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a recurved point, st. recumbent with long somewhat ascending 

 branches. E. B. 1962. S. parvifolia Sm., E. B. 1961. e. S. 

 i?icubacea(Ij.); 1. elliptic-oblong with a twisted point, stip. stalked 

 ovate acute. E. B. S. 2600. . S. argentea (Sm.) ; 1. broadly 

 elliptical with a twisted point, stip. stalked oval. E. B. 1364. 

 Fries thinks that S.fusca (L.) is different. Heaths at various 

 elevations. Sh. III. IV. 



24. S. ambigua (Ehrh.) ; 1. oval obovate or lanceolate slightly 

 toothed with a recurved point somewhat rugose above soft and 

 silky beneath, stip. stalked half-ovate acute, germens lanceolate- 

 subulate silky, style very short, stigmas short at length cloven. 

 E. B. S. 2/33. a. 1. oval or obovate moderately hairy. /3. 

 major ; 1. obovate very silky on both sides. y. spathulata ; 1. ob- 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate moderately hairy or silky, style some- 

 what elongate. 8. undulata ; 1. ovate-lanceolate. Gravelly ' 

 heaths. Sh. V. 



x. Arbusculfe. Stam. 2. Anth. yellow or brown when empty. 

 Catkins subsessile, bracteated at the base ; scales discoloured at 

 the end. Stalks of the capsules or shorter than the gland. 

 Shrubs with an exposed trunk. 



25. -S. Arbuscula (L., Fries) ; /. lanceolate-ovate or ovate gla- 

 brous smooth glaucous and opaque beneath finely serrate, ger- 

 mens oblong-ovate silky, stigmas bifid. a. S. carinata (Sm.) ; 1. 

 ovate finely toothed minutely veined folded into a keel, catkins 

 cylindrical with rounded hairy scales. E. B. 1363: /3. S. pruni- 

 folia (Sm.) ; 1. broadly ovate toothed smooth on both sides, st. 

 erect much branched. E. B. 1361. y. S. venulosa (Sm.); 1. 

 ovate toothed naked reticulated with prominent veins above, st. 

 erect much branched. E. B. 1362. 8. S. vacciniifolia (Sm.) ; 

 1. lanceolate-ovate serrate smooth and even above silky beneath, 

 st. decumbent. E.B. 2341. Highlands. Sh. IV. VI. S. 



26. -S. Lapponum (L.) ; 1. lanceolate or elliptical subacuminate 

 entire cottony or silky beneath with crisped hairs wrinkled above 

 and when young downy, germens ovate-lanceolate silky, stigmas 

 linear. a. S. arenaria (L.); 1. ovate-lanceolate reticulated and 

 somewhat downy above veined and woolly beneath, style as long 

 as the sessile woolly germen, stigmas linear. E. B. 1809. Ger- 

 men with a long slender reddish style. /3. S. Stuartiana (Sm.) ; 

 1. ovate -lanceolate shaggy above densely silky almost cottony 

 beneath, style as long as the almost sessile woolly germen, stig- 

 mas capillary deeply divided. E. B. 2586. y. S. glauca (Sm.) ; 

 1. ovate-lanceolate even and nearly smooth above woolly and 

 snow-white beneath, germens sessile woolly, style very short with 

 thick ovate stigmas. E. B. 1810. Germen blunter. Style 

 elongating and the stigmas becoming linear and deeply cloven as 



