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19 (11). Low shrubs growing on peat-mosses, with decumbent 
or ascending subterranean stems. Capsules gen. tomen- 
tose. Style short. Stas free. 20 
— Taller trees or shrubs, with erect stems, or low alpine 
shrubs ......... 21 
20. Ls small, lanceolate or (v. fusca) elliptic, silvery-silken 
underneath, the nerves slightly prominent above. Sti¬ 
pules lanceolate. Shrubs of 8—6 dm. —Rarely varied with 
glabr. capsules (v. leiocarpa).—Peat-mosses; fairly dis- 
trib. 4.repens L. 2010.'"') 
— Ls larger, obovate-lanceolate, villous-silken underneath, 
the nerves above sunken, consequently wrinkled. Sti¬ 
pules oval. Differing, in addition, from S. aurita in its 
Is being gen. smaller, almost entire, slightly villous- 
silken underneath. S. aurita-repens! S. versifolia Ser. 
As the last; fairly distrib. 4 . *ambigua Ehrh. 2011. 
21. Style more or less elongated .... 22 
— Style (and stigs) short ...... 21 
22. Ls narrow, linear-lanceolate (1 : 8—10), rolled at the 
edges, tomentose-powdery and dull underneath. Scales 
rather pale. Stas with hairy filaments, united below 
(rarely: v. monandra, to the top). Catkins almost sessile, 
slender, arched. Capsules glabr.—Water-side; distrib. 3,4 
incana Schrank. 2012. 
— Ls broader (1 : 1—4). Scales brownish or blackish at 
the top. Stas with free filaments . • . • 23 
23. Ls glabr., rarely (v. puberula) feebly hairy on both 
sides, elliptic, often obovate-oblong, smooth and dark 
green above, glaucous underneath. Catkins almost sessile. 
Capsules gray-tomentose, rarely (v. leiocarpa = S. majalis 
Wahl.) glabr., the pedicel of a medium length, 2—3 times 
as long as the gland. Shrubs up to 1 m in height, with 
tapering branches, of a blackish brown, glabr., very 
shining. S. bicolor Ehrh., S. Weigeliana Wimm., S. He- 
getschweileri (Heer p. p. Koch, S. phylicifolia-liastata 
Wimm., S. rhaetica Kern.—Subalp.; between Zumdorf 
and Realp, Rhone-glacier, Ulrichen, Gruyere (not in the 
Engadine!). 6.phylicifolia L. 2013. 
— Ls glabr. Catkins on leafy stalks. Capsules glabr. See 
S. hastata. 13. 
— Ls, at any rate below, (as also the branches) more or 
less hairy, rarely (v. glabra) glabr., or (v. cinerascens) 
thick haired, grayish, gen. elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 
dark green above, gen. glaucous underneath, but the point 
almost always green, turning bLack in drying. 
*) The variety argentea Sm. with broad oval ls, silken on both sides, 
is doubtful for Switzerland. The var. rosmarinifoli£L.Koch is an Eastern plant. 
