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elliptical oblong with a straight point faintly serrate, nearly glabrous 
above, glaucous and silky beneath. Stipules none. Capsule glabrous. 
Flowers with the young leaves. 
Var. y, prostrata. 
Pirate MCCCLVIIL. 
S. prostrata, Sm. Engl. Bot. ed. i. No. 1959, and Engl. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 211. 
Stem prostrate, much branched; branches long, slender, spreading, 
and a few of them short and suberect. Leaves elliptical, with a 
twisted point, faintly serrate, obscurely downy above, glaucous and 
silky beneath, at least when young. Stipules absent or minute. 
Capsule silky. Flowers before the leaves. 
Var. 0, ascendens. 
Prats MCCCLIX. 
S. ascendens, Sm. Engl. Bot. ed. i. No. 1962. 
S. footida, var. a, ascendens, Sim. Engl. FI. Vol. IV. p. 208, 
Stem decumbent; branches long, ascending. Leaves elliptical, with 
recurved points, faintly serrate, subglabrous above, glaucous and 
silvery-silky beneath. Stipules often present, lanceolate or ovate. 
Capsule silky, becoming glabrous as it ripens. Flowers with the 
leaves. 
Var. ¢, parvifolia. 
Prate MCCCLX, 
S. parvifolia, Sm. Engl. Bot. ed. i. No. 1961. 
S. foetida, var. 8, parvifolia, Sm. Engl. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 208, 
Stem decumbent, much branched; branches long, spreading or 
procumbent. Leaves oval, with recurved points, nearly entire, sub- 
glabrous above, glaucous and more or less silvery-silky beneath. 
Stipules usually present, small, ovate. Capsule silky, becoming 
glabrous as it ripens. Flowers with the leaves. 
Var. &, incubacea. 
Prats MCCCLXI, 
S. incubacea, “ Linn.,” Sm. Engl. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 212. Bor. in Engl. Bot. Suppl. 
No. 2600, 
Stem procumbent or erect; branches very long, erect. Leaves 
oblong or oblong-elliptical, with a twisted point, glabrous and strongly 
reticulated, with prominent veins above, glaucous and silvery silky 
