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Eocks, Dumfries, Argyll, Perth, Forfar, Aberdeen, alt. 1,000-2,400 ft.; fl. 

 June-July. A small, rigid, decumbent, rooting shrub ; twigs yellow, 

 pubescent, then brown. Leaves |-1J in., very variable, at first silky beneath . 

 Catkins ^-1 in., females often long-peduncled ; scales obosrate or rounded, 

 reddish, very pubescent. Capsules conical, reddish, base embraced by the 

 scale ; style long, deeply cleft, stigmas thick notched. DISTEIB. Alps of 

 Mid. and N. Europe (Arctic), N. and Central Asia, Greenland. Inter- 

 mediate between S. phylicifo'lia and Myrsini'tes. 



British forms are: S. carina'ta, Sm. ; suberect, leaves folded and recurved. 

 S. fce'tida, Schl. (prunifo'lia, Sm.) ; decumbent or ascending, leaves flat. 

 S. venulo'sa, Sm. ; decumbent, leaves reticulate on both surfaces. S. vaccinii- 

 fo'lia, "Walker (lii'ida,-Sm., not Wahl) ; decumbent, leaves silky beneath. 



**** Capsule sessile or subsessile. Style short or 0. 



16. S. herba'cea, L. ; very dwarf, branches buried, leaves oblong or 

 orbicular obtuse or retuse shining reticulate serrate, catkins on 2-leaved 

 peduncles oblong few-fld., scales concave glabrous or pubescent. 

 Loftiest "Welsh, N. English, Scotch and Irish Alps, ascending to 4,300 ft. ; 



fl. June. Stem ajid branches spreading under the turf, sending up short 

 flowering few-leaved twigs ; bud-scales persistent, brown. Leaves 5-^ in., 

 shortly petioled, curled ; stipules minute ovate or 0. Catkins -J in., 

 flowering after the leaves, subterminal, shortly peduncled, 4-10-fld. ; scales 

 obovate, obtuse ; anthers yellow-brown or purple. Capsule rarely pubescent, 

 subsessile ; style rather short. DISTRTB. Arctic and Alpine Europe, N. 

 Asia, N. America. The smallest British shrub. 



17. S. reticula'ta, L. ; dwarf, branches buried, leaves orbicular-oblong 

 or obovate strongly reticulate on both surfaces green above glaucous beneath, 

 catkins on very long leafy peduncles, style very short. 



Lofty Mts. of Perth, Forfar, Aberdeen, Inverness, and Sutherland ; alt. 

 2,000-3,200 ft. ; fl. July-Aug. Stem 1-2 ft., procumbent, short, woody ; 

 branches tortuous, sparingly leafy. Leaves sometimes cuneate, obtuse or 

 retuse, margin entire or waved, young hairy, older glabrous and rugose 

 above, usually hoary beneath, stipules 0. Catkins ^-1 in., subterminal, 

 flowering after the leaves, oblong, many-fld. ; scales obovate, purplish or 

 yellow, of one colour ; anthers purplish ; disk a laciniate cup. Capsule 

 sessile, hoary, obtuse ; stigmas notched. DISTRIB. As S. herla'cea, reaching 

 the limits of Arctic vegetation, 



SECTION 3. Syn'andrse, Anderss. Catkins appearing before the leaves, 

 on short bracteate or leafy peduncles ; scales tipped with dark colour. 

 Stamens 2, filaments more or less combined. 



18. S. purpu'rea, L. ; shrubby, leaves often subopposite thin linear- 

 lanceolate serrulate glabrous, stipules |-ovate or 0, catkins subsessile, 

 scales small, capsule subsessile, styles very short. Purple Osier. 



Elver-banks and osier-beds, from Banff and Isla to Devon and Kent ; native ? 

 in Ireland ; fl. March-April. An erect or decumbent shrub, 5-10 ft. ; twigs 

 slender, tough ; bark red or purple. Leaves 3-6 in., sparingly hairy when 

 young, shortly petioled, broadest about or beyond the middle, glaucous but 



