DICLINIA AMENTACE^. Sallx. 6ll 



For this beautiful little species I am indebted to G. 

 Anderson, Esq. ; it has all the appearance of Arbutus 

 Uia ursi in habit, as well as in the form of its leaves. 



10, S. depressa ; foliis ovalibus subacutis basi cordaris inte- cordifoha. 

 gen i mis reticulato-venosis supra glabris, subtus paU 

 lidis nervo margineque pilosis, stipulis semicordatis. 

 In liabrador. fj . v. v. s. fl in Hart. Anderson. In ge- 

 neral habit it resembles 5. myrsi>dtes. 



U.S. ditfusa J foliis obovatis obtusis integerrimis supra gla- olovata. 



bris, subtus sericeo-viliosis, stipulis nulls, amentis 

 subcoaetaneis sessilibus oblongis 2-andris, squamis obo- 

 vatis apice nigris j^ilosis. 

 In Labrador. V} . Co/muster. North-west roast. Ntlson. 

 Pj . May. V. s. in Hc'rb. Dickson, et Bunks This 

 species is allied to 5. AreJiariu Linn, and is more in- 

 clined to be upright than the preceding. 



J2. S. erectiuscula, divaricata ; ramulis Ifevigatis. foliis ob- planifolia. 

 longo-!ani eolatis utrinque acutis medio serrulati.s gla- 

 berrimis patentibus planis discoloribu^, stipi^lis iiuU.s, 

 In Labrador, h . v v. ^ Ji. in Hart. Anderson This sin- 

 gular species distinguishes itself at hrst sight by its 

 remarkable plain and patent leaves ; it is mclined to 

 rise from the ground on a single low stem, and ap- 

 proaches to the following division. 



-}"f- Caule erecto. 

 13. S. ramulis Isevigatis, fuliis (,hovatn-lanceolatis acutis inte- pedicellaris. 

 gerrimis utrinque glabris concoloribus, stipulis nuilis, 

 amentis coae.ianeis pedunculatis glaberrimis, squamis 

 oblongis pedicello dupio brevioribus vix pilosis, ger- 

 minibus ovato-oblongis Inns^issime pedicellatis glabris, 

 stigmatibus sess libus bitidis, 



S. pensylvanica Hmtul. 



On the Cat>kill mountams, New York. Tj . April, v. v. 

 This elegant and singular species tinwered in the gar- 

 den of G. Anderson, Esq , from a plant hruuglit by 

 me from America. He lias one through another chan- 

 nel, which appears to be the male to this species, 



J4. S. foliis suboppositis obovalo-lanreolatis acutis glabris Lamlerliana. 

 apice subserratis disculoribus, stip\dis nuili-,, amentis 

 praecocibns, squamis orbiculatis nigris, fiiamento 

 unico. anthera geminata, geruiinibus sessihbus ova- 

 to-ellipticis sericeis, st\ lo brevissmio, sligmalibias ova- 

 tis emarginatis. — IVilld. sp. pi 4. p. 673. 



