amentifer;e. 2r>7 



Var. 0, procumhenji. 



Plate MCCCLXXVI. 



S. procumbens, Forho!?. Borrer in Engl. Bot. Suppl. No. 2753. nook. Brit. Fl. cd. iv. 

 p. 473. IIool: & Am. Brit. Fl. cd. viii. p. 412. Bah. Man. Brit. Bot ed vi 

 p. 315. 



Leaves oval, subobtuse, very faintly serrated, at lon^^th nearly 

 glabrous. Catkins elongate, thick. 



Var. 7, arhutifolia. 



Leaves elliptical or oblanceolate, acute or acuminate, very faintly 

 serrated, at length nearly glabrous. Catkins rather elongate, thick. 



In wet places, on the sides of mountains. Rare. It occurs on the 

 Breadalbane, Clova, and Braemar mountains. 



Scotland. Shrub. Summer. 



A small shrub, rarely above a foot long, with shining chestnut bark ; 

 the stem contracted at the end of each year's growth, much branched, 

 with the branches divaricate, some short and ascending, others longer 

 and procumbent. Leaves very variable in shape and size, -^ to 1 ^ 

 inch long, glossy, with conspicuously elevated veins on both surfaces. 

 Catkins on stalks ^ to 1 inch long, the catkins varying from ^ to 

 2 inches in length, very thick for the size of the plant. Capsules olive 

 or reddish-brown, rather thinly hairy, the hairs frequently deciduous. 

 The length of the style and the depth to which it is cleft are very 

 variable; the stigmas are very broad and spreading. Hairs of the coma 

 of the seeds snow-white. The male catkins I have not seen, but the 

 anthers are said to be blue or violet. 



I am unable to see any grounds for supposing that S. procumbens 

 is a species distinct from S. Myrsinites. The length of the catkin, 

 given as one of its characters, is unsatisfactory; .even on the same 

 plant I have seen some catkins twice as long as others in the same 

 stage of growth, and the length of the style is also inconstant. 



Whortleherry-leaved Willow, i 

 French, Saule a feu'dles D^Arhomier, 



SPECIES (?) XXXII.— S ALIX GRAHAM I. " Bnrcr MS." Bnb^r. 



Plate MCCCLXXVII. 

 Bal-er in Seemann's Joiu'n. Bot. 1867, p. 157, and Tab. 66. 



Stem exposed, decumbent or ascending; main branches terminating 

 in a barren shoot. Leaves numerous, firm, flat, oval or oval-obovate, 

 obtuse, faintly crenate- serrate or nearly entire, green, glabrous, 



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