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Stem decumbent ; but the leaves are frequently, and when old aUvavs 



glabrous, and besides all the others are in the wild state occasionajly 

 silky beneath ; so that his attributing a decumbent stem to it and an 

 erect one to the others may arise from his description of it havliicp 

 been made from, wild specimens, of the others from cultivated plaiu^ 

 Our var, p. we never met with but once, and long hesitated whether 

 to refer it to the present or to the next group : it is indeed precise!*' 

 intermediate, and may perhaps be a hybrid between some of the forms 

 of S. Arhuscnla and S. myrsinites : the leaves are not glaucous beneath 

 and the catkins are shorter and more lax than in this group ; but the 

 ovaries are almost sessile, and the colour of the scales and the numer- 

 ous lateral flower-shoots indicate its greater affinity to *S', Jrbuscida : m 

 some respects it is very closely allied to S, ovata Ser., but wants the 

 silky hairs so abundant in young leaves of that species. 



xiv. Stamens 2, distinct Anthers yelloiv or brown when empty. Ovarm 

 lanceolate, silky, stalked ; stalks usually as long as, or at length longer 



. than, the gland. Style more or less deeply hi/id, as long as the cloven 

 obtuse stigmas^ or longer. Catkins appearing with the full-grown 

 leaves, terminal on lateral or terminal leafy shoots, soon becoming lax • 

 scales blackish when dried, hairy and shining above, much shorter than 

 the ovary. Leaves veiny, never glaucous beneath; stipules ovate or 

 lanceolate^ conspicuous on the autumnal shoots. Small, much branched 

 shrubs; stems above ground, Myrsinites Borr,^ 



34. S. myrsinites L. {green Whortle-leaved W, 



} ; leaves 

 waved serrate with very prominent veins often hairy at length 



shining blackish when dried, (catkins short, style cloven to the 



middle, lonsjer than the stigmas?). — o, leaves roundish or 



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elliptical or obovate. 

 somewhat cordate at the base- 



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/:>. leaves (smaller) 

 y. leaves (smaller than a,) ovate 

 S. arbutifolla Sm, S, 



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Linn. Lapp. t. 7, f. 6. t. 8. f. f,: Fl, Dan. t, 1054. — 5? leaves 

 lanceolate. 



Highland mountains, but rare. — a. Craig-challeach ; Bralgh- 



Riach ; Clova mountains j8. Clova mountains (July 1824). — 7. 



Craig-challeach. — 5. Clova mountains. \. 6, — We do not find 

 catkins on any of our Scotch specimens, and therefore cannot be quite 

 certain that this portion of the above character applies to them. The 

 figure in E, B. is from cultivated specimens ; Mr. Stuart's plant from 

 Glen Coe, quoted there, belongs to iS. procumbens ; but Mr. Dickson's 

 was probably the same as our own and from the Breadalbane moun- 

 tains. Of our var, S. we have only seen a single specimen ; some of 



1 S. retusa is a prostrate glabrous shrub, with veiny obovate-elliptical or cuneate 

 oblong not glaucous leaves, glabrous ovate shortlv stalked germens, the stalks 

 longer or shorter than the nectary in the same catkin, and catkins usuaUv few- 

 flowered and similar to those of .V. kerbacea. Fries states that beautiful specimens 

 of the var, serpyllifoh'a, collected by Mr. Winch in Breadalbane, are preserved in 

 Hornemann's herbaruim. This must be a mistake: Mr. Winch's 5. retusa is 

 that of Withering or S. procumbens Forbes, and is widely different from the true 

 one, which is not, we believe, a northern species, and is considerably unlike any 

 either of the present or last group. 



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