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Eng. Sot., t. 1959., Reeis Cydo., No. 105., Willd. Sp. PI., iv. p. 695., 

 Smith Eng. Fl., iv., p. 21 1., exclusively of the locality ("in Epping 

 Forest"), Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 82., and our fig. 82. in p. 1618. 

 The following particulars respecting this kind are derived from Eng. 

 Fl. and Sal. Wob., chiefly from the former : Leaves elliptic-oblong, 

 convex, somewhat toothed, with a curved point ; glaucous, silky, 

 and veiny beneath. Stipules minute. Stem prostrate, with elongated 

 straight branches. Ovary stalked, ovate, silky. Styles shorter 

 than the stigmas. (Sal. Wob., p. 163.) A native of Britain, in moist 

 and dry moors, heaths, and sandy situations; flowering in May. 

 Root woody, rather long and slender. The stems compose an 

 entangled mat several feet in diameter, with straight, slender, round, 

 leafy, tough, downy or silky branches ; 1 ft. or more in length ; 

 spreading close to the ground in every direction, with a few short 

 upright ones occasionally. Leaves elliptic-oblong, numerous, scat- 

 tered, on short and rather thick stalks, ascending ; 1 in. long, convex, 

 but scarcely revolute ; partly entire, partly toothed ; the point re- 

 curved or twisted; the upper side dark green, obscurely downy, 

 veiny; under side concave, glaucous, rugged, with prominent veins, 

 and silky, especially while young. Catkins numerous, appearing before 

 the leaves; |in. long. Distinguished from S. fusca vulgaris by its 

 longer prostrate branches, and broader leaves. Both sexes are 

 described in Eng. FL; the female is figured in Eng. Bot. and in 

 Sal. Wob. There are plants at Woburn Abbey and Flitwick House, 

 and also in the Goldworth Arboretum. " S. prostrate and S. repens," 

 Dr. Johnston observes, "have been confidently pronounced varieties 

 of the same species by some botanists of deserved eminence, while 

 others, not less eminent, consider them ' totally distinct.' Both 

 plants are familiar to me ; and I cannot hesitate to rank myself with 

 those who are of the latter opinion. S. prostrate is the larger species, 

 sending up from its prostrate stem straight simple branches, 1 ft. 

 or more in length, which are clothed with alternate leaves, rather 

 more than 1 in. long, and one half as broad. S. repens, on the 

 contrary, is a much branched creeping shrub, whose numerous 

 branches scarcely rise above the grass. The leaves are more closely 

 set, of a lighter green, and rarely one half so large. A general 

 dissimilarity in habit should surely keep plants separate, though they 

 may agree in some minute characters." (Flora of Berwick upon 

 Tweed, vol. i. p. 214.) 



.* S./. 4,/ce'tida ; S. f. var. S Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 2.; S. fce'tida Smith Eng. 

 Fl., iv. p. 208. Stem recumbent. Leaves elliptical. (Hooker.) 

 Smith has constituted his S. foe'tida of two kinds, that he had 

 previously published as species, by the names S. adscendens Smith 

 and S. parvifolia Smith. These two kinds may be here noticed 

 separately, as constituting together Hooker's S. fusca 8. 



-* S. adscendens Smith in Eng. Sot., 1962., Rees's Cyclo., No. 103., Forbes in Sal. Wob., 

 No. 80.,ourfig. 80. in p. 1618. ; S. foe'tida, exclusively of (3 Smith Eng. Fl., 4. p. 208.; 

 S. ripens Koch var. Koch Comm., p. 47. The following particulars respecting 

 this kind are deduced from Sal. Wob. : Leaves elliptical, nearly entire, with a 

 recurved point ; glaucous and silky beneath. Stem recumbent. Ovary ovate-Ian- 

 ceolate, on a silky stalk, nearly equal to the obovate bracteas. (Sal. Wob., p. 159.) 

 A native of Britain, in sandy heaths; flowering in May. A low creeping shrub, 

 with long, straight, densely leafy, recumbent, or somewhat ascending, round, 

 downy branches, silky when young. Leaves elliptical, narrower, and far less silky 

 than those of S. argentea. Mr. Forbes adds that he has observed so many points 

 of difference between this and the following kind, that he has preferred keeping 

 them distinct The male is figured in Eng. Bot., the female in Sal. Wob. There 

 are plants at Woburn Abbey and Flitwick House 



J: S. parvifolia Smith Eng. Bot., t. 1961., Rees's Cyclo., No. 102., Forbes in Sal. Wob., 

 No. 81., fig. 81. in p. IfilS. ; S. foe'tida /3 Smith Eng. Fl., 4. p. 208. ; S. repens Koch 

 var. Koch Comm.., p. 48. The following account of this kind is taken from Sal. 

 Wob. : Leaves elliptical, nearly entire, with recurved points; glaucous and silky 

 beneath. Stem decumbent. Stipules ovate, entire. (Sal. Wob., p. 161.) A native 

 of Britain, on moist and dry heaths, on moors, and sandy situations ; flowering 

 rn May, and, in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey, again in August The 



