Forest trees of the Pacific slope . ten fringed seeds, with two delicate wings. CHILOPSIS. This genus contains but one species, and its characters are included in thefollowing description of its representative. Desert Willow. Chilopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet. DISTINGUISHrNG CHARACTERISTICS. Desert willow is little known except to those who travel in its arid range,where it is called desert willow because of its narrow, willow-like leaves. Ordinarily from 10 to 20 feet high, with a narrow crown of slim, uprightbranches, and a short, often crooked or leaning tiunk from 2 to 6 inches through ;some
Forest trees of the Pacific slope . ten fringed seeds, with two delicate wings. CHILOPSIS. This genus contains but one species, and its characters are included in thefollowing description of its representative. Desert Willow. Chilopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet. DISTINGUISHrNG CHARACTERISTICS. Desert willow is little known except to those who travel in its arid range,where it is called desert willow because of its narrow, willow-like leaves. Ordinarily from 10 to 20 feet high, with a narrow crown of slim, uprightbranches, and a short, often crooked or leaning tiunk from 2 to 6 inches through ;sometimes larger; very often shrubby, with several or many slender stems from5 to 6 feet high. Bark of even the smaller stems is regularly cut by seams intoa network of deep yellowish-brown, shallow, connected ridges. Twigs of a sea-sons growth are smooth (sticky or densely woolly at flrst), and pale yellowishto reddish brown. Mature leaves (fig. 205), which persist from spring until 15188—08 28 430 FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC I Fig. 2(}r,.—Chilopxien and liberating their small, flat, fringe-winged seeds(tig. 2i>.5. &). which are light and easily wafted by the wind, the principal agentof dissemination. The pods, which c-ontain a very large number of .seeds closelyresembling catalpa seeds, have a flat central partition running their entirelength, and ui>on two sides of which, as in catalpa r^ods. the seeds are borne.^^?ood, very much like that of catalpa in color and structure, is light and .soft,yellowish brown, frequently with yellow areas, and durable in contact with thegttjund. Not used for c-ommercial purposes, but sometimes locally used forfence posts, for which it is highly prized on account of its durability in theground. Longevity.—Not fully
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