75. AMENTACE.E. 
2!)6 
48. S. angustifolia (Wiilf. ?); 1. linear-lanceolate silky be- 
neath when yoiinjf afterwards nearly glabrous remotely glandular- 
toothed, stip. very minute (on strong radical shoots lanceolate 
with the 1. ovate Sm.), germens densely silky ovate-acuminate, 
scales very villose and nearly as long ns the young germens, style 
as long as the erect lanceolate entire stigmas. — S. Arbuscula'Sm., 
E. B. l.'KJt). not Koch, Fries. — A shrub about a foot high. L. 
very much attenuated at both ends, except on the radical shoots 
mentioned bv Sm. which I h.ave not seen. — Clova. Dumfries. 
Sh. IV. ‘ S. 
4!). S. Doninna (Sm.); 1. lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate acute 
slightl)’ serrate livid with scattered silky hairs beneath, stip. linear, 
germens very silky ovate-oblong longer than the bearded oblong- 
ovate scale, style very short, stigmas short emarginate. — E. B. S. 
25!^!). — Shrub about 6 feet high. “ Stam. monadelphous, anth. 
ultimately luteo-fuscous not black.” Closely allied to the Pur- 
purece. — Scotland. Sh. V. S. 
B. Fuscee (Borr.). Small procumbent shrubs. 
.50. S. fusca (L.?); 1. elliptical or elliptic-lanceolate acute 
entire or minutely glandidar-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. 
— fusca; 1. oblong-oval straight, st. decumbent below then erect 
much branched. S. fusca Sm., E. B. 1960. — y. prostrata ; 1. 
elli])tic-ohlong with a twisted point, st. prostrate with elongated 
straight branches. S. prostrata Sm., E. B. 1959. — 8. ascendens; 
1. elliptical with a recurved point, st. recumbent with long some- 
what ascending branches. S. ascendens Sm., E. B. 1962. S. 
parcifolia Sm., if. B. 1961. — e. incubacea ; 1. elliptic-oblong nith 
a twisted point, stip. stalked ovate acute. S. incubacea L., 
E. B. S. 2600. — f. 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 reciu-ved point somew hat rugose above soft anil 
silky beneath, stip. stiilked half ovate acute, germens lanceolate- 
subulate silky, style very short, stigmas short at length eleven. 
— E. B. S. 2733 . — A small decumbent shrub. — /3. major; 1. ob- 
ovate very silky on both sides. — y. spathulata ; 1. obovate mode- 
rately hairy or silky, style somewhat elongsited. — d. undulata; 
1. ovate-lanceolate. — Gravelly heaths. Sh. V. 
