

 Mus. 22: 114. 1881. 

 ili.v Wardi Bebb, Card. & For. 8: 363. 1895. 



A tree, sometimes 30 high, the trunk reaching 8' 

 diameter, the branches spreading or drooping, 

 bark dark reddish brown, covered with small 

 Jes. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 ^-acuminate or acute at the apex, rounded, sub- 

 srdate, or some of them narrowed at the base, 

 -7' long, ^'-i^' wide, bright green above, sil- 

 white and usually somewhat pubescent be- 

 ath; stipules often large, sometimes persistent; 

 icnts expanding with the leaves, terminal, the 

 iminate 2'~4' long, the pistillate as long or shorter; 

 miens 3-6, separate; filaments pilose at the base; 

 lies villous without, deciduous; capsule conic, 

 ibrous, about twice as long as its pedicel. 

 Along streams and lakes, Maryland to Tennessee, 

 [issouri and the Indian Territory, south to Florida, 

 food dark brown. March-May. 



3. Salix amygdaloides Anders. 



495 



(Fig. ii 



4. Salix lucida Muhl. 



Salix lucida Muhl. Neue Schrift. Ges. Nat. Fr. Berlin, 



4: 239. pi. 6. f. 7. 1803. 



A tall shrub, or sometimes a tree 20 high, the 

 bark smooth or slightly scaly, the twigs yellowish- 

 brown, shining. Leaves lanceolate, ovate-lanceo- 

 late or ovate, mostly long-acuminate, narrowed 

 or rounded at the base, sharply serrulate all around, 

 green and glossy on both sides or bearing a few, 

 scattered hairs when very young, 3 / -5 / long, i'-i#' 

 wide when mature; stipules small, semi-cordate or 

 oblong, very glandular, commonly persistent; peti- 

 oles stout, 3 // -6 // long, glandular at the base of the 

 blade; aments on short, lateral leafy branches, the 

 staminate stout, i'-2' long, the pistillate dense, 

 2 '-3' long in fruit, often long-persistent; bracts de- 

 ciduous; stamens about 5; filaments pubescent be- 

 low; stigmas nearly sessile; capsule narrowly ovoid, 

 acute, glabrous, much longer than its pedicel. 



In swamps and along streams and lakes, Newfound- 

 land to the Northwest Territory, New Jersey. Kentucky 

 and Nebraska. A most beautiful willow. April-May. 



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Peach-leaved Willow. (Fig. 1175.) 



Sa/i.r a mygdaloides Anders. Ofv. Handl. Vet. Akad. 



1858:114. 1858. 



A small tree, similar to the preceding species, 

 sometimes 70 high and the trunk 2 in diameter, 

 the brown bark scaly. Leaves lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, pubescent when young, glabrous when 

 old, dark green above, paler and slightly glaucous 

 beneath, long-acuminate at the apex, narrowed at 

 the base, 3%'-5' long, about i' wide, sharply ser- 

 rulate, slender-petioled; petioles 3"-7" long, 

 glandless; stipules commonly fugacious; aments 

 appearing with the leaves, terminal on short lateral 

 branches, the staminate i'-2' long, the pistillate 

 loose, spreading and 2^-4 ' long in fruit; stamens 

 more than 2; filaments distinct, pubescent at the 

 base; scales deciduous; stigmas nearly >C>M!.-; cap- 

 sule narrowly ovoid, acute, glabrous, at length 

 about as long as its filiform pedicel. 



On lake and river shores, Quebec to British Colum- 

 bia, New York, Missouri and New Mexico. Wood 

 soft, weak, light brown: weight J& Ibs. April-M.iy 



Shining Willow. Glossy Willow. (Fig. 1176.) 



