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S. myrtilloides L. wholly in habit, and in its capsules being sessile, anddensely tomentose. There are plants at Henfield.

Group xx. Myrtilloides Borrer.

Small Bilberry-likc Shrubs, not Natives of Britain.

This group consists of exotic kinds, and, therefore, does not appear in Hook. Br.FI.; and, consequently,we cannot quote characteristics thence. In S. myrtilloides L., we believe that the epithet wasmeant to express a likeness in the foliage to that of Faecinium Myrtillus L .; and we suppose thatthis likeness appertains to each of thekinds of which Mr. Borrer has constituted his group Myr.tilloides.

■“ 150. S. myrtilloi'des L. The Myrtillus-like, or Bilberry-leaved, Willow.

Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1446.; FI. Lapp., ed. 2., 295.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 79.; Wahl. FI.Lapp., p.267. ; Koch Comm., p. 52.

Synonyme. S. elegans Besser En. PI. Volhyn ., p. 77. {Koch.)

the Sexes. The female is described in Rees's Cyclo., and the male partly so. The female is noticedbelow.

Engravings. Lin. FI. Lapp., ed, 2,, t. 8. f. i. k.; and our Jig. 1343,

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves very various in form, ovate, sub-cordate at the base, oblong, or lanceolate j entire, opaque,labrous; veins appearing reticulated beneath. Stipulesalf-ovate. Fruit-bearing catkin (? catkin of the female inany state) borne on a leafy twiglet. Bracteas (scales) gla-brous or ciliated. Capsules (?or rather ovaries) ovate-lan-ceolate, glabrous, upon a stalk more than four times as longas the gland. Style short. Stigmas ovate, notched. {Koch.)

The flowers of the female are disposed in lax cylindricalcatkins. {Smith in Eng. FI, 4 p. 396.) Wild in the infra,alpine bogs of the Carpathians, and in spongy bogs of Po-land, Livonia, Volhynia, and through Russia, Sweden, andLapland. It occurs in the alps of Bavaria, whence it descendsinto the valleys j and has been gathered even near Munich,in turfy ground. {Koch.) This is registered as having beenintroduced into Britain in 1772. Mr. Borrer has remarkedin the list that he is not aware that it has been introducedalive into Britain.

J51. S. pkdicella'ris Pursh. The long-st'dWeiX-cnpsnled Willow.

Identification. Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 611.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 78.

Synonyme. S. pennsylvanica Host.

The Sexes. The female is noticed in the Specific Character.

Spec. Char., fyc. Stem erect. Branches glabrous. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, acute, entire, glabrous,green on both surfaces. Stipules none. Catkins stalked, nearly glabrous. Bracteas oblong, scarcelyhairy. Ovary ovate, oblong, glabrous, upon a stalk twice as long as the bractea. Stigma sessile,divided. Wild on the Catskill Mountains, New York ; flowering in April. An elegant and sin-gular species. Introduced by Pursh in 1811. {Pursh, Smith, and Hort. Brit.)

j* 152. S. planifo'lia Pursh. The flat-leaved Labrador Willow.

Identification. Pursh FL Amer. Sept., 2. p. 611.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 92.

Spec. Char., tyc. It is inclined to rise from the ground on a single stem. Branches divaricating,glabrous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, very glabrous, flat, spreading ; acute at each end, minutelyserrated in the middle, paler beneath. Stipules none. Native of Labrador. Seen by Pursh, inMr. Anderson’s garden, without flowers. {Pursh and Smith.) Introduced in 1811. Perhaps thisis not of the group Myrtilloides. {Borrer in a letter.) This singular species is easily distinguished,Pursh observes, by its remarkably flat and spreading leaves, and by its being, though procumbent,inclined to rise from the ground on a singlelow stem. {FI Amer. Sept, 2. p. 611.)

Group xxi. M yrsimtes Borrer.

Small bushy Shrubs.

Stamens 2 to a flower. Ovaries downy. Leaves oval or broadly elliptical,serrated, small, glossy, rigid. Plants small and bushy. ( Hook. Br. FL,adapted.) It seems to be the case that the epithet Afyrsinites, in S. A/yrsi-nites L., has been intended to imply a likeness in the foliage of that kind to

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