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pubescent or hairy towards the summit, leaves usually dull more 
or less glaucous beneath turning black by drying (especially 
the young ones). — a. ovaries and stalks silky, stems erect. 
S. cotinifolia Sm.: E. B. t. 1403 (leaves elliptical-orbicular 
and often cordate at the base). S. nigricans E. B. t. 1213 
(leaves elliptic-lanceolate). S. Forsteriana Sm.: E. B. t. 2344 
(leaves elliptic-obovate acute). — [J. ovaries glabrous at the base 
where covered by the scale, stalk hairy, stems erect (leaves 
elliptical acute H — 2 inches long). S. propinqua Borr. : E.B. S. 
t. 2729. — y. ovaries silky or glabrous at. the base where covered 
by the scale, stalk hairy, stems trailing (leaves elliptical- 
obovate). S. rupestris Donn: E. B. t. 2342. — S. ovaries 
glabrous, stems erect. S. hirta Sm. : E. B. t. 1404 (leaves 
elliptic or elliptic-oblong, branches densely hairy, capsule net 
wrinkled, its stalk very hairy). S. Andersoniana Sm.: E. B. t. 
2343 (leaves elliptic oblong, branches minutely downy, capsule 
not wrinkled, its stalk very hairy or quite glabrous). S. 
Damascena Forb. : E. B. S. t. 2709 (leaves ovate or rhomboidal, 
capsule not wrinkled, stalk hairy or glabrous). S. pet, rasa 
And.: E. B. t. 2725 (leaves oblong, capsule wrinkled towards 
the point, stalk hairy). 
Fens, osier-grounds, sides of streams, and on the mountains, prin- 
cipally in the north of England and Scotland, h- 4 — 6. — A most 
variable species ; but in this country, whether cultivated or wild, the 
foliage constantly turns black when pressed and dried, however care- 
fully this be done. We must allow, however, that Swiss specimens 
do not exhibit this character so decidedly, and hence M. Seringe con- 
joins it with S. phy/icifolia, and indeed there is scarcely any other dif- 
ference between them. Between the forms represented and described 
in E. Bot. and the Supplement , and the Eng. Flora, are innumerable 
intermediate ones ; so that if they be good species, we must increase 
their number without end. 
31. S. laurina Sm. (intermediate IF.) ; young shoots and 
leaves densely pubescent or hairy towards the summit, leaves 
at length glabrous glaucous beneath dull green above after 
being dried (except the young ones which sometimes become 
slightly black). — a. stalk of ovary hairy. S. tenuior Borr.: 
E. B. S. t. 2650 (leaves narrow obovato-lanceolate 24 — 3 
inches long, ovary silky, style longer than the stigmas). S. 
laurina Sm. S. bicolor Sm.: E. B. t. 1806 (leaves elliptic- 
oblong acute 24 — 4 inches long, ovary silky as long as the stig- 
mas). — /3. ovary and stalk quite glabrous. S. tenuifolia Sm.: 
E. B. S. t. 2795 (leaves elliptical acute or pointed more ser- 
rate about 2i inches long). 
Woods, thickets, and river-banks, principally in England. T> . 
4, 5. — This species has the thinner and duller foliage of the last ; but 
the leaves, except the upper ones on a shoot, do not turn black in 
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