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three or four times as long as those of S. Myrsinites ; the leaves are 
flatter, less serrate at the margin, and of a yellowish-brown colour 
when dried. Mr. Bentham, however, unites the two. 
xv. Stamens 2, distinct. Anthers yellow or brown when empty. Ovaries 
ovate-lanceolate, shortly stalked ; stalk mostly shorter than the gland. 
Style bifid, as long as the obtuse bifid stigmas. Catkins appearing 
with the full-grown leaves, terminal, few-flowered ; scales brownish, 
' glabrous. Leaves roundish, serrate, with elevated, veins, glabrous, not 
glaucous. Dwarf alpine prostrate shrubs, the stems creeping below the 
surface. Herbaceae Borr. 
3G. S. lierbdcea L. (least TF) ; leaves orbicular serrate gla- 
brous shining veined, ovaries glabrous. E. B. t. 1907. 
Snowdon and other Welsh mountains, Skiddaw. Plentiful upon 
the summits of all the Highland mountains, k . 6. — The least of our 
British species, though not so small as is generally supposed, for its 
stems divide and creep below the surface of the earth, scarcely rising 
an inch above. In the Botanic Garden of Edinburgh what was sup- 
posed to be this species acquired a prostrate woody stem 2 — 3 feet 
long and nearly as thick as the little finger; but it more resembles 
the true S', retusa, and if really from the mountains of Sutherland, 
whence it is understood to have been brought by the late Dr. Gra- 
ham, it is worthy of being sought for. 
xvi. Stamens mostly 2, and distinct. Anthers permanently yellow. 
Ovaries glabrous, lanceolate, acuminate. Style elongate, bifid. Stigmas 
entire or bifid. Catkins appearing before the leaves, sessile, terminal 
and lateral, large, obtuse, with very shaggy and silky scales. Leaves 
broadly elliptical or roundish, large, glaucous beneath ; stipules large 
on the autumnal shoots. Shrubs 1 — 6 feet high, with numerous irre- 
gular crooked branches and hairy young shoots. Hastata: Borr. 
[37. S. * hastata L. ( Apple-leaved IF.); leaves broadly ellip- 
tical waved thin and crackling quite glabrous usually serrulate, 
stipules heart-shaped serrate about as long as the petiole, 
catkins clothed with silvery hairs, ovaries distinctly stalked. 
S. malifolia Sm. : E. B. t. 1617. 
Sands of Barrie, near Dundee, Scotland. Norfolk? h • 5. — 
It is most improbable that this plant, which is truly alpine on the 
continent, growing in Switzerland only at great elevations, should be 
even naturalized upon the sands of Barrie, where Drummond met 
with it : the Norfolk station is entirely hypothetical, and equally un- 
likely. Remarkable for its broadly elliptical, shortly acuminate 
glabrous leaves, large stipules, and very shaggy compact catkins, about 
1 i inch long.] 
38. S. lanata L. (woolly broad-leaved TF.) ; leaves broadly 
oval pointed entire shaggy, stipules oval pointed entire, barren 
catkins clothed with yellow silky hairs, ovaries almost quite 
sessile. E. B. S. t. 2624. S. chrysantha FI. Dan, t. 1057. 
S. Caprea FI. Dan. t. 245. 
