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elliptical oblong with a straiglit point faintly serrate, nearly glabrous 

 above, glaucous and silky beneath. Stipules none. Capsule glabrous. 

 Flowers with the young leaves. 



Var. 7, prostrata. 

 Plate MCCCLVIII. 

 S. prostrafca, 8m. Engl. Bofc. etl. i. No. 1959, and Engl. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 211. 



Stem prostrate, much branched; branches long, slender, spreading, 

 and a few of them short and suberect. Leaves elUptical, with a 

 twisted point, faintly serrate, obscurely downy above, glaucous and 

 silky beneath, at least when young. Stipules absent or minute. 

 Capsule silky. Flowers before the leaves. 



Var. 0, ascendens. 

 Plate MCCCLIX. 



S. ascendens, Sm. Engl. Bot. ed. i. Ko. 19G2. 



S. foetida, var. a, ascendens, Sm. Engl. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 208. 



Stem decumbent ; branches long, ascending. Leaves elliptical, with 

 recurved points, faintly serrate, subglabrous above, glaucous and 

 silvery-silky beneath. Stipules often present, lanceolate or ovate. 

 Capsule silky, becoming glabrous as it ripens. Flowers with the 

 leaves. 



Var. s, parvifolia. 

 Plate MCCCLX. 



S. parvifolia, Sm. Engl. Bot. ed. i. No. 1961. 



S. foetida, var. ft, parvifolia, Sm. Engl. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 208. 



Stem decumbent, much branched; branches long, spreading or 

 procumbent. Leaves oval, with recurved points, nearly entire, sub- 

 glabrous above, glaucous and more or less silvery-silky beneath. 

 Stipules usually present, small, ovate. Capsule silk}^, becoming 

 glabrous as it ripens. Flowers with the leaves. 



Var. ^, incubacea. 

 Plate MCCCLXI. 



S. incubacea, " Linn.;' Sm. Engl. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 212. Bor. in Engl. Bot. Suppl. 



No. 2600. 



Stem procumbent or erect; branches very long, erect. Leaves 



oblong or oblong-elliptical, with a twisted point, glabrous and strongly 



reticulated, mth prominent veins above, glaucous and silvery silky 



