CHAP. CIII. WALICA‘CER. SALIX. 1587 
S. myrtilléides L. wholly in habit, and in its capsules being sessile, and 
densely tomentose. There are plants at Henfield. 
Group xx. Myrtilldides Borrer. 
Small Bilberry-like Shrubs, not Natives of Britain. 
This group consists of exotic kinds, and, therefore, does not appear in Hook. Br. Fl. ; and, pee Tage ys 
we cannot quote characteristics thence. In S. myrtilldides L., we believe that the epithet was 
meant to express a likeness in the foliage to that of Vaccinium Myrtillus L. ; and we suppose that 
pe Oa appertains to each of the kinds of which Mr. Borrer has constituted his group Myr- 
tilldides, 
#150. S. myRTILLOI'pEs L. The Myrtillus-like, or Bilberry-leaved, Willow. 
Identification. Lin. Sp. Pl., 1446. ; Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., 295.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No.79. ; Wahl. Fl. 
Lapp., p. 267. ; Koch Comm., p. 52. 
ceerne. S. elegans Besser En. Pl. Volhyn., p.77. (Koch.) 
vad eet The female is described in Rees’s Cyclo., and the male partly so. The female is noticed 
ow. 
Engravings. Lin. Fl. Lapp., ed. 2.,t. 8. f.%. %.; and our fig. 1343. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves very various in form, ovate, sub- 
cordate at the base, oblong, or lanceolate; entire, opaque, 
patrons 5 veins appearing reticulated beneath. Stipules 
alf-ovate. Fruit-bearing catkin (? catkin of the female in 
any state) borne on a leafy twiglet. Bracteas (scales) gla- 
brous or ciliated. Capsules (? or rather ovaries) ovate-lan- 
ceolate, glabrous, upon a stalk more than four times as lon 
asthe gland. Style short. Stigmas ovate, notched. (Koch. 
The flowers of the female are disposed in lax cylindrical 
catkins. (Smith in Eng. Fl.,4. p.196.) Wild in the infra- 
alpine bogs of the Carpathians, and in spongy bogs of Po- 
land, Livonia, Volhynia, and through Russia, Sweden, and 
Lapland. It occurs in the alps of Bavaria, whence it descends 
into the valleys ; and has been gathered even near Munich, 
in turfy ground. (Koch.) This is registered as having been 
introduced into Britain in 1772. Mr. Borrer has remarked 
in the list that he is not aware that it has been introduced 
alive into Britain. 
# 151. S. pepiceLia‘ris Pursh. The long-stalked-capsuled Willow. 
Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p.611.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 78. 
ne. S. pennsylvanica Host. 
he Sexes. The female is noticed in the Specific Character. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem erect. Branches glabrous. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, acute, entire, glabrous, 
een on both surfaces. Stipules none. Catkins stalked, nearly glabrous. Bracteas oblong, scarcely 
airy. Ovary ovate, oblong, glabrous, upon a stalk twice as long as the bractea. Stigma sessile, 
divided. Wild on the Catskill Mountains, New York ; flowering in April. An elegant and sin- 
gular species, Introduced by Pursh in 1811. (Pursh, Smith, and Hort. Brit.) 
+ 152. S. puantro‘~1A Pursh. The flat-leaved Labrador Willow. 
Identification. Pursh Fl, Amer, Sept., 2. p. 611. ; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 92, 
Spec. Char., &c. It is inclined to rise from the ground ona single stem. Branches divaricating, 
glabrous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, very glabrous, flat, er ; acute at each end, minutely 
serrated in the middle, paler beneath. Stipules none. ative of Labrador. Seen by Pursh, in 
Mr. Anderson’s garden, without flowers. (Pursh and Smith.) Introduced in 1811. Perhaps this 
is not of the group Myrtilldides. (Borrer in a letter.) This —— species is easily distinguished, 
Pursh observes, by its remarkably flat and spreading leaves, and by its being, though procumbent, 
inclined to rise from the ground on a single low stem. (F. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 611.) 
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Group xxi. Myrsinites Borrer. 
Small bushy Shrubs, 
Stamens 2 to a flower. Ovaries downy. Leaves oval or broadly elliptical, 
serrated, small, glossy, rigid. Plants small and bushy. (Hook. Br. Fi., 
ted.) It seems to be the case that the epithet A/yrsinites, in S, Myrsi- 
nites L., has been intended to imply a likeness in the foliage of that kind to 
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