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showing parallel veins, and being less shining. Introduced in 1823. Thereare plants at Woburn, Henfield, and Flitwick.

j* 158. S. UVa-i/rsi Pursh. The Bearberry -leaved Willow.

Identification. Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 610.: Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 77.; Forbes in Sal.Wob., No. 151.

Synonymes. ? Identical with 5. Kitaibehctea. ( Borrer in his list.) It is probable that S. U'va-uniis only a variety of S. retHsa. L. (Id.)

The Sexes. The female is noticed in the Spec. Char., fyc., below.

Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 151.; and owe Jig. 151. in p. 1630.

Spec. Char., tyc. Stem depressed. Leaves spathulate-obovate, obtuse,entire, glabrous; shining above, glandular at the margin beneath. Stipules none. Catkins lax. Bracteas oblong, fringed. Ovary stalked, ovate,glabrous. Style deeply divided. Stigmas two-lobed. A beautiful littlespecies, with all the appearance of drctostaphylos U'va-ursi in habit, as wellas in the form of its leaves. (Pursh.) A native of Labrador. Introducedin? 1811, and flowering in April and May. This was possessed alive byMr. G. Anderson.

159. S. serpyllifo'lia Scop. The Wild-Thyme-leaved Willow.

Identification. Scop. Cam., No. 1207.; Willd. Sp. PI.,4. p.684. j Hayne Abbild., p.325.; Smith inRees’s Cyclo., No. 71.; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 65.

Synonymes. S. retilsa Koch y Koch Comm., p. 63. It is probable that S. serpyllifblia Scop, is only avariety of 5. retOsa L. (Borrer in his list.)

The Sexes. The male is figured in Sal. Wob., the female in Hayne Abbild.

Engravings. Scop. Cam., t. 61. “Scopoli ’s figure throws no great light on the ” species. (Smith inRees’s Cyclo.) Sal. Wob., No. 65. j out figs. 1347, 1348.; and fig. 65. in p. 1616.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, acute, entire,glabrous, shining above. Catkins oblong, of few flowers. Cap- &sutes elliptic, glabrous. Stigmas sessile. ( Smith in.

Rees's Cyclo.) A native of the high mountains ofFrance, Italy, and Switzerland ; flowering in May. .Introduced in 1818. Haller, Allioni, Villars, and |other botanists, took this for a variety of S. retusa;but it appears to be widely different,.the leaves being nearlythree times smaller, and always acute. A very curious little plant, only1 in. or 2 in. high, of which there are specimens at Henfield, in the ChelseaBotanic Garden, and in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges.

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at 160. S. cordifo'lia Pursh. The heart-leaved Labrador Willow.

Identification. Pursh Ft Amer. Sept., 2. p. 611.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No.72.; Forbes inSal■ Wob., No. 143. p. 277.

Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 143., a leaf; an 6 Jig. 143. in p. 1630.

Spec. Char., &c. Stem depressed. Leaves oval, rather acute, entire, reticulated with veins, heart-shaped at the base; glabrous above, pale, with a hairy rib and margin beneath. Stipules nan-heart-shaped. Native of Labrador. In general habit it resembles S. ji/yrsinltes, iPursli.)native of North America , in Labrador. Introduced in 1811, and flowering from April till Ju .Koch observes of this species, that it is very similar "to S. Waldsteinhinn Willd., and differs o yin the leaves being strictly entire. The leaves, wheii young, are sprinkled with villose hairs, dsoon become glabrous, except at the edge.

Group xxii. Herbacece Borrer.

Very low Shrubs, scarcely rising an Inch above the Ground.

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There are only two species in this group, the characteristics of which will efound in their specific characters.

161. S. herba'cea L. The herbaceous-looking Willow.

Identification. Lin. Sp. Pi., 2445.; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p.682.; Hayne Abbild., P-233* 199 !;Rees’s Cyclo., No. 66.; Koch Comm., p. 63.; Smith Eng. Bot.," 1.1907. ; F.ng- rl-’.f 1Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 63.; Hook. Br. FI., ed. 3.; Mackay FI. Hibern., pt. 1- P- >

Sal Austr., I. p. 32.; Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 617. , -,j a nd

The Sexes . Both sexes are described in Eng. El., and figured in Sal. Wob., Hayne Aoou ■>