CHAP. CIII. 



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S. myrtilloides L. wholly in habit, and in its capsules being sessile, and 

 densely tomentose. There are plants at Henfield. 



Group xx. Myrtilloides Borrer. 



Small Bilberry-like Shrubs, not Natives of Britain. 



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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 likeness 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 constituted his group Myr- 

 tilloides. 



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



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1446. ; Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., 295. ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 79. ; Wahl. Fl. 

 Lapp., p. 267. ; Koch Comm., p. 52. 



St/nonyme. S. elegans Besser En. PI. Volhyn., p. 77. (Koch.) 



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

 below. 



Engravings. Lin. Fl. Lapp., ed. 2.,t. 8. f. i. k. ; and OUT fig. 1343. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves very various in form, ovate, sub- 

 cordate 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. Bracteas (scales) gla- 

 brous or ciliated. Capsules (?or rather ovaries) ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, 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 disposed in lax cylindrical 

 catkins. (Smith in Eng. F/.,4. p. 196.) Wild in the infra- 

 alpine bogs of the Carpathians, and in spongy bogs of Po- 

 land, Livonia, Volhynia, and through Russia, Sweden, and 

 Lapland. It occurs in the alps of Bavaria, whence it descends 

 into the valleys ; and has been gathered even near Munich, 

 in turfy ground. (Koch.) This is registered as having been 

 introduced into Britain in 1772. Mr. Borrer has remarked 

 in the list that he is not aware that it has been introduced 

 alive into Britain. 



-** 151. S. PEDICELLA X RIS Pursh. The long-stalked-capsuled Willow. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 611. ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 78. 



Synonyme. S. pennsylvanica Host. 



The Sexes. The female is noticed in the Specific Character. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stem erect Branches glabrous. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, acute, entire, glabrous, 

 green on both surfaces. Stipules none. Catkins stalked, nearly glabrous. Bracteas oblong, scarcely 

 hairy. Ovary ovate, oblong, glabrous, upon a stalk twice as long as the bractea. Stigma sessile, 

 divided. Wild on the Catskill Mountains, New York ; flowering in April. An elegant and sin- 

 gular species. Introduced by Pursh in 1811. (Pursh, Smith, and Hort. Brit.) 



j* 152. S. PLANIFO'LIA Pursh. The flat-leaved Labrador Willow. 



Identification. Pursh FL Amer. Sept., 2. p. 611. ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 92. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. It is inclined to rise from the ground on a single stem. Branches divaricating, 

 glabrous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, very glabrous, flat, spreading ; acute at each end, minutely 

 serrated in the middle, paler beneath. Stipules none. Native of Labrador. Seer, by Pursh, in 

 Mr. Anderson's garden, without flowers. (Pursh and Smith.) Introduced in 1811. Perhaps this 

 is not of the group Myrtilloides. (Borrer in a letter.) This singular species is easily distinguished, 

 Pursh observes, by its remarkably flat and spreading leaves, and by its being, though procumlxMit, 

 inclined to rise from the ground on a single low stem. (Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. fill.) 



Group xxi. ^ILyrsinltes Borrer. 



Small bushy Shrubs. 



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 JWyrsinites, in S. Afyrsi- 

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



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