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by the scale, stalk hairy, stems trailing (leaves elHptical- 

 obovate). S. rupestris Donn: E. B. t. 2342. — 5. ovaries 



stems erect. 



E 



glabrous, 



elliptic or elliptic-oblong, branches densely hairy, capsule not 

 wrinkled, its stalk very hairy). S. Andersoniana Sm, : E. B. t. 

 2343 (leaves elliptic oblong, branches minutely downy, capsule 

 not wrinkled, its stalk very hairy or quite glabrous). S. 

 Damascena Forh. E. B. S. t, 2709 (leaves ovate or rhomboidal 

 capsule not wrinkled, stalk hairy or glabrous). S. petra3a 

 And. :E.B.t. 2725 (leaves oblong, capsule wrinkled towards 

 the point, stalk hairy). 



Fens, osier-grounds, sides of streams, and on the mountains, prin- 

 cipally in the north of England and Scotland. J^, 4—6. A most 



variable species; but in this country, whether cultivated or wild, the 

 foliage constantly turns black when pressed and dried, however care- 

 fully this be done. We must allow, however, that Swiss specimens 

 do not exhibit this character so decidedly, and hence Mr. Serin^e con- 

 joins it with S, phylicifolia^ and indeed there is scarcely any other dif- 

 ference between them. Between the forms represented and described 

 in E, BoL and the Suppleinent^ and the Eiig. Flora, are innumerable 

 intermediate ones; so that if they be good species, we must increase 

 their number without end. Our var, 6. we refer here, instead of to 

 the next, as In last edition, such being, we believe, Mr. Borrer's 

 opinion. Our 7. we retain as a variety, because it is more decidedly 

 alpine and trailing, and Mr. For})es observes that its branches are 

 tough and useful for tying : in the herbarium it cannot be recognized 

 and indeed Mr. Borrer referred specimens gathered by ourselves on 

 Ben Lawers to .S*. Fosteriana ; it is usually said to have the stigmas 

 ** blunt and undivided," which applies to most cultivated specimens 

 but wild ones show them entire and bipartite on the same catkin, and 

 even on the same style. As to our var. 5., there seem to be two states : 

 in the one the stalks to the ovaries are very hairy, in the other 

 glabrous or nearly so : In Mr, Borrer's specimens of S. Andersoniana 

 they are hairy, while Smith describes them glabrous : in Mr, Winch's 

 specimens from Heaton Dene the stalks are hairy, although glabrous 

 la those cultivated from cuttings sent by him (under the erroneous 

 name of S, Fosteriana). We find S, Damascena to vary in the same way. 



31. S. laurina Sm. {intermediate TT.) ; young shoots and 

 leaves densely pubescent or hairy towards the summit, leaves 

 at length glabrous glaucous beneath dull green above after 

 bemg dried (except the young ones which sometimes become 

 slightly black).— a. stalk of ovary hairy. S. tenuior Bon-. 

 . ■ -^' 'S'. t. 2650 (leaves narrow obovate-lanceolate 2^ — 3 

 jnches long, ovary silky, stvle longer tlian the stigmas)/ _. 

 iaunna >Sm.; S. bicolor E. B. t. 1806 (leaves elliptic oblong 

 acute 2^—4 inches long, ovary silky, as long as the stigmas.)-^ 

 J>.ovary and stalk quite glabrous. S. tenuifolla Sm. : E. B. S. 

 t. 2795 (leaves elliptical acute or pointed more serrate about 

 ^ inches lon^). 



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