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elliptical with a twisted point, stip. stalked oval. E. B. 1364. 
—Heaths at various elevations. Sh. III. IV. 
25. S. ambigua (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. |. oval or obovate moderately hairy.—f. 
major ; 1. obovate very silky on both sides.—y. spathulata; 1. ob- 
ovate or ovate-lanceolate moderately hairy or silky, style somewhat 
glen ated.—6. undulata; 1. ovate-lanceolate——Gravelly heaths. 
ix. Arbuscule. Stam.2. Anth. yellow or brown when empty. 
Catkins subsessile bracteated at the base ; scales discoloured at the 
end. Stalks of the capsules 0 or shorter than the gland. Shrubs 
with an exposed trunk. 
26. S. Arbuscula (L., Fries); 1. Janceolate-ovate or ovate gla- 
brous smooth glaucous and opaque beneath finely serrated, ger- 
mens oblong-ovate silky, stigmas bifida. S. carinata (Sm.); 1. 
ovate finely toothed minutely veined folded into a keel, catkins 
cylindrical with rounded hairy scales. E. B. 1363.—8. S. pru- 
nifolia (Sm.); |. broadly ovate toothed smooth on both sides, st. 
erect much branched. E. B. 1361.—y. S. venulosa (Sm.); 1. 
ovate toothed naked reticulated with prominent veins above, st. 
erect much branched. E. B. 1362.—6. S. vacciniifolia (Sm.); 
1. lanceolate-ovate serrated smooth and even above silky beneath, 
st. decumbent. FE. B. 2341.—Highlands. Sh. IV.—VI. 8. 
27. S. Lapponum (L.); 1. lanceolate or elliptical subacuminate 
entire cottony or silky beneath with crisped hairs wrmkled above 
and when young downy, germens ovate-lanceolate silky, stigmas 
linear.—a. S. arenaria (L.); 1. ovate-lanceolate reticulated and 
somewhat downy above veined and woolly beneath, style as long 
as the sessile woolly germen, stigmas linear. E.B.1809. Ger- 
men with a long slender reddish style.—8. S. Stwartiana (Sm.) ; 
1. ovate-lanceolate shaggy above densely silky almost cottony 
beneath, style as long as the almost sessile woolly germen, stig- 
mas capillary deeply divided. £. B. 2586.—y. S. glauca (Sm.) ; 
1. ovate-lanceolate even and nearly smooth above woolly and 
snow-white beneath, germens sessile woolly, style very short with 
thick ovate stigmas. E. B. 1810. Germen blunter. Style 
elongating and the stigmas becoming linear and deeply cloven as 
the fruit ripens. [S. glauca L., Wahl., Koch, has subterminal 
catkins with very long leafy stalks and belongs to the next sec- 
tion.|—Breadalbane and Clova Mountains. Sh. VI. VIL 8S. 
