. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 2. WILLOW FAMILY. 593. 2. Salix amygdaloides Anders. Peach-leaved Willow. Fig. 1452. Salix amygdaloides Anders, Ofv. Handl. Vet. Akad. 1858: 114. 1858. A small tree, similar to the preceding species, sometimes 700 high and the trunk 20 in diameter, the brown bark scaly. Leaves lanceolate or ovate- lanceolate, pubescent when young, glabrous when old, dark
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 2. WILLOW FAMILY. 593. 2. Salix amygdaloides Anders. Peach-leaved Willow. Fig. 1452. Salix amygdaloides Anders, Ofv. Handl. Vet. Akad. 1858: 114. 1858. A small tree, similar to the preceding species, sometimes 700 high and the trunk 20 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, $¥-$' long, about 1' wide, sharply serru- late, 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 2j'-4' long in fruit; stamens more than 2; fila- ments distinct, pubescent at the base; bracts decidu- ous; stigmas nearly sessile; capsule narrowly ovoid, acute, glabrous, at length about as long as its fili- form pedicel. On lake and river shores, Quebec to British Columbia, New York, Ohio, Missouri and New Mexico. Wood soft, weak, light brown; weight 28 lbs. ' Black or almond-leaved willow. April-May. 3. Salix Wardi Bebb. Ward's Willow. Fig- 1453- Salix nigra var. Wardi Bebb; Ward, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 22 : 114. 1881. Salix Wardi Bebb, Gard. & For. 8: 363. 1895. A tree, sometimes 300 high, the trunk reaching 8' in diameter, the branches spreading or drooping, the bark dark reddish brown. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, long-acuminate or acute at the apex, rounded, subcordatej or narrowed at the base, 2J-7' long, i'-l¥ wide, bright green above, silvery white and usually somewhat pubescent beneath; stipules_ often large, sometimes persistent; aments expanding with the leaves, terminal, the staminate
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