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sessile, fertile ones bracteated. — E. B. S. 2624. — A low and very 
beautiful shrub. — Glen Dole and Glen Callater, Clova Moun- 
tains. Sh. V. S. 
D. Bicolores Borr. 
This section corresponds nearly with the S. licolor of Koch, 
and it must be confessed that the species are very closely allied 
and might probably be reduced in number advantageously by a 
person who was thoroughly acquainted with them. 
36. <S. laurina (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic-oblong acute olsoletely cre- 
natc naked except when young dark green above glaucous be- 
neath, stip. pointed glandulose, germens and stalk silky. — S. li- 
color Sm. E. B. 1806. — Twigs wandlike, purple. Stalk of the 
caps, as long or longer than the blunt scale. — /3. S. tenuior (Borr.); 
1. obovate-lanceolate, catkins shorter and more slender lax, 
stalks of the caps, shorter than the oblong scales, style longer 
than the ovate stigmas. — E. B. S. 2650. — Twigs paler and leaves 
more spreading. — Woods and thickets. /3. Killin. Sh. IV. V. 
37. S. radicans (Sm.) ; 1. oblong- or elliptic-lanceolate acute 
with icavy scrratures naked glaucous beneath, stip. small lunate 
glandulose, germens (and stalks ?) silky. — S. phylicifolia Sm. 
E. B. 1958.— A low shrub with spreading decumbent branches. 
— Breadalbane Mountains. Sh. V. S. 
38. S. borreriana (Sm.) ; I. lanceolate tapering to both ends 
with shallow scrratures naked glaucous beneath, stip. small ob- 
liquely lanceolate glandulose, germens on long stalks naked. — 
E. B. S. 2619. — A much branched shrub with ash-coloured 
shoots. L. very different from those of S. radicans, serratures 
shallow and nearly even. — Glen Nevis and Breadalbane. Sh. 
IV. S. 
39. S. tetrapla (Walk.) ; 1. lanceolate tapering at both ends 
unequally serrated nearly naked glaucous beneath, stip. small 
half heartshaped, germens naked : their summits and stalks silky. 
— E. B. S. 2702. — An upright shrub with straight spreading 
twigs. L. very acute. — Breadalbane. Sh. V. S. 
40. S. davalliana (Sm.) ; 1. obovate-lanceolate very acutely 
pointed obscurely toothed naked somewhat glaucous beneath, 
stip. very minute, germens and stalks silky. — E. B. S. 2701. — A 
bushy shrub with ascending branches. — Scotland. Sh. V. S. 
41. S. laxifiora (Borr.) ; I. broadly obovate very slightly toothed 
narrowed to the base naked rather glaucous beneath : upper 
ones acute, stip. small concave, lower part of the germens and 
stalks naked.— E. B. S. 2749. — A treelike shrub. — Killin. 
Sh. V. S. 
42. S. weigelliana (Willd.) ; 1. roundish or elliptical with a 
short point obsoletely crenate naked, stip. small, gei-mens and 
