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1365. S. Arbuscula Sm., JE. B. 1366, exclusive of large leaf., 

 not of Koch nor Fr. — A slender upriglit shrub, 1 — 3 ft. high. 

 Catkins very short, at first drooping. Whole plant hecomes 

 nearly black in drying. Style short. — "Several parts of the 

 North." Sm. Sh. V. S. P 



19. 8. Donidna (Sm .) ; I. lanceolate or vbovate-lanceolate acute 

 slightly serrate livid with scattered silky hairs beneath, stip. 

 linear, germens very silky ovate-oblong longer than the bearded 

 oblong-ovate scales, sti/le very short, stigmas short emarginate. — 

 -B. B. S. 2599.— Shrub about 6 feet high. " Stam. monadel- 

 phous, anth. ultimately luteo-fuscous not black." (Koch.) 

 —Forfarshire. Sh. Y. S. 



20. S. ripens (L.) ; 1. elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate acute entire 

 or minutely glandular-serrate o-laucous and silky beneath, germ, 

 subcorneal silky, stj'le rather short, stigmas ovate bifid, — a. S. 

 repens (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic-lanceolate vfith a straight point, st, de- 

 pressed with short upright branches. E. B. 183. — ^. 8. fusca 

 (Sm.) ; 1. oblong-oval straight, st. decumbent below then erect 

 much branched. JE. B. 1960. — y. 8. prostrata (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic- 

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

 branches. K. B. 1959. — S. S. ascendens (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic with 

 a recurved point, st. decumbent with long somewhat ascending 

 branches. B. B. 1963. 8. parvifolia Sm., B. B. 1961.— e. S. 

 incubacea (L.) ; 1. eUiptic-oblong with a twisted point, stip 

 stalked ovate acute. B. B. 8. 2600. — f. 8. argentea (Sm.) ; 1. 

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

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

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



21. 8. ambig'ua (Ehrh.) ; 1. oval obovate or lanceolate slightly 

 toothed with a recurved point somewhat rugose above soft and 

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

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

 — E. B. 8. 2733. — a ; 1. oval or obovate moderately hairy. — j8. 

 major ; 1. obovate very silky on both sides. — y. spathtdata ; 1. 

 obovate or ovate-lanceolate moderately hairy or silky, style 

 somewhat long. — 6. imdulata; 1. ovate-lanceolate. — Gravelly 

 heaths. Sh. V. E. S. I. 



iv. Daphnoidea. Style long. Capsule subsessile. Catkins 

 subsessile, bracteate at the base. — Arbtisculee Bab, 



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

 brous smooth glaucous and opaque beneath finely serrate, ger- 

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



