mm. (14-^2 iii^'li) "'i'^^lC' "ft^'" falcate (scytho-shaped) , the so-called 

 variety falcata), finely serrate, green on both sides, shining above, 

 paler and dull beneath, glabrous or sometimes pidiescent beneath on 

 midiib and larger veins; flowers appearing with the leaves in late April 

 m the southern jiart of the State anil well into May in the northern 

 l^ai-t: catkins .slender, 2-5 or 6 cm. (4,5-2 or 2I2 inches) long, the 

 staniinate bright yellow: capsules 3-5 mm. (is inch) long, ovoid or 

 ovoid-lanceolate, on pedicels 1-2 mm. (1/1(5 inch) long. 



Dislrilnilion. — New Brunswick and New England, westward to the 

 eastern part of the Gieat Plains area fiom North Dakota to Texas, 

 and, in some forms, westward across that State and into jMexico. It is 

 mteresting that this species, the first willow published in America, in 

 the fii-st book on American Botany ever published in this country, 

 should be abundantly and widely distrilnited in the United States. 



Specimens have lieen seen from the following comities in Indiana: — 

 Allen (Deam); Bartholomew (Deain): Clark (Deam): Crawford 

 (Deam); Dearljorn (Deam): Dubois (Deam); Decatur (Deam); Floyd 

 (Deam); Fulton (Deam); Hariison (Deam); Hendricks (Deam); 

 Henry (Deam); Jackson (Deam); Jay (Deam); Jennings (Deam); 

 Knox (Deam); Kosciusko (Deam); Lagrange (Deam); Marion (Mrs. 

 Chas. V. Deam); Marshall (Deam); Miami (Deam); Morgan (Deam); 

 Nol)lc (Deam); Ohio (Deam); Parke (Deam); Perry (Deam); Porter 

 (Deam); Posey (Deam); Pulaski (Deam); Ripley (Deam); Steuben 

 (Deam; Sullivan (Deam); Tippecanoe (Deam); Vermillion (Deam); 

 Wabash (Deam); Warrick (Deam); White (Deam). 



Economic Uses. — The l^lack willow is used very extensively along 

 the lower reaches of the Mississippi River 111 making matresses which 

 protect the levees from washing. In 1912, it was estimated that 150,000 

 cords were used annually. 



2. Salix aniygdaloides Andersson. Willow. Peach-leaved Wil- 

 low. Plate 11. Trees 3-12 m. (10-40 feet) high, yellowish-green m 

 mass color; bark of trunk fissuretl, dark Ijrown or reddish-brown; twigs 

 longer and less brittle than those of Salix nigra, .yellowish to reddish- 

 brown, usually somewhat drooping, giving a "weeping'' effect, which, 

 with the color, makes the species easily recognizable from a distance; 

 buds ovoid, about 3 mm. (i-g inch) long, colored as the twigs; petioles 

 long, slender, twisted, 5-15 or 20 mm. (}-i-4:/5 inch) long; leaves lance- 

 olate to broadl.y lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, rounded or somewhat 

 acute at base, long-pointed at apex, closely serrulate, 5-12 cm. (2-5 

 inches) long, 1.5-3 cm. (3/5-li| inches) wide, yellowish-green above, 

 glaucous beneath, glabrous; flowers appear from late April throughout 

 May, usually- later than those of Salix nigra; catkins slender, 3-5 cm. 



