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77. AHENTIFEEiE. 
when young aftemards nearly glabrous remotely glandular- 
toothed, stip. very minute, gerraens detisel;/ silky ovate-acuminate, 
scales very villose and nearly as long as the young germens, style 
as long as the erect lanceolate entire stigmas. — S. Arhuscula Sm., 
E. B. 1366 (excl. large 1.), not Koch, Fries. — A shrub about a 
foot high. L. very much attenuated at both ends. — Clova. 
Dumfries. Sh. IV. S. 
22. S. Donidna (Sm.) ; I. lanceolate or ohovate-lanceolate acute 
slightly serrate livid with scattered silky hairs beneath, s^?)?. linear, 
germens veiy silky ovate-oblong longer than the bearded oblong- 
ovate scales, style very short, stigmas short cmarginate. — E. B. S. 
2599. — Shrub about 6 feet high. " Stam. monadelphous, anth. 
ultimately luteo-fuscous not black." (Koch.) Closely allied to 
the Purpureee. — Forfarshire. Sh. V. S. 
B. Repentes. Small procumbent shrubs. 
23. S. ripens (L.) ; 1. elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate acute entire 
or minutely glandular-serrate glaucous and silky beneath, ger- 
mens lanceolate silky, style rather short, stigmas ovate bifid. — 
a. S. rtpens ( Sm.) ; 1. elliptic-lanceolate with a straight point, st. 
depressed with short upright branches. E. B. 183.— /3. S.fiisca 
(Sm.) ; 1. oblong-oval straight, st. decumbent below then erect 
much branched. E. B. 1960. — y. S. prostrata (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic- 
oblong with a twisted point, st. prostrate with long straight 
branches. E. B. 1959. — S. S. ascendens (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic with 
a recurved point, st. decumbent with long somewhat ascending 
branches. E. B. 1962. S. parvifolia Sm., E. B. 1961.— €. S. 
incubacea (L.); 1. elliptic-oblong with a twisted point, stip. 
stalked ovate acute. E.B. S. 2600.— f. S. argentea (Sm.); 1. 
broadly elliptic with a twisted point, stip. stalked oval. E. B. 
1304. — Fries thinks that & ftisca (L.) is different. — Heaths at 
various elevations. Sh. III. IV. E. S. I. 
24. S. ambig'ua (Ehrh.) ; 1. oval obovate or lanceolate slightly 
toothed with a recui-ved point somewhat rugose above sott and 
silky beneath, stip. stalked half-ovate acute, germens lanceolate- 
subulate silliy, style veiy short, stigmas short at length cloven. 
— E. B. S. 2733. — a. 1. oval or obovate moderately hairy. — /3. 
major ; 1. obovate very silky on both sides. — y. spathdata ; 1. ob- 
ovate or ovate-lanceolate moderately hairy or silky, style some- 
what long. — S. undulata ; 1. ovate-lanceolate. — Gravelly heaths. 
Sh.V. E. S. I. 
X. ArhmtiM. Stam. 2. Anth. yellow or bro'wn when empty. 
Catkins subsessile, bracteate at the base ; scales discoloured at 
the end. Stalks of the capsules 0 or shorter than the gland. 
Shrnhs with an exposed trunk. 
25. S. Arhus'cida (L., Fries) ; I. lanceolate-ovate or ovate gla- 
