786 



ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Spec, Char,, Sfc, 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. Myrtilloldes Borrer. 

 Small Bilhcrry-l'ike Shrubs, 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. myrtilloldes L., we believe that the epithet was meant to express a like- 

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

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

 stituted his group Myrtilloldes. 



Ja 150. S. MYRTILLOrOES L. 



The Myrtillus-like, or Bilberry-leaved, Willow. 

 Koch Coram., p. 52. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1446. ; Wahl. Fl. Lapp., p. 2G7. i 



Synoriyme. S. felegans Besser En. PI. Volhyn. p. 77. (Koch.) 



The Sexes. The female is described in Rees's Ci/c/o., and the male partly 60. 



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



Spec. Char., ^e. 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 

 catkin (? catkin of the female in any state) 

 borne on a leafy twiglet. Bi-acteas (scales) 

 glabrous or ciliated. Capsides (? or rather 



ovaries) ovate lanceolate, glabrous, upon a kPSP^M A ^^ 



stalk more than four times as long as the /^V ^rJ-'X /v>\vl- 

 gland. Style short. Stigmas ovate, notched. 



{Koch.) The flowers of the female are dis- C^^^lf^"/^ / Vkl "^ 

 posed in lax cylindrical catkins. (Smith.) A \^ \ "i^ - / \'^- 



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. 



1480. S. niyrUlloides. 



151. S. PEDiCELLA^Ris Pursh (Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 61 1.) is described 



our first edition. 



in 



152. S. PLANIFO^LIA 



Pursh (Fl. Amer. Sept., 

 in our first edition. 



2. p. 611.) is describeii 



Group xxi. M.j/rsinkes Borrer. 

 SmaU bushy Shrubs. Prin. sp. 133. 155. and 139. 



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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 71/yrsinites in S. Myrsx- 



