I.XVIir. .VALICA CE^ : salix. 



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small. Young shoots pubescent. 

 Bracteas (scales) oblong, hairy, 

 longer than the glabrous stalk of 

 the glabrous ovary. Sty.'e as long 

 as the stigmas. In the arrange- 

 ment of the kinds, this one may 

 stand between S. bicolor and iS. 

 Dickson/anff, in both of which the 

 leaves are for the most part obso- 

 letely serrated, and of a figure 

 approaching to obovate with a 

 point. (^Borrer.) An upright 

 much-branched shrub. Highlanil 

 valleys of Scotland. Height 4 ft 

 to 5 ft. Flowers yellow ; April. 



: 144, S. DiCKS0N7^\v^ Smith (Eng. Bot., t. 1390.; Sal. Wob., No. 55.; 

 and om-fg. 53. in p. 803.) is described in our first edition. 



UTS. S. philljTCifijUa. 



Group xix. Yacciniifolia; Borrer. 

 Small, and generally procumbent. Shrubs. Prin. sp. 145. and 149. 



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Stamens 2 to a flower. Ovary sessile, downy. Leaves bearing a considerable 

 resemblance to those of a Faccinium ; opaque ; the under surface glaucous. 

 Plants, small shrubs, usually procumbent, rarely erect. {Hook, Br. FL, 

 ed. 2., adapted.) It is probable that S. arbiiscula L. is the same as one or 

 more of the four kinds, S. z'acciniifolia Walker, S. carinata Smith, S. pruni- 

 folia Smith, and S. venulosa Smith. {Borrer, in his manuscript list.) 



^ 145. S. rACCiNiiFOLiA Walker. The Vaccinium-leaved Willow. 



Jdenlification. Walker's Essay on Nat. Hist. ; Eng. Fl., 4. p. 194. ; Hook. Br. FL, ed. 3. 

 Synonijtne. S. pruniftlia, part of, Kucli Cumni. p. ,59. 

 The Sexes. Both sexes are ligured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. 

 Engrnvings. Eng. Bot., t. 2341. ; Sal. Wob., No. 67. ; our Jig. 1479. ; and fig. 

 57. in p. SOS. 



Spec. Char., Sj'c. Leaves lanceolate-ovate, serrated ; glabrous 

 and even above, glaucous and silky beneath. Capsules 

 ovate, silky. Stems decumbent. {Smith.) A low decum- 

 bent shrub, very distinct from S. jorunifolia, of a much 



' more humble stature, with decumbent, or trailing, long 

 and slender branches, silky when young, though other- 



' wise glabrous. Scotland, on Highland mountains. Height 

 1 ft. to 2 ft. Flowers yellow ; April and May. 



; a 146. S. carina'ta Smith (Eng. Bot., t. 1363.; Sal. Wob., No. 59.; and 

 I our fig. 59. in p. 803.) is described in our first edition. 



I -^ 147. S. prunifo'lia Smith (Eng. Bot., t. 1361. ; Sal. Wob., No. 56.; and 

 ' our Jig. 56. in p. 803.) is described in our first edition. 



' a 148. S. VENULo'sA Smith (Eng. Bot., t. 1362.; Sal. Wob., No. 56. ; and 

 our^g. 58. in p. 803.) is described in our first edition. 



a^ 149. iS". c^'siA Villars. The grey-leaved Willow. 



Identification. Villars Dauph., 3. 768. ; Smith in Rees's Cycle., No. 80. ; Koch Comm., p. 59. 

 Si/noiiymes. S. niyrtilliiides Willd. Sp. PI 4. p. 686. , S. prostrata Ehrk. PI. Select, p. l-'jg. 

 'I'/ie Scxrs. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. 



Engravings. Villars Dauph., 3. t. bO. f. 11. ; Sal. Wob., No. 66. ; and our^. 66. in p. 804. 



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1479. S. uacciniifoHa, 



