372 DIOECIA — DIANDRIA. ISalisf. 



l3. Hook. Scot. \. p. 282. — ^S*. livida, Hook. Scot. up. 281. E. 

 Fl. V. \v.p. 199, 



Highlaiifl mountains, not unfrcqucnt. First found at the head of 

 Annandalo, and described by the late Dr Walker. Hart-fell near Moffat. 

 FL Apr. {Sin. Forbes)— Jnnc in the Highlands. Tj.— A humble and 

 pretty little shrub, which I had referred to a variety of S. prunifolia. 

 This and the 3 following are all very closely allied. 



63. S. carindta, Sm. (^folded-leaved Willoio); leaves ovate 

 serrated glabrous glaucous beneath and frequently folded so as 

 to form a keel, germens sessile oblongo-ovate extremely silky, 

 style short, stigmas emarginate. E. Bot. t. 1363. Salict. Wob. 

 p. 117, #.59. 



Highlands of Scotland. Fl. Apr. — June. "^ — Two feet high. Taller 

 and' stouter than the last, with more upright branches, and longer and 

 often keeled leaves. 



64. S. prunifolia, Sm. (^Plum-leaved Willoro); leaves ovate 

 serrated more or less veiny glabrous glaucous beneath, germens 

 sessile oblong-ovate extremely silky, style short, stigmas emar- 

 ginate. E. Bot. t. 1361. E. Fl. V. iv. p. 193. Salict. Wob. 

 p. Ill, t. 57 -S*. myrsitiites, Lightf. (not Linn.) 



Highland mountains of Scotland, frequent. FL Apr. — June. Tj . 



65. S. venulosa, Sm. (veiny-leaved Willow); " leaves ovate 

 serrated naked reticulated witli prominent veins above rather 

 glaucous beneath, capsules ovate silky, stem erect much branch- 

 ed." E. Bot. t. 1362. Hook. Scot. i. p. 282, (with -S". pruni- 

 folia). Salict. Wob. p. 115, t. 58. 



Highlands of Scotland. FL Apr. — June. T? . — Mr E. Forster agrees 

 with me in considering this only a var. of S. prunifolia. The last four 

 species, if such they may be called, I have gathered on the Breadalbane 

 mountains, for a succession of years, with blossoms in perfection in the 

 month of June. In gardens, they flower in April. 



* 17. Myrsinites. Borr. Small, bushy plants ; loith glossy, rigid, 

 small, oval or broadly elliptical, serrated leaves, and downy 

 germens. 



66. 'S. "myrsinites, L. (green Whortle-leaved Willotv); leaves 

 elliptical waved serrated shining often hairy with prominent 

 veins, catkins short lax, germens sessile lanceolate loosely silky, 

 style half their length, and as well as the linear stigmas bifid. 

 E. Bot. t. 1360. Salict. Wob. p. 119, <. 60.— /3. leaves smaller 

 narrower. S. arlmtifolia, Sm. — S. myrsinites, Linn. Lapp. t. l.f. 

 6. t. 8.ff FLDan.t. 1054. 



Highland mountains, but rare. Craigalleach. Brae-Riach. Clova 

 mountains. — /3. Craigalleach. FL June. Tj. — A low glossy bushy sZ/rwi, 

 with thick, much branching stems and leaves which Wahlenberg not 

 inaptly compares to those of Betula nana, and which frequently remain, 

 withered indeed, till the following year, being mucii and prominently 

 veined. The fioivers appear when the plant is in full leaf. Scales of 

 the catkin small, blackish, with long silky hairs. Foliage very dark, al- 



