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AMENTACEiE. 
(3. S. prunifolia (Sm.) ; 1. 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. — §. S. vaccinii- 
folia (Sm.) ; 1. lanceolate-ovate serrated smooth and even above 
silky beneath, st. decumbent. E. B. 2341. — Highlands. Sh. 
IV.— VI. s. 
B. Glaucte Borr. 
53. S. arenaria (L.) ; 1. lanceolate or elliptical subacuminate 
entire cottony or silky beneath with crisped hairs wrinkled above 
and when young downy, germens ovate-lanceolate silky, stigmas 
linear. S. Lapponum L., Fries, Koch. — I follow Koch in re- 
ducing 3 of Smith's species to one. — ct. 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. Germen with a long slender red- 
dish style. — (3. S. stuartiana (Sm.) ; 1. ovate-lanceolate shaggy 
above densely silky almost cottony beneath, style as long as the 
almost sessile woolly germen, stigmas capillary deeply divided. 
E. 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 be- 
coming linear and deeply cloven as the fruit ripens. S. ylauca 
L., Wahl., Koch, has subterminal catkins with very long leafy 
stalks and belongs to the next section. — Breadalbane and Clova 
Mountains. Sh. VI. VII. S. 
III. Pedunculate terminales. 
Catkins on long leafy persistent shoots from the terminal or 
subterminal buds. Chamelyx Fries. 
x. Myrsinifes (Borr.). Catkins at the extremity of the termi- 
nal shoot, or of those from the last but one or 2 of the buds, but 
in such a manner as to appear to be an elongation of the branch. 
Small bushy plants. 
54. S. Myrsinites (L.) ; 1. elliptical or lanceolate serrate shining 
often hairy with prominent veins, germens subsessile ovate-sub- 
ulate downy, style elongate. — S. Myrsinites (3. Sm. — St. much 
branching. L. resembling those of Betula nana. — /3. ? S. betuli- 
folia (Forst.) ; 1. elliptical serrate nearly smooth, catkins short, 
style short, stigmas cloven. S. Myrsinites Sm. E. B. 1360. — 
Highlands. /3. a doubtful native. Borr. Sh. VI. S. 
55. 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 
