786 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptic or lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, not 
shining, entire, and revolute at the edge. Catkin upon a short leafy twiglet. 
Capsule ovate-conical, tomentose, seemingly sessile, eventually having a 
very short stalk. Gland reaching as high as the base of the capsule. Style 
shortish. Stigmas ovate-oblong, entire, and bifid (Moch.) — A low strag- 
gling shrub. Alps of Dauphiné; and in Savoy, upon the mountain Enzein- 
dog. Height 3ft. to 4ft. Introduced in 1824. Flowers yellow; May, 
and again in August. 
Group xx. Myrtilloides Borrer. 
Small Bilberry-like Shrubs, not Natives of Britain. Prin. sp. 150. 
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This group consists of exotic kinds, and, therefore, does not appear in Hook. 
Br. Fl. ; and, consequently, we cannot quote characteristics thence. In 
S. myrtilldides L., we believe that the epithet was meant to express a like- 
ness in the foliage to that of Vaccinium Myrtillus Z. ; and we suppose that 
this likeness appertains to each of the kinds of which Mr. Borrer has con- 
stituted his group Myrtilldides. 
+ 150. S. myrTILLorpEes L. The Myrtillus-like, or Bilberry-leaved, Willow. 
Identification. Lin. Sp. Pl., 1446. ; Wahl. Fl. Lapp., p. 267.; Koch Comm., p. 52. 
Synonyme. S élegans Besser En. Pl. Volhyn. p. 77. ( Koch.) 
The Sexes. The female is described in Rees’s Cyclo., and the male partly so. 
Engravings. Lin. Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., t. 8. f. 7. 4.3 and our fig. 1480. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves very various in form, ovate, subcordate at the base, 
oblong, or lanceolate ; entire, opaque, glabrous; veins appearing reticulated 
beneath. Stipules half-ovate. Fruit-bearing 
catkin (? catkin of the female in any state) 
borne on a leafy twiglet. Bracteas (scales) 
glabrous or ciliated. Capsules (? or rather 
ovaries) ovate lanceolate, glabrous, upon a 
stalk more than four times as long as the 
gland. Style short. Stigmas ovate, notched. 
(Koch.) The flowers of the female are dis- 
posed in lax cylindrical catkins. (Smith.) A 
low shrub. Carpathia, Poland, Livonia, Vol- 
hynia, and through Russia, Sweden, and 
Lapland. Height 2 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 
1772, Flowers yellow ; April and May. 1480. S. miyrtilloides. 
= 151. S. pepiceLLa‘ris Pursh (Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 611.) is described in 
our first edition. 
a 152, S.pLaniro‘tia Pursh (Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 611.) is described 
in our first edition. 
Group xxi. Myrsinites Borrer. 
Small bushy Shrubs. Prin. sp. 153. 155. and 159. 
RAR 
Stamens 2 to a flower. Ovaries downy. Leaves oval or broadly elliptical, 
serrated, small, glossy, rigid. — Plants small and bushy. (Hook. Br. Fl. 
adapted.) It seems to be the case that the epithet M/yrsinites in S. Myrsi- 
