LXVIM. SALICA‘CER: SA‘LIX. 785 
small. Young shoots pubescent. 
Bracteas (scales) oblong, hairy, 
longer than the glabrous stalk of ; 
the glabrous ovary. Style as long { 
as the stigmas. In the arrange- 
ment of the kinds, this one may 
stand between S. bicolor and S. 
Dicksoniana, in both of which the 
leaves are for the most part obso- 
letely serrated, and of a figure 
approaching to obovate with a 
point. (Borver.) — An_ upright 
much-branched shrub. Highland 
valleys of Scotland. Height 4 ft 
to 5ft. Flowers yellow; April. 178s Sephlllyreliiliay 
#144, S. Dicksonz4va Smith (Eng. Bot., t. 1390.; Sal. Wob., No. 55.; 
and our jig. 55. in p. 803.) is described in our first edition. 
Group xix. Vacviniifolia Borrer. 
Small, and generally procumbent, Shrubs. Prin. sp. 145. and 149. 
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Stamens 2 to a flower. Ovary sessile, downy. Leaves bearing a considerable 
resemblance to those of a Vaccinium ; opaque ; the under surface glaucous. 
— Plants, small shrubs, usually procumbent, rarely erect. (Hook, Br. Fl., 
ed. 2., adapted.) It is probable that S. arbascula L. is the same as one or 
more of the four kinds, S. vacciniifolia Walker, S. carinata Smith, S. pruni- 
folia Smith, and S. venuldsa Smith. (Borrer, in his manuscript list.) 
*& 145. S. vaccinurFo'L1a Walker. The Vaccinium-leaved Willow. 
Identification. Walker’s Essay on Nat. Hist.; Eng. Fl., 4. p. 194.; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3. 
Synonyme. S. prunifdlia, part of, Koch Comm. p. 59. 
The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2341.; Sal. Wob., No. 57.5; our jig. 1479. ; and fig. 
57. in p. 803. : 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves lanceolate-ovate, serrated ; glabrous 
and even above, glaucous and silky beneath. Capsules 
ovate, silky. Stems decumbent. (Smith.) A low decum- 
bent shrub, very distinct from S. prunifolia, of a much 
more humble stature, with decumbent, or trailing, long Y 
and slender branches, silky when young, though other- 
wise glabrous. Scotland, on Highland mountains. Height 
1 ft. to 2ft. Flowers yellow; April and May. 1479. S. vacciniifolia. 
2 146. S. carina‘ra Smith (Eng. Bot., t. 1363.; Sal. Wob., No. 59.; and 
our fig. 59. in p. 803.) is described in our first edition. 
a 147, S. PruniFO'LIA Smith (Eng. Bot., t. 1361.; Sal. Wob., No. 56.; and 
our fig. 6. in p. 803.) is described in our first edition. 
2% 148. S. venuLo'sa Smith (Eng. Bot., t.1362.; Sal. Wob., No. 56.; and 
our fig. 58. in p. 803.) is described in our first edition. 
& 149. S. cm'sta Villars. The grey-leaved Willow. 
tification. Villars Dauph., 3. 768.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 80.; Koch Comm., p. 59. 
(eels Ss. myrtillétdes Willd. Sp. Pi 4. p. 686. ; 8. prostrata Ehrh. Pl. Select. p. 159. 
"he Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. ‘ 
Engravings. Villars Dauph., 3. t. 50. f. 11. ; Sal. Wob., No. 66.; and our jig. 66. in p. 804. 
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