Handbook of Teees of the Noetijki;x States axd Caiyad.v. 



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Tlie ilissipiiri \\'illo\v occasionally attains 

 the height of 50 or (iO ft. with tnnik ficni K) 

 to 14 in. in diameter. It develops a latlicr 

 narrow rounded top of u|irig'ht slender smooth- 

 barked branches, and the bark of trunk is of a 

 grayish color, thin and smooth or with low 

 firm ridges. It is a tree of limited distribution 

 and confined maiidy to the low ricli lifdtom- 

 lands of the lower Missouri Ri\'er. where it is 

 found in company with the lilaek Willow. 

 Sand-bar Willow. I'each-leaf "\A'illo\v, the Sweet 

 Gum. Green Ash, Red JIa])le. etc. 



The wood is unimportant though sometimes 



used for charcoal. 2 



Leaves involute in the bud, lanceolate to ob- 

 lanceolate and occasionally ovate-lanceolatr-. .'I-;" 

 in. lono:. narrowed and wedge-shaped or rounded 

 at base, acuminate, finely serrate with small 

 gland-tipped teeth, pubescent at first but finally 

 nearly glabrous, dark .grcm at)n\-c, palia- and 

 often glaucous beneath ; peticdps puljcsccnt : tlw 

 persistent stipules .semieordate, ofter y^ in. long : 

 winter buds large and hoary-tomentose ; branchlets 

 pubescent the first season. Floirrrs unfold very 

 early (February-March) on short branchlets 

 bearing small scale-like leaves; staminate about 

 iy2 in. long: scales light green, hairy outside; 

 stamens 2 with long glalu-ous free filaments : 

 ovary glabrous, beaked, with very sliort st,\'b' and 

 emarginate stigmas. Fruit: a narrow cylindrical 

 ovoid long-pointed capsule with slender stalk 

 about as long as the scale. 



1. Syn. Salix cor/Jata var. vestita Sarg. 



2. A. W., XII, 207. 



