296 77. AMENTIFERE. 
a. Hastate. Stam.2. Anth. permanently yellow. Catkins 
appearing before the 1., sessile, terminal and lateral with very 
shaggy and silky scales. L. broadly elliptic or roundish. 
[28. S. hastata(L.); 1. broadly elliptic wavy thin and crackling 
quite glabrous beneath, stip. unequally heart-shaped longer than 
petioles, catkins with silvery hairs, germ. subulate glabrous 
stalked.—S. malifolia Sm., E. B. 1617.—A very doubtful native. 
Sands of Barrie. Sh. V.] 
29. S. lanata (L.); 1. broadly oval pointed entire shaggy be- 
neath, stip. oval, catkins with yellow silky hairs, germ. conical 
glabrous.—E. B. S. 2624.—A low (2 ft.) and very beautiful 
shrub. Clova and Glen Lochay Mountains. Sh. V. VI. Ss. 
III. PepuNCULATA TERMINALES. 
Catkins on long leafy persistent shoots from the terminal or 
subterminal buds. Chamelyx Fries. 
xi. Myrsinites (Borr.). Catkins at the extremity of the termi- 
nal shoot, or of those from the last but one or two of the buds, 
but in such a manner as to appear to be an elongation of the 
branch. Small bushy plants. 
30. S. Myrsinites (L.) ; 1. elliptical or lanceolate serrate shining 
often hairy with prominent veins, germens subsessile ovate-sub- 
ulate downy, style elongate —St. much branching.—a. 8S. arbu- 
tifolia (Sm.); 1. ovate or lanceolate rather acute. S. Myrsinites 
8B. Sm.—8. S. Myrsinites (Sm.); 1. elliptical serrate nearly 
smooth, catkins short, style short, stigmas cloven. E. B. 1360. 
—Highlands. Sh. VI. Ss... 
31. S. procumbens (Forbes); 1. oval minutely serrated bright 
green and shining on both sides, catkins elongated cylindrical, 
germens subsessile ovate-lanceolate downy, style short deeply 
cloven, stigmas bifid.— EB. B. S. 2753.—Scales of the catkin nearly 
black, longer and more hairy than in S. Myrsinites. A low pro- 
cumbent much branched shrub.—Highlands. Sh. VI. 8. 
{Fries states that S. retusa (L.) was found by Mr. Winch in 
Scotland, but there is no such plant in his Herb.] 
xii. Reticulate (Borr.). Catkins opposite to the terminal leaves 
with a bud between them. 
32. S. reticulata (L.); 1. nearly roundly-elliptical very obtuse 
entire reticulated with veins and glaucous beneath, germens sessile 
oblong-ovate downy, style short, stigmas bifid.—E. B. 1908.— 
A procumbent much branched shrub, Catkins on long stalks.— 
Lofty mountains. Sh. V1. 8. 
