1588 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART Ill. 
that of the Vaccinium Myrsinites; and it may be supposed that this cha- 
racter obtains more or less in all the kinds of the group. 
a 153. S. Myrsint‘tes L. The Whortleberry-/eaved Willow. 
Identification. Lin., cited by Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2753., the text ; FJ. Dan., t. 1054. (Samith.) 
Synonymes. S. Myrsinites 8, Smith Eng. Fl., 4, p.195., Hook. Br. Fi., ed. 2., p. 429. ; S. arbutifolia 
Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 682. ; probably S. Macnabidna Macgillivray in Jameson’s Edinb. Phil. Jour., 
Oct. 1830. (The above indicated by Borrer.) S. Myrsinites Koch, part of, Koch Comm., p.60.; 
S. arbutifdlia Willd., Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 67.3; S. dNbia Suter Helv., p. 283. ( Willd.) 
The Sexes, It is implied in the Spec. Char., &c., that the female is known. ’ 
Engraving. F\. Dan., t. 1054. (Smmzth.) 
Spec. Char., §c. This has, like S. detulifolia, short catkins, and 
distinctly serrated leaves; but these are more acute, and of an 
ovate-lanceolate figure; and the long style seems to afford a dis- 
tinctive character. (Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2753., in the , 
text.) It occurs on various Scottish mountains. (Jd:) Wahlenberg * 
compares the stems and leaves to those of Bétula nana, from the 
glossy greenness of the latter, their prominent veins, and their <4 
remaining on the shoots in a withered state till the following year. 
The whole plant is very dark, and almost black when dry. (Hook. 
Br. Fi.) 
w 154, S. BETULIFO'LIA Forster. The dwarf Birch-leaved Willow. 
Identification. Forster MS., cited by Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2753., in the text. | 
Synonymes. S. Myrsinites Smith Eng. Bot., t. 1360., exclusively of the references to Hoffmann (Smith 
in Eng. Fl.), Eng. Fl., 4. p. 195., exclusively of the var. 6, Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 60., Hook. , 
Br. Fi., ed. 2., p.429., exclusively of the var. 6, not of Linn. (Borrer); S. Myrsinites Koch, part 
of, Koch Comm., p. 60. x ‘ 
The Sexes. The female is described in Eng. Fl., and figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal.. Wob. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1360.; Smith in Eng. Fl. has quoted, besides, Lin. Fl. Lapp., t. 7. f. 6. t. 8. 
f. f ; and Villars Dauph., 3. t. 50. f. 12.; but has designated this as “ bad:’’ Sal. Wob., No. 60. ; 
our jig. 1345. ; and jig. 60. in p. 1615, 
Spec. Char., §c. It differs from S. procimbens by its smaller, rounder, more 
conspicuously serrated leaves; shorter, almost ovate, catkins; shorter, 
more truncate, and paler bracteas (scales) ; and more distinctly quadrangular 
ovary. From the remarkable prima facie resemblance of its leaves 
to those of Bétula nana, Mr. Forster has suggested for it the 
name of detulifolia. (Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl.) _Mr. Borrer 
regards it as not certain that this kind is a native of Britain ; and 
the question resting on whether the kind found by Dr. Stuart in 
the mountains of Glencoe is identical with S. Myrsinites of Eng. © 
Bot., or with S. procimbens Eng. Bot, Suppl., he has stated 1345 
that, to ascertain this, it would be necessary to inspect the specimens of 
the kind found by Stuart, preserved in Lightfoot’s herbarium. Ifthe kind 
prove not British, Mr. Borrer does not know its source. Cultivated in © 
the willow garden at Woburn Abbey, it has flowered in May, and againin 
August. A sturdy, upright, bushy shrub, 1 ft. to 2ft. high, with abun- 
dance of short, leafy, dark purplish branches, hairy when young, not downy. 
Leaves very different from those of all the foregoing species, except S. 
malifolia, in their rigid, thin, crackling, veiny texture; without anything 
glaucous or cottony about them, the fine hairs on the younger ones being 
scattered and silky. (Smith Eng. Fl.) Pursh has included in his Flor. 
Amer. Sept., ii. p.617., a North American kind of willow, named S. Myr- 
sinites: ? is this the same as either of the above. 
x 155. S. pRocU’MBENS Forbes. The procumbent Willow. 
Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 61., exclusively of the synonymes. The figure is not a cha- 
racteristic one. (Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t.2753.) Hook. Br. Fl., ed.2., p.429.; Borrer in Eng. | 
Bot. Suppl., t. 2753. ‘ 
Synonymes. S. levis Hook. Br. Fi., ed. 1., p. 432. ; S. retsa Wither. Bot. Arr., ed. 4., 2. p. 49., and 
a figure. 
The pbb The female is described and figured in Eng. Bot. Suppl. and Sal. Wob. The male plant 
has not come under our notice. (Borrer.) ye 
Engravings. Wither. Bot. Arr., ed. 4., vol. 2.; Sal. Wob., No. 61., the figure not a characteristic 
one; Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2753. ; and our jig. 61. in p. 1615. , 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches diverging. Leaves oval, minutely serrated, res 
curved, bright green and shining on both surfaces. Catkins elongated, __ 
