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lanata f. sublanata mihi (ad S. herbaceam saltern foliis basin versus 

 serrulatis ac gemmis sat glabris refert)." The chief support of 

 B. White's view lies in the structure of the nectaries being " split 

 into 2 or 3 obcuneate pieces"; but, on the other hand, the short 

 sessile catkins and the leaf-serration are fatal to his determination, 

 and much in favour of S. herbacea x lanata as the true solution. 



In a corrie on the north side of Meall na Saone, Perthshire. 



Endemic in Scotland. 



xii. Myrtosalix. 



Myrtosalix Kerner, Nied. GEsterr. Weide, 47 (1859). Dwarf 

 shrubs, flowering branches lateral ; leaf-blades hairy, only while 

 young, glossy green, soon glabrous ; ovaries somewhat hairy, with 

 pedicels not much exceeding the nectaries ; anthers deep purplish- 

 red ; styles long, tinged with red. 



16. Salix myrsinites L. Sp. PI. 1018. Sm. Fl. Brit. 1054 ; 

 in Kees Cycl. 59 ; Engl. Fl. iv. 195. Hartman, 372. Wimmer, 

 Sal. Eur. 97. Anderss. DC. Prodr. xvi. (2), 289. Syme, E. B. 

 viii. 256. B. White, Revision, 432. Camus, Monogr. 111. See- 

 men, iv. 162.— S. arbutifolia Willd. Sp. PL iv. 2, 692 (1805). Sm. 

 in Rees Cycl. 67. Syme, I. c. 257. — S. procumbent Forbes, 121. 

 Syme, I c. 257. 



Icon. E. Bot. t. 1360. E. B. S. 2753. Forbes, tt. 60, 61 

 (S. procumbens). Syme, E. B. tt. 1375, 1376. Camus, Atlas, 

 pi. 9, A, B. 



Exs. Hb. Linn. Nos. 26 (2), 28, 29, 88. Hb. Borrer. Wimmer, 

 Sal. Relict. (Coll. Sal. 120). E. F. & W. R. Linton, Nos. 23 (var. 

 procumbens), ¥1. Enander, Nos. 53-56, 60, 61; 57 (var. rotundi- 

 frons) ; 52, 58, 59 (var. latifrons). Toepffer, Nos. 72, 231, 284. 



A dwarf ascending or trailing shrub with stems 1-2 ft. long, 

 branches rather stout, pubescent at first soon glabrous, in winter 

 turning chestnut-brown + polished ; buds ovoid hairy at first, 

 glabrescent. Petioles rather short. Stipules foliaceous on strong 

 shoots, sometimes J in. rarely ^ in. long, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 

 firm, shining green. Leaf -blades 1-2 in. long, usually ovate or 

 ovate-oblong acute, sometimes a little obovate, broad or narrow, 

 serrate or crenate- serrate, shining green on both sides, coriaceous, 

 somewhat pubescent at first, soon glabrous, veins often raised 

 above when dry. Catkins coeval with the leaves, fl. May, June ; 

 $ 1 in. long, subsessile, filaments glabrous or hairy near the 

 base ; anthers purplish-red (not violet as sometimes described) ; 

 2 elongate 1-2 in. long, on leafy pubescent peduncles ; bracts 

 oblong-obovate, obtuse, clothed with silky hairs, reddish at first 

 then blackened in the upper part ; ovaries ovate-conic to ovate- 

 lanceolate, pubescent but not densely, at length only thinly hairy, 

 often reddish, subsessile at least at first ; pedicels at length some- 

 what elongate about as long as the short quadrate nectaries, or 

 twice as long at the base of the catkin ; styles long red-veined, 

 stigmas rather large, divided, usually purplish-red. 



Syme (I. c.) distinguished a serrata, which appears to be the 

 type ; /3 procumbens (Forbes), a form with large oval leaf -blades 



