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49. S. doniana (Sm.) ; I. lanceolate or ohovate -lanceolate acute 
slightly seri ate livid with scattered silky hairs beneath, stip. linear, 
gerraens very silky ovate-oblong longer than the bearded oblong- 
ovate scale, style very short, stigmas short emarginate. — E. B. S. 
2599. — Shrub about 6 feet high. " Stam. monadelphous, anth. 
ultimately luteo-fuscous not black." Closely allied to the Pur- 
purea. — Scotland. Sh. V. S. 
B. Fuscce (Borr.). Small procumbent shrubs. 
50. S. fusca (L. ?) ; 1. elliptical or elliptic-lanceolate acute 
entire or minutely glandular-serrate glaucous and silky beneath, 
germens lanceolate silky, style moderate, stigmas ovate bifid. — 
a. vulgaris; 1. elliptic-lanceolate with a straight point, st. de- 
pressed with short upright branches. S. repens Sm. E. B. 183. 
— fi. fusca ; 1. oblong-oval straight, st. decumbent below then erect 
much branched. S. fusca Sm. E. B. I960. — -/. prostrata ; 1. 
elliptic-oblong with a twisted point, st. prostrate with elongated 
straight branches. S. prostrata Sm. E. B. 1959. — 5. ascendens ; 
1. elliptical with a recurved point, st. recumbent with long some- 
what ascending branches. S. ascendens Sm. E. B. 1962. S. 
parvifolia Sm. E. B. 1961. — e. incubacea ; 1. elliptic-oblong with 
a twisted point, stip. stalked ovate acute. S. incubacea L. 
E. B. S. 2600. — argentea ; 1. broadly elliptical with a twisted 
point, stip. stalked oval. S. argentea Sm. E. B. 1364. — Heaths 
at various elevations. Sh. III. IV. 
C. Ambiguce Borr. 
51. 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. S. 2733. — A small decumbent shrub. — $. major; 1. ob- 
ovate very silky on both sides. — -/. spaihulata ; 1. obovate mode- 
rately hairy or silky, style somewhat elongated. — S. undulata ; 1. 
ovate-lanceolate. — Gravelly heaths. Sh. V. 
ix. Arbusculce. 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. 
A. Vacciniifoli<e Borr. 
52. S. Arbuscula (L., Fries, Koch) ; lanceolate-ovate or 
ovate glabrous smooth glaucous and opaque beneath finely ser- 
rated, germens oblong-ovate silky, stigmas bifid. — I believe that 
the following 4 plants are forms of one species. — ae. S. carinata 
(Sm.) ; 1. ovate finely toothed minutely veined folded into a keel, 
catkins cylindrical with rounded hairy scales. E. B. 1363. — 
