312 77. AMBIfllPERiE. 



ii. Thylicifolia;. Style long. , Capsule stalked. 



* Nigricantes. L. punctate beneath, turning black in drying, 

 btip. with basal glands. 



16. S. nif/ricans (Fries) ; young shoots and 1. downy^ 1, ovate- 

 elliptic or lanceolate more or less glaucous beneath thin, point 

 of stip. straight. — a. germen and stalk silky, st. erect. — a. it. co- 

 tinifolia (Sm.) ; 1. roundish elliptic or subcordate. E. B. 1403. 

 — b. S. m'ffiicam (Sm.); 1. elliptic-lanceolate. -B. -B. 1213. — • 

 c. S. Forsteriana (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic-obovate acute, stip. vaulted, 

 catkins long. E. B. 2344. — /3. S. nipestris (Donh) ; awlshaped 

 germ, and- stalk silky or glabrous below, st. trailing, 1. eUiptic- 

 obovate. E. B. 2-342. — y. germen glabrous its stalk downy -or 

 glabrous, st. erect. — a. <S. Andersoniana (Sm. j ;- 1. eUiptio-oblong 

 acute, caps, awlshaped not wrinkled. E. B. 2843. — b. S. damaa- 

 cena (Forbes)'; 1. broadly elliptic or subrhomboidal acute, caps, 

 not wrinkled. E. B. S. 2709. — c. S. petrcea (And.) ; 1. oblong 

 or sublanceolate, caps, wrinkled near the top. E. B. S. 2725. — 

 ?,jS. hiiia (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic-cordate pointed, " caps, very pubes- 

 cent" {Leefe) or "glabrous"' (.^j-moffi) not wrinkled. — The varie- 

 ties are scarcely distinguishable. — Sides of streams, osier-grounds, 

 and mountains. Sh. IV. — VI. E. S. I. 



* * Virentes. L. smooth, scarcely any crisped pubescence be- 

 ..;i neath, not turning black. 



17. 8. laurina(Sm.:) ; young shoots and 1. densely downy or 

 hairy towards the end, 1. afterwards glabrous, dark dull green 

 above glaucous beneath (young 1. turning black). — a. stalk of 

 germ, hairy .-^a. S. propinqua (Borr.) ; 1. elliptic acute, germ, 

 silky towards the end, style longer than stigmas. E. B. S. 2729. 

 — ^b. S. tenuior (Borr.) ; 1. eUiptic^oblong acute, germ, silky, 

 style as long as stigmas. E. B. S. 2G50. — c. 8. laurina (Sm.) ; 

 1. obovate-lanceolate narrow acute, germ. siUcy; style longer than 

 stigmas. &" bicolor (Sm.), E. B. 1806: — /3. 8. tenuifolia (L.) ; 

 germ, and stjle quite glabrous, 1. elliptic. E. B. 8. 2795. — 

 Thickets and river-banks, chiefly in England. Sh. IV. V. 



,,, " E.S.I. 



18. ;S'. , phylicifotia (L.) ; shoots and 1. soon quite glabrous, 

 1. rigid dark sbining green above glaucous beneath not turning 

 black. — a. germ, and stalk sUky or hairy. — a. 8. radicans (Sm.); 

 1. oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, stjde elongate. 8. phylicifolia 

 Ei.iB. 1958. — b. 8. Davalliana (Sm.); 1. oblong-lanceolate 

 pointed, style as long as stigmas. E. B^ 8. 2701. — c. 8. Weige- 

 liana (Willd.); 1. roundish, or elliptic obscurely crenate (acute 

 at both ends in fertile plant), style longer than stigmas , cloven; 

 E. B. 8. 2056. — d. 8. mtens (And.) ; 1, eUiptic^lanceolate acute 

 at both ends turning- rather blackish, style longer than stigma 

 undivided. E. B. 8. 2655. — e. 8. Croiroami (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic- 



