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

 shoots from the terminal or subterminal buds. Stam. 2. TS'ec- 

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

 other opposite to it." 



i. Myrsinites. Catkins at the extremity of the 'terminal shoot, 

 or of those from the last but one or two of the buds, but 

 in such a maimer as to appear to be an elongation of the 

 branch. Small bushy plants. 



25. S. Myrsinites (L.) ; 1. elliptic or lanceolate serrate shining 

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

 late downy, style long. — St. much branching. — a. S. arhiti- 

 folia (Sm.) ; 1. ovate or lanceolate rather acute. S. Myrsinites /3. 

 Sm. — /3. S. Myrsinites (Sm.) ; 1. eUiptio serrate nearly smooth, 

 catkins short, styles short, stigmas cloven. E. B. 1360. — ^High- 

 lands. Sh. VI. S. 



26. S. procfum'lens (Forbes) ; 1. oval minutely serrate bright 

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

 subsessile ovate lanceolate downy, style short deeply cloven, 

 stigmas bifid. — S. B. 8. 2753. — Scales of the catkin nearly black, 

 longer and more hairy than in Myrsinites. A low procumbent 

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



[Fries states that S. retusa (L.) was found by Mr. Winch in 

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



27. 8. Grahami (Borr.) ; I. oval obscurely crenate shining 

 glabrous silky beneath netted with veins, yerm. stalked ovate 

 prolonged glabrous, style long, stigma biKd, young branches 

 silky.— ^ of B. v. t. 66. 8y. E. B. 1377.— St. long, trailing. 

 Allied to 8. Myrsinites and S. retiisa (can it be the plant re- 

 ferred to by Fries .''). — Frouvyn, Sutherl. Graham. Mucldsh, 

 Doneg. D. Moore, J. of B. ix. 800. Sh. VI. ? S. I. 



ii. Beticulaiee. Catkins opposite to the terminal leaves, wjth a 

 bud between them. 



28. 8. reticulata (L.) ; I. nearly roundly oval very blunt 

 entire netted with veins and glaucous beneath, germens sessile 

 oblong-ovate downy, style short, stigmas bifid. — E. B. 1908. — A 

 procumbent much branched shrub. St. usually buried. Cat- 

 kins on long stalks. — Lofty mountains. Sh. VI. S. 



29. 8. 8adleri (Syme) ; 1. roundly ovate or subcordate entire 

 smooth and cottony netted and glabrous beneath, germens gla- 

 brous with long woolly stalks, style long, stigmas linear bifid. — 

 Edin. Bot. Trans, xii. 208. t. 1. J. of B. xiii. t. 158.— A small 



