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showing parallel veins, and being less shining. Introduced in 1823. There 

 are plants at WobtUTO, Henfield, and Flitwick. 



jt 138. S. U v va-u'rsi Pursh. The Bearberry-Zcvwcc/ Willow. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amcr. Sept., 2. p. (510. ; Smith in Rces's Cyclo., No. 77. : Forbes in Sal. 



Wolv, No. i;>i 

 Synonymcs. ? Identical with 5. Kitaibcl/dnrt. (Boner in his list.) It is probable that S. ITva-iirsi 



is only a variety of S. retilsa L. {Id.) 

 The Sews. The female is noticed in the Spec. Char., Sfc., below. 

 Engravirtgs. Sal. Wob., No. 151. ; and our Jig. 151. in p. l(i;>0. 



Spec. Char., A>. Stem depressed. Leaves spathulatc-obovate, obtuse 

 entire, glabrous ; shining above, glandular at the margin beneath. Stipules 

 none. Catkins lax. Bracteas oblong, fringed. Ovary stalked, ovate, 

 glabrous. Style deeply divided. Stigmas two-lobed. A beautiful little 

 species, with all the appearance of ylrctostaphylos IPva-ursi in habit, as well 

 as in the form of its leaves. (Pursh.) A native of Labrador. Introduced 

 in t 1811, and flowering in April and May. This was possessed alive by 

 Mr. G. Anderson. 



jc 159. S. serpyllifo v lia Scop. The Wild-Thyme-leaved Willow. 



Identification. Scop. Cam., No. 1207.; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 684.; Hayne Abbild., p. 325. ; Smith in 



Rees's Cycle, No. 71. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 65. 

 Synonymes. S. retusa Koch, y Koch Comm., p. 63. It is probable that S. serpyllifolia Scop, is only a 



variety ofS. retusa L. (Borrer in his list.) 

 The Sexes. The male is figured in Sal. Wob., the female in Hayne Abbild. 

 Engravings. Scop. Cam., 1 61. "Scopoli's figure throws no great light on the " species. {Smith in 



Bees's Cyclo.) Sal. Wob., No. 65. ; our^s. 1347, 1348. ; and Jig. 65. in p. 1616. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, acute, entire, 

 glabrous, shining above. Catkins oblong, of few flowers. Cap- 

 sules elliptic, glabrous. Stigmas sessile. (Smith in 

 Rces's Cyclo.) A native of the high mountains of 

 France, Italy, and Switzerland; flowering in May. 

 l$±f Introduced in 1818. Haller, Allioni, Villars, and 

 other botanists, took this for a variety of S. retusa; 

 but it appeal's to be widely different, the leaves being nearly 

 three times smaller, and always acute. A very curious little plant, only 

 1 in. or 2 in. high, of which there are specimens at Henfield, in the Chelsea 

 Botanic Garden, and in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges. 



_* 1G0. S. cordifo n lia Pursh. The heart-leaved Labrador Willow. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 611. ; Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 72. ; Forbes in Sal. 

 Wob., No. 1H. p. 277. 



Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 148., a leaf ; &na" jig. 143. in p. 1630. 



Spec. Char., he. Stem depressed. Leaves oval, rather acute, entire, reticulated with veins, heart- 

 shaped at tne base ; glabrous above, pale, with a hairy rib and margin beneath. Stipules half- 

 heart. shaped. Native of Labrador. In general habit it resembles ,S'. A/yrsinltes. (Pursh.) A 

 native of North America, in Labrador. Introduced in 1811, and flowering from April till June. 

 Koetl observes of this species, that it is very similar to .S\ WaldsteinzVmrc Willd., and differs only 

 in the leaves being strictly entire. The leaves, when young, are sprinkled with villosc hairs, but 

 become glabrous, except at the edge. 



(/roup xxii. Herbacccc Borrer. 



/>•/ 1) Imi' Sin 11b:;, si a red [ij rising an Inch above the Ground. 



There arc only two sp(M< m this group, the characteristics of which will be 

 found in their specific characters. 



j, 161. .V. hmsaV i;a /,. The herbaceoutWooAmg Willow. 



C . U, W,im s,,. j»|., 4. ,, (;h2. ; Hayne Abbild., p. 283. j Smith in 

 « Cyclo., K0.66.J Kocb Comm., p 63. j Smith Bng. Bot» 1. 1907. 1 Eng. Fl., 4. ]>. 190. ; 

 .i Wob. No 08 Hook. \:r Pl.,ed. S.« MickayFl. Hlbern., pt.l. p. 253. ; Host 

 V<«tr , 1 p ■■■ , PUMbFl A.ri-r. Sept., t . p. 017. 



n teeribtd ■■<> /»'? /■/., and figured in Sal. Wob., Baytu Abinid., ami 



