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catkins with very long; leafy stalks and belongs to tlie next sec- 

 tion.] — Breadalbane and Clova Mountains. Sh. VI. VII. S. 

 V, ChrysanthtB. Style long. Stigma entire. Capsule sessile. 

 Antli. yeUow, scarcely changing colour. Catkins appearing 

 before the leaves, sessile, terminal and lateral, with very ah^gy 

 and silky scales. Leaves broad, roundish. 



\^S. haUdta (L.) ; 1. broadly elliptic wavy thick and crackling 

 quite glabrous beneath, stip. vmequally heai-tshaped longer than 

 petioles, catkins with sUvery hairs, germ, subulate glabrou'^ 

 stalked. — S. malifolia Sm., E. B. 1617. — Unknown. Probably 

 belongs to this tribe. Sands of Bai-rie. Sh. V.] S. 



26. S. landta (L.) ; I. broadly oval pointed entire shaggy be- 

 neath, stip. oval, catkins vsdth yellow silky hairs, germ, conical 

 glabrous.--^. £. S. 2624.— A low (2 ft.) and very beautiful 

 shrub. — Clova and Glen Lochay Mountains. Sh. V. VI. S. 



27. S. acidifdlia (T^'^Uld.) ; 1. linear-lanceolate acuminate cre- 

 nate-serrate glabrous glaucous beneath, stip. lanceolate acute 

 sub-j-cordate below, " caps, ovate-conic glabrous sessile,, stig. 

 linear-oblong." — Shoots purple with a glaucous bloom. Male 

 catkins sliort, thick, very hairy. Fertile plant not yet found in 

 England.— North Yorkshire. T.IV. E. 



Sec. 3. Chaieeltx (Fries). Catkins on long leafy persistent 

 shoots from the terminal or subterminal buds. Stam. 2. Nec- 

 tary " of 2 pieces, one between the catkin-scale and germen, the 

 other opposite to it." 



i. Myrsinites. Catirins at the extremity of the terminal shoot, 

 or of those from the .last but one or two of the buds, but in such 

 a manner as to appear to be an elongation, of the branch. Small 

 bushy plants. 



28. S. Myrskdtes (L.) ; 1. elliptic or lanceolate serrate shining 

 often hairy with proininent veins, germens subsessile ovate-subu- 

 late downy, style Ibng. — St. much branching. — a. 8. arhuii- 

 folia (Sm.) ; 1.' ovate or lanceolaje rath.er acute. S. Myrsiniifs.fi. 

 Sm. — /3. S. Myrsinites (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic ferrate nearly smooth, 

 catkins short, stvle short, sti^as cloven. H. J3. 1360. — Bigh- 

 lands. Sh. Vl."" ' , S. 



29. S. procum'bens (Forbes) ; 1. oval minutely serrate brigbt 

 green and shining on both aiies, catkins long cylindrical, germens 

 subsessile ovate lanceolate downy, style short deeply cloven, 

 stigmas bifid. — .E £. S. 2753. — •Scales of the catkin nearly black, 

 longer and more hairy than in 8. Myrsinites. A low procumbent 

 much-branched shrub. — Highlands. Sh. VI. S. I. 



[Fries states that 8. retiisa (L.) was found by Mr. Winch in 

 Scotland; but there is no such plant in his Herb.] "■ 



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