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Mackenzie Willow. 

 Salic cantata mackenzieana Hooker. 

 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS. 



Mackenzie willow is a little-known species, probably not now distinguished by 

 laymen. Slender, straight, from 15 to 18 feet high and from 3 to 5 inches jn 



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Fig. 93. — Baliw cordata mackenzieana: a, fruiting branch : b, seed pod, enlarged. 



diameter, with thin, smooth, unhroken bark of an ashy gray color, and a narrow, 

 rather compact crown of thin branches which grow upward. Mature twigs of 



