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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves elliptic or lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, not 

 shining, entire, and revolute at the edge. Catkin upon a short leafy twiglet 

 Capsule ovate-conical, tomentose, seemingly sessile, eventually having a 

 very short stalk. Gland reaching as high as the base of the capsule. Style 

 shortish. Stigmas ovate-oblong, entire, and bifid (Koch.) A low strag- 

 gling shrub. Alps of Dauphine ; and in Savoy, upon the mountain Enzein- 

 dog. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1824. Flowers yellow ; May, 

 and again in August. 



Group xx. Myrtilloides Borrer. 

 Small Bilberry-Eke Shntbs, not Natives of Britain. Prin. sp. 150. 



This group consists of exotic kinds, and, therefore, does not appear in Hook. 

 Br. FL ; and, consequently, we cannot quote characteristics thence. In 

 S. myrtilloides L., we believe that the epithet was meant to express a like- 

 ness in the foliage to that of Faccinium Myrtillus L. ; and we suppose that 

 this likeness appertains to each of the kinds of which Mr. Borrer has con- 

 stituted his group Myrtilloides. 



.** 150. S. MYRTiLLoYDES L. The Myrtillus-like, or Bilberry-leaved, Willow. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1446. ; Wahl. Fl. Lapp., p. 267. ; Koch Comm., p. 52. 

 Synonyme. S elegans Besser En. PI. Volfiyn.p.77. (Koch.) 

 The Sexes. The female is described in Ree's's Cyclo., and the male partly so. 

 Engravings. Lin. Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., t. 8. f. i. k. ; and our Jig. 1480. 



Spec. Char., tyc. Leaves very various in form, ovate, subcordate at the base, 

 oblong, or lanceolate ; entire, opaque, glabrous ; veins appearing reticulated 

 beneath. Stipules half-ovate. Fruit-bearing A 



catkin (? catkin of the female in any state) 

 borne on a leafy twiglet. Bracteas (scales) 

 glabrous or ciliated. Capsules (? or rather 

 ovaries) ovate lanceolate, glabrous, upon a 

 stalk more than four times as long as the 

 gland. Style short. Stigmas ovate, notched. 

 (Koch.) The flowers of the female are dis- 

 posed in lax cylindrical catkins. (Smith.) A 

 low shrub. Carpathia, Poland, Livonia, Vol- 

 hynia, and through Russia, Sweden, and 

 Lapland. Height 2 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 

 1772. Flowers yellow ; April and May. 



j* 151. S. PEDICELLA'RIS Pursh (Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 611.) is described in 

 our first edition. 



-* 152. S. PLANIFO'LIA Pursh (Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 611.) is described 

 in our first edition. 



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S. myrtilloides. 



Group xxi. WLyrsinites Borrer. 

 Small bushy Shrubs. Prin. sp. 153. 155. and 159. 



LaJUBiJ _J 



Stamens 2 to a flower. Ovaries downy. Leaves oval or broadly elliptical, 

 serrated, small, glossy, rigid. Plants small and bushy. (Hook. Br. Fl., 

 adapted.) It seems to be the case that the epithet Afyrsinites in S. -Myrsi- 



