75. AMENTACE^. 
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often hairy with prominent veins, germens subsessile ovate-sub- 
nlate ilowny, style elongate. — S. Myrsinites j3. 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. — 
Ilighlamls. ^1. a donbtful native. Borrer. Sh. VI. S. I. 
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 
cloven, stigmas bifid. — E. B. S. 2753. — Scales of the catkin nearly 
black, longer and more hairy than in S. Myrsinites. A low pro- 
cnmbent much branched shrub. — Highlands. Sh. VI. S. 
56. S. retusa (L.) ; 1. ovate-oblong at length glabrous opaque 
beneath, catkins oblong of few flowers, germens ovate-conical 
obtuse glabrous or pilose, pedicel twice as long as the gland, 
style elongate, stigmas bifid linear. — Scales of the catkin yel- 
lowish-green. L. shortly stalked. An altogether procumbent, 
much branched shrub. — Fries (Mant. i. 76.) states that “beau- 
tiful specimens of the var. serpyllifolia collected by Mr. Winch 
in Breadalbane are in Ilornemann’s Herbarium.” It is not to 
be found in Mr. Winch’s Ilerbai-ium. — Sh. VII. S. 
xi. Herbacece. Catkins exactly terminal upon a shoot from 
the terminal bud. — a. Reticulata Borr. 
57 . S. reticulata (h.)-, Z. nearly orbicular-elliptical very obtuse 
entire reticulated with veins and glaucous beneath, germens sessile 
oblong-ovate downy, style short, stigmas bifid. — E. B. 1908. — 
A procumbent much branched shrub. Catkins opposite to the 
tenninal leaf, separated from it by a bud, upon long peduncles. — 
Lofty mountains. Sh. VI. E. S. 
B. Herbacea Borr. 
58. S. herbacea (L.); Z. orbicular or oval obtuse or retuse 
serrate shining glabrous reticulated with veins, germens subsessile 
ovate-conical glabrous, style short, stigmas bifid.— E. B. 1907. 
— A vei’y minute herblike shrub ; the stems extend far amongst 
loose stones on the tops of mountains. Edges and veins of 1. 
hairj'. — Alpine situations. Sh. VI. 
2. PopuLus Linn. 
1. P. alba (L.) ; 1. roundish-cordate angularly toothed cottony 
and snowy-white beneath, 1. of the young shoots cordate pal- 
mately 5-lobed, stig. 4.—E. B. 1618. — A large tree with suckers. 
L. generally lobed, scales of the catkins notched at the end. — 
Damp woods. T. IV. White Poplar. Abele. 
