314 77. AMBNTIPERiE. 



oblong with a twisted point, st. prostrate with long straight 

 branches. E. B. 1959. — d. 8. ascendens (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic with 

 a recurved point, st. decumbent with long somewhat ascending 

 branches. -B. S. 1962. S. parvifolia Sm., E. B. 1961.— 6. S. 

 inmbacea (L.) ; 1. elliptic-oblong with a twisted point, stip. 

 stalked ovate acute. ^. ^. iS. 2600. — ?. S. arffented (Sm.) ; 1. 

 broadly elliptic with a twisted point, stip. stalked oval E. B. 

 1364. — Fries thinks that 8. fusca (L.) is different. — Heaths at 

 various elevations. Sh. III. IV. E. S. I. 



23. 8. ambig'tia (Ehrh.) ; 1. oval obovate or lanceolate slightly 

 toothed with a recurved point somewhat rugose aibove soft and 

 silky beneath, stip. stalked half-ovate acute, germens lanceolate- 

 subulate silky, style very short, stigmas short at length cloven. 

 — E. B. S. 2733. — o. 1. oval or obovate, moderately hairy. — ^. 

 major; 1. obovate very silky on both, sides. — y. spathulata ; 1. ob- 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate moderately hairy or silky, style some- 

 what long. — S. undulata ; 1. ovate-lanceolate. — Gravelly heaths. 

 Sh. V. E. S. I. 



iv. Eaphnoidea. Style long. Stigma biiid. Capsule sub- 

 aescsile. Catkins subsessile, bracteate at the base. — Arbusculce 

 Bab. 



24. 8. Arbus'cula (L., Fries) ; I. lanceolate-ovate or oxate gla- 

 brous smooth glaucous and opaque beneath finely serrate, ger- 

 mens oblong-ovate silky, stigmas bifid. — a. 8. carinata (Sm.) ; 1. 

 ovate finely toothed minutely veined folded into a keel, catkins 

 cylindrical with rounded hairy scales, E. B. 1363. — ;8. 8. prwni- 

 folia (Sm.) ;, 1. broadly ovate toothed smooth on both sides, st. 

 erect much branched. E. B. 1361. — 7. 8. vermlosa (Sm.) ; 1. 

 ovate toothed naked netted with prominent veins above, st. 

 erect much branched. E. B. 1362. — S. vacciniifolia (Sm.) ; 1. 

 lanceolate-ovate serrate smooth and even above silky beneath, 

 St. decumbent. E. B. 2841.— Highlands." Sh. FV.— VI. S. 



2.5. 8. Lappdnum (L.) ; 1. lanceolate or elliptic subacuminate 

 entire' cottony or silky beneath with crisped hairs wrinkled 6,bove 

 and when young downy, germens ovate-lanceolate silky, stigmas 

 linear. — a. 8. arenaria (L.) ; 1. ovate-lanceolate netted and some- 

 what downy above veined and woolly beneath, style as long as 

 the sdssile woolly germen, stigmas linear. E. B. 1809. Ger- 

 meu with a long slender reddish style. — 0. 8. 8tiia7iiana (Sm.) ; 

 }. ovate-lanceolate shaggy above , densely silky almost cottony 

 .benea,t^i, styjle as long as the almost sessile woolly germen, stig- 

 mas capillary deeply divided. E. B.268Q. — y. 8. glauca (Sm^; 

 1. ovEjte -lanceolate even and nearly smooth above woolly and 

 snow-white beneath, germens sessile wooUjf, sjiyle very short 

 .with thick ovate stigmas. E. B. 1810. Germen Jblvuiter. Style 

 elongating and the stigmas becoming linear and deeply cloven as 

 the fruit ripens. — [8. glavca Ll, Wahl., Koch, has subterminal 



