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underneath. The footstalks are long and slender, dilated at the base.”From the remarks made by Sir W. J. Hooker in Brit, FI. (ed. 2.), and byMr. Forbes, there seems to be a good deal of uncertainty as to this species ;which, as far as we are concerned, must be left to time, and the examinationof plants in a living state, to be cleared up. There are plants at Henfield.

Group xix. V acciniifblice Borrer.

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Stamens 2 to a flower. Ovary sessile, downy. Leaves bearing a considerableresemblance to those of a Faecinium ; opaque ; the under surface glaucous.Plants, small shrubs, usually procumbent, rarely erect. {Hook. Br. FI,,ed. 2., adapted.) It is probable that S. arbuscula L. is the same as one ormore of the four kinds, S. racciniifolia Walker, S. carinata Smith, S. /«-uni-folia Smith, and S. venulosa Smith. ( Borrer in his manuscript list.)

_* 145. S. x'acciniifo'lia Walker. The Vaccinium-leaved Willow.

Identification. Walker’s Essay on Nat. Hist. ( Hook Br. FI., ed. 2.), ed. 1812, p. 460.; Smith Eng.Bot., t. 2341.; Rees’s Cyclo., No. 56. j Eng. FI., 4. p. 194. j Forbes in Sal. Wob., No, 57.: Hook.Br. FI., ed.3.

Synonyme. S. prunifblia, part of, Koch Comm., p. 59.

The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob.

Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2341.; Sal. Wob., No. 57. j out fig. 1342., and fig. 57. in p. 1615.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves lanceolate-ovate, serrated; glabrous and even above,glaqcous and silky beneath. Capsules ovate, silky. Stems decumbent. (S?nithEng. FI ) A native of Scotland, on Highland mountains ; flowering in May.A low decumbent shrub, very distinct from S. prunifblia, of a much morehumble stature, with decumbent, or trailing, long, and slender branches, silkywhen young, though otherwise glabrous. Leaves of but half the breadth ofthose of S. prunifblia or S. venulbsa, covered at the back with close, delicate,almost invisible, silky hairs, and likewise very glaucous j the floral ones ovate,obtuse, on long silky footstalks, and beautifully silky at the back, especiallywhen young; the upper surface of all the leaves even and glabrous, nearly asmuch so as in S. prunifblia. “ An humble and pretty little shrub, which I hadreferred (in Flora Scot.) to a variety of S. prunifblia, and which is very closelyallied to S. carin&ta, prunifblia, and venulbsa.” (Hook.) Of all the willows, itmost resembles in foliage the kaccfnium Myrtillus L., or bilberry. The leaveshave the teeth each terminated by a small spherical gland, and these are,especially in early summer, of a pretty bright yellow colour. (Walk. Ess., ed.1812, p. 461.) There are plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick, and inthe Goldworth Arboretum.

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146. S. carina'ta Smith. The keeled, or folded-leaved, Willow.

Identificatum. Smith FI. Br., 1055. : Eng. Bot., 1.1363.; Willi Sp. Pi., 4. p. 680.; Smith in Rees’sCyclo., No. 63. ; Eng. FI, 4 p. 197., Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 59.; Hook. Br. FI., ed. 3.

Synonyme. S. prunifblia, part of, Koch Comm., p. 58.

The Sexes. The female is figured in Eng. Bot. and in Sal. Wob.

Engravings. Eng. Bot., 1.1363.; Sal. Wob., No. 59.; and fig. 59. in p. 1615.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate, finely toothed, glabrous, minutely veined, folded into a keel. Catkinscylindrical, with rounded hairy bracteas. Ovary sessile, ovate, silky. ( Smith Eng. FI.) A nativeof the Highlands of Scotland, on mountains ; flowering there in June, and, in the willow gardenat Woburn Abbey, in April, and again in August. Larger and more erect than S. prunifblia orS. venulbsa, to both which it is nearly related in the fertile catkins Mr. Forbes considers thistoo different from S. nacciniifblia and S. venulbsa, to require any detailed comparative view ofthem. There are plants at Woburn and Flitwick.

j* 147. S. prunifo'lia Smith. The Plum-leaved Willow.

Identification. Smith FI. Br., p. 1054.; Eng. Bot., 1.1361.; Rees’s Cyclo., No. 55.; Willd. Sp. PI., 4.p. 677. -, Smith Eng. FI, 4. p. 193.; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 56.; Hook. Br. FI., ed. 3.

Synonymes. S. A/yrsinltes Light/., not Lin.; S. prunifblia, part of, Koch Comm., p. 59.

the Sexes. The female is figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob.

Engravings. Eng. Bot., 1.1361.; Sal. Wob., No. 56.; and out fig. 1615.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves broadly ovate, serrated, glabrous on both sides; evenabove, glaucous beneath. Stem erect, much branched. Capsules ovate,shaggy, like the bracteas, with silky hairs. ( Smith Eng. FI.) A native ofScotland; flowering in April. Described by Smith as a bushy shrub, often3ft. high, with spreading branches; the whole erect, or ascending, not decum-