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V. Chrysantkcf. Style long. Stigma entire. Capsule sessile. 
Anth. yellow, scarcely changing colour. Catkins appearing 
before the leaves, sessile, terminal and lateral, with very 
shaggy and silky scales. Leaves broad, roundish. 
25. lamihi (L.) ; /. hroadly oval pointed entire sha<i<iii 
hematli. 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. S. 
Sec. 3. Chamelyx (Fries). Catkins on long leafy persistent 
shoots from the terminal or subterminal buds. Stam. 2. Nec- 
tary " of 2 pieces, one between the catkin-scale and germen, the 
other opposite to it.'' 
i. Jli/rsinites. Catkins at the extremity of the terminal 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. 
26. S. Mifrsinites (L.) ; 1. elliptic or lanceolate serrate shining 
often hairy with prominent veins, germens subsessile ovate-subu- 
late downy, style long. — St. much branching. — a. iS". arhv.ti- 
folia (Willd. sec. Sm.) : 1. ovate or lanceolate rather acute. 
S. Myrdnites s. Sm. — /3. S. Jfi/7'sinites (L. em. Sm.) : 1. elliptic 
serrate nearlj' smooth, catkins short, styles short, stigmas 
cloven. B. 1360.— Highlands. Sh. VI. S. 
27. S. procum'hens (Forbes) ' ; 1. oval minutely serrate bright 
greenand shining onboth sides, cai'Arxs long ci/lindrical , germens 
subsessile ovate lanceolate downy, style short deeply cloven, 
stigmas bifid. — E. B. S. 2753. Scales of the catkin nearly black, 
longer and more hairy than in S. Mf/rsinites. A low procumbent 
much-branched shrub. — Highlands. Sh. VI. S. 
[Fries states that S. retusa (L.) was found by Mr Winch in 
Scotland : but there is no such plant in his Herb.] 
28. S. (rrdhami (Baker) '- ; I. oval obscurely crenate shining 
glabrous silky beneath netted with veins, (lerm. xtcdked ovate 
prolonged glabrous, style long, stigma bifid, young branches 
silkj\~./. of B. V. t. 66. St/. E. B. 1377.— St. long, trailing. 
1 Considered a form of S. itft/rst)ii*e» by Dr White.— H. & J. G. 
- Dr White refers thp Scottish plant to S. htrhacei' x pliylieifoUa and the Iri.-^h 
plant to S. lieTbaceaxphylicifolia, subsp. nigricans. Mr E. F. Linton refers the 
former to 6'. herbacta >^ Myrsi idtes. — H. & J. G. Dr JIoss, following Dr Enander. 
refers both to S. Iierbaceaxlapponum, the Irish plant being kept apart as x5. 
Moorti (White).— A. J. W. 
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