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nites L. has been intended to imply a likeness in the foliage of that kind to 

 that of the ^accinium Myrsinites ; and it may be supposed that this cha- 

 racter obtains more or less in all the kinds of the group. 



j* 153. S. JI/YRsiNf TES L. The Whortleberry-tea^ Willow. 



Identification. Lin., cited by Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2753., the text ; Fl. Dan., t. 1054. 



(Smith.) 

 Synonymes. S. Afyrsinltes ft, Smith Eng. FL 4. p. 195.; S. arbutifblia Willd. Sp. PI. 4. p. 682.; 



probably S. Macnabz^wa Macgillivray in Jameson's Edinb. Phil. Jour., Oct. 1830. 

 The Sexes. It is implied in the Spec. Char., &c., that the female is known. 

 Engraving. FL Dan., t. 1054. (Smith) ; and oar Jig. 1481. 



Spec. Char. $c. This has, like S. Aetulifolia, 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.) A low shrub. Scottish mountains. 

 Height 6 in. to 1 ft. Flowers yellow ; April and May. 

 Stems and leaves like those of 2?etula nana, very dark, and 



almost black when dry. 148 i. 



j* 154. S. ^ETULIFO'LIA Forster (Sal. Wob., No. 60. ; and/g. 60. in p. 803.) 

 is described in our first edition. 



-* 155. S. PROCI/MBENS Forbes. The procumbent Willow. 



Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 61. ; Hook. Br. FL, ed. 2., p. 429. 



Synonymes. S. laf vis Hook. Br. FL, ed. 1., p. 432. ; S. retusa Wither. Bot. Arr. ed. 4. , 2. p. 49, 



The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Eng. Bot. Suppl. and Sal. Wob. The male 



plant has not come under our notice. (Borrer.) 

 Engravings. Bag. Bot. Suppl., t. 2753. ; Sal. Wob., No. 61. ; and ourjffe. 61. in p. 803. 



Spec. Char., $c. Branches diverging. Leaves oval, minutely serrated, re- 

 curved, bright green and shining on both surfaces. Catkins elongated, 

 thick, cylindrical. Ovary nearly sessile, tapering, obsoletely quadrangular. 

 Style short, deeply cloven. Stigmas spreading, bifid. (Borrer.) A low 

 procumbent shrub, extending along the ground, with greenish brown, pu- 

 bescent, round, shortish branches. Highlands of Scotland. Height 6 in. 

 to 1 ft. Flowers yellow ; April and May. 



Jc 156. S. RETU N SA L. The retuse-leaved Willow. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1445. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 684. ; Hayne Abbild., p. 234. 



Synonyme. S. serpyllifolia Jacq. Austr. t. 298. 



The Sexes. Both sexes are described in Rees's Cyclo., and thence in Sal. Wob., and 



below ; and both are figured in Hayne Abbild. : the male is figured in Sal. Wob. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Austr., t. 298. ; Sal. Wob., No. 139. ; our Jig. 1482. ; and Jig. 139. 



in p. 818. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves obovate, entire, glabrous, shining above. 

 Catkins of the female oblong, of few flowers. Bracteas (scales) 

 the length of the oblong smooth ovary. (Smith.) A trailing shrub. 

 Alps of Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy. Height 

 6 in. to 1 ft. Introduced in 1763. Flowers yellow ; May. usa. s.mi,sa. 



* 157. S. KITAIBEL//^ Willd. (Sal. Wob., No. 64.; and our Jig. 64-. in 

 p. 804.) is described in our first edition. 



j 158. S. UVA-U'RSI Pursh (Sal. Wob., No. 151.; and our /g. 151. in 

 p. 818.) is described in our first edition. 



-* 159. S. SERPYLLIFO^LIA Scop. The Wild-Thyme-leaved Wiilow. 



Identification. Scop. Cam., No. 1207. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 684. ; Hayne Abbild., 325. 

 Synonyme. S. retusa Koch y Koch Comm. p. 63. 



The Sexes. The male is figured in Sal. Wob., the female in Hayne Abbild. 

 Engravings. Scop. Cam., t. 61.; Sal. Wob., No. 65. : our Jigs. 1483, 1484.; and 

 Jig. 65. in p. 804. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, acute, entire, 

 glabrous, shining above. Catkins oblong, of few flowers. 

 Capsules elliptic, glabrous. Stigmas sessile. (Smith.) 

 A very diminutive shrub. High mountains of France, 

 Italy, and Switzerland. Height 1 in. to 2 in. Introd. MM! s.erp,ii 

 ' 1483 1818. Flowers yellow ; April and May. aiia - 



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