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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

TART III.

Eng. Sot., t. 1959., Rees’s Cyclo., No. 105., Willd. Sp. PL, iv. p. 695.,Smith Eng. FI., iv., p. 211., exclusively of the locality.(“in EppingForest”), Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 82., and oar fig. 82. in p. 1618.—The following particulars respecting this kind are derived from Eng.El. and Sal. Wob., chiefly from the former : — Leaves elliptic-oblong,convex, somewhat toothed, with a curved point; glaucous, silky,and veiny beneath. Stipules minute. Stem prostrate, with elongatedstraight branches. Ovary stalked, ovate, silky. Styles shorterthan the stigmas. (Sal. Wob., p. 163.) A native of Britain , in moistand dry moors, heaths, and sandy situations; flowering in May.Root woody, rather long and slender. The stems compose anentangled mat several feet in diameter, with straight, slender, round,leafy, tough, downy or silky branches; 1 ft. or more in length;spreading close to the ground in every direction, with a few shortupright ones occasionally. Leaves elliptic-oblong, numerous, scat-tered, on short and rather thick stalks, ascending; 1 in. long, convex,but scarcely revolute; partly entire, partly toothed; the point re-curved or twisted; the upper side dark green, obscurely downy,veiny; under side concave, glaucous, rugged, with prominent veins,and silky, especially while young. Catkins numerous, appearing beforethe leaves; Jin, long. Distinguished from S. fusca vulgaris by itslonger prostrate branches, and broader leaves. Both sexes aredescribed in Eng. FI.; the female is figured in Eng. Bot. and inSal. Wob. There are plants at Woburn Abbey and Flitwick House,and also in the Goldworth Arboretum. “ S. prostrata and S. repens,”Dr. Johnston observes, “have been confidently pronounced varietiesof the same species by some botanists of deserved eminence, whileothers, not less eminent, consider them ‘ totally distinct.’ Bothplants are familiar to me; and I cannot hesitate to rank myself withthose who are of the latter opinion. S. prostrata is the larger species,sending up from its prostrate stem straight simple branches, 1 ft.or more in length, which are clothed with alternate leaves, rathermore than 1 in. long, and one half as broad. S. repens, on thecontrary, is a much branched creeping shrub, whose numerousbranches scarcely rise above the grass. The leaves are more closelyset, of a lighter green, and rarely one half so large. A generaldissimilarity in habit should surely keep plants separate, though theymay agree in some minute characters.” (Flora of Berwick uponTweed, vol. i. p. 214.)

J: S.f 4 fw'tida; S. f. var. S Hook. Br. EL, ed. 2.; S. foe'tida SmithEsg-FI., iv. p. 208. — Stem recumbent. Leaves elliptical. (Hooker.)Smith has constituted his S. fce / tida of two kinds, that he hadpreviously published as species, by the names S. adscendens Smirnand S. parvifolia Smith. These two kinds may be here noticedseparately, as constituting together Hooker’s S. fusca 5.

ok S. adscendens Smith in Eng. Bot., 1962., Rees’s Cyclo., No. 103., Forbes in Sal

No. Si).,om Jig. 80. in p. 1618.; .S', fce'tida, exclusively of (3 Smith Eng. FI., 1 P-y •»

S. ripens Koch rax. Koch Comm., p. 47-—The following particulars reaper athis kind are deduced from Sal. Wob. : — Leaves elliptical, nearly entire, wrecurved point; glaucous and silky beneath. Stem recumbent. Ovary;ceolate, on a silky stalk, nearly equal to the obovate bracteas. {Sal. Wob., P- '

A native of Britain , in sandy heaths; flowering in May. A low creeping s ,’with long, straight, densely leafy, recumbent, or somewhat ascencung, s ukydowny branches, silky when young. Leaves elliptical, narrower, and iar Jethan those of S. argentea. Mr. Forbes adds that he has observed so many pof difference between this and the following kind, that he has prcfcrrol rthem distinct. The male is figured in Eng. Bot., the female in Sal. Wob-are plants at Woburn Abbey and Flitwick House. T . c , nrob.,

S. parvifolia Smith Eng. Bot., t. 1961., Rees's Cyclo., No. 102., Forbes in s ■ ^

No. 81., Jig. 81. in p. 1618.; S. foe'tida J Smith Eng. Ft., 4. p. 208.; S. top $£var. Koch Comm., p. 48. — The following, account of this kind is taken ^Wob. : — Leaves elliptical, nearly entire, with recurved points; glaucous ^ na6 ; rebeneath. Stem decumbent. Stipules ovate, entire. {Sal. Wob., P-a offe ringof Britain , on moist and dry heaths, on moors, and sandy situations; , ^in May, and, in the willow garden at Woburn Abbey , again tn Aug