38) ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
Eng. Bot., t. 1959., Rees’s Cyclo., No. 105., Willd. Sp. Pl., iv. p. 695., 
Smith Eng. Fl., iv., p. 211., exclusively of the locality (“in Epping 
Forest”), Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 82.,and our fig. 82. in p. 1618. — 
The following particulars respecting this kind are derived from Eng. 
Fl. and Sal. Wob., chiefly from the former : — Leaves elliptic-oblong, 
convex, somewhat toothed, with a curved point; glaucous, silky, 
and veiny beneath. Stipules minute. Stem prostrate, with elongated 
straight branches. Ovary stalked, ovate, silky. Styles shorter 
than the stigmas. (Sal. Wob., p. 163.) A native of Britain, in moist 
and dry moors, heaths, and sandy situations; flowering in May. 
Root woody, rather long and slender. The stems compose an 
entangled mat several feet in diameter, with straight, slender, round, 
leafy, tough, downy or silky branches; 1 ft. or more in length ; 
spreading close to the ground in every direction, with a few short 
upright ones occasionally. Leaves elliptic-oblong, numerous, scat- 
tered, on short and rather thick stalks, ascending ; 1 in. long, convex, 
but scarcely revolute; partly entire, partly toothed; the point re- 
curved or twisted; the upper side dark green, obscurely downy, 
veiny; under side concave, glaucous, rugged, with prominent veins, 
and silky, especially while young. Catkins numerous, appearing before 
the leaves; 4in. long. Distinguished from S. fasca vulgaris by its 
longer prostrate branches, and broader leaves. Both sexes are 
described in Eng. Fl.; the female is figured in Eng. Bot. and in 
Sal. Wob. There are plants at Woburn Abbey and Flitwick House, 
and also in the Goldworth Arboretum. “ S. prostrita and S. répens,” 
Dr. Johnston observes, “ have been confidently pronounced varieties 
of the same species by some botanists of deserved eminence, while 
others, not less eminent, consider them ‘totally distinct.’ Both 
plants are familiar to me; and I cannot hesitate to rank myself with 
those who are of the latter opinion. S. prostrata is the larger species, 
sending up from its prostrate stem straight simple branches, 1 ft. 
or more in length, which are clothed with alternate leaves, rather 
more than lin. long, and one half as broad. SS. répens, on the 
contrary, is a much branched creeping shrub, whose numerous 
branches scarcely rise above the grass. The leaves are more closely 
set, of a lighter green, and rarely one half so large. A general 
dissimilarity in habit should surely keep plants separate, though they 
may agree in some minute characters.” (Flora of Berwick upon 
Tweed, vol.i. p. 214.) 
xS. f. 4 fo'tida ; S. f. var. 8 Hook, Br. Fl., ed. 2.; S. foe’tida Smith Eng. 
fi., iv. p.208.— Stem recumbent. Leaves elliptical. (Hooker.) 
Smith has constituted his S. foe’tida of two kinds, that he had 
previously published as species, by the names S, adscéndens Smith 
and S. parvifolia Smith. These two kinds may be here noticed 
separately, as constituting together Hooker’s S. fisca 6. 
-& S. adscéndens Smith in Eng. Bot., 1962., Rees’s Cyclo., No. 103., Forbes in Sal. Wob., 
No. 80.,our fig. 80. in p. 1618. ; S. foe’tida, exclusively of 8 Smith Eng. Fi., 4. p. 208.; 
S. repens Koch var. Koch Comm., p. 47. — The following particulars respecting 
this kind are deduced from Sal. Wob. : — Leaves elliptical, nearly entire, with a 
recurved point ; glaucous and silky beneath. Stem recumbent. Ovary ovate-lan- 
ceolate, on a silky stalk, nearly equal to the obovate bracteas. (Sal. Wob., p. 159.) 
A native of Britain, in sandy heaths; flowering in May. A low creeping shrub, 
with long, straight, densely leafy, recumbent, or somewhat ascending, round, 
downy branches, silky when young. Leaves elliptical, narrower, and far less silky 
than those of S. argentea. Mr. Forbes adds that he has observed so many points 
of difference between this and the following kind, that he has preferred keeping 
them distinct. The male is figuredin Eng. Bot., the female in Sal. Wob. There 
are plants at Woburn Abbey and Flitwick House. 
KS. parvifolia Smith Eng. Bot., t. 1961., Rees’s Cyclo., No. 102., Forbes in Sal. Wob., 
t No, 81., fig. 81. in p. 1618.; S. foe’tida B Smith Eng. Fi., 4. p. 208. ; S. repens Koch 
var. Koch Comm., p. 48.— The following account of this kind is taken from Sal. 
Wob, : — Leaves elliptical, nearly entire, with recurved points; glaucous and silky 
beneath. Stem decumbent. Stipules ovate, entire. (Sai. Wob., p.161.) A native 
of Britain, on moist and dry heaths, on moors, and sandy situations; flowering 
in May, and, in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey, again in August. The 
