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the fruit ripens. [S. glauca L., Wahl., Koch, has subterminal 

 catkins with very long leafy stalks and belongs to the next sec- 

 tion.] Breadalbane and Clova Mountains. Sh. VI. VII. S. 



xi. HastatfB. Stam. 2. Anth. permanently yellow. Catkins 

 appearing before the 1., sessile, terminal and lateral with very 

 shaggy and silky scales. L. broadly elliptic or roundish. 



[27. S. hastata (L.) ; 1. broadly elliptic wavy thin and crackling 

 quite glabrous beneath, stip. unequally heartshaped longer than 

 petioles, catkins with silvery hairs, germ, subulate glabrous 

 stalked. S. malifoUa Sm., E. B. 1617. A very doubtful native. 

 Sands of Barrie. Sh. V.] S. 



28. S. lanata (L.) ; L broadly oval pointed entire shaggy be- 

 neath, stip. oval, catkins with yellow silky hairs, germ, conical 

 glabrous. E. B. S. 2624. A low (2 ft.) and very beautiful 

 shrub. Clova and Glen Lochay Mountains. Sh. V. VI. S. 



III. PEDUNCULATE TERMINALES. 



Catkins on long leafy persistent shoots from the terminal or 

 subterminal buds. Chamelyx Fries. 



xii. Myrsinites (Borr.). Catkins at the extremity of the termi- 

 nal shoot, or of those from the last but one or two of the buds, 

 but in such a manner as to appear to be an elongation of the 

 branch. Small bushy plants. 



29. S. Myrsinites (L.); 1. elliptical or lanceolate serrate shining 

 often hairy with prominent veins, germens subsessile ovate-sub- 

 ulate downy, style long. St. much branching. a. S. arbuti- 

 folia (Sm.) ; 1. ovate or lanceolate rather acute. S. Myrsinites ft. 



Sm. ft. S. Myrsinites (Sm.) ; 1. elliptical serrate nearly smooth, 

 catkins short, style short, stigmas cloven. E. B. 1360. High- 

 lands. Sh. VI. S I. 



30. S. procumbens (Forbes) ; 1. oval minutely serrate bright 

 green and shining on both sides, catkins elongated cylindrical, 

 germens subsessile ovate lanceolate downy, style short deeply 

 cloven, stigmas bifid. E.B.S. 2753. Scales of the catkin nearly 

 black, longer and more hairy than in S. Myrsinites. A low pro- 

 cumbent much branched shrub. Highlands. Sh. VI. S. 



[Fries states that S. retusa (L.) was found by Mr. Winch in 

 Scotland, but there is no such plant in his Herb.] 



xiii. Reticulatce(Rorr.). Catkins opposite to the terminal leaves 

 with a bud between them. 



31. S. reticulata (L.) ; L nearly roundly-elliptical very obtuse 

 entire reticulated with veins and glaucous beneath, germens sessile 

 oblong-ovate downy, style short, stigmas bifid. E. B. 1908. 



