S. pedicellaris Pursh. Low shrubs usually about 1 m. tall, zlabrous 
throughout; leaves elliptical to narrowly obovate, 2-4 om. long, mostly obtuse al 
ne, 
both ends, entire, firm in texture, glabrous, green —tmappeemeeteed, -laucc8us 
beneath; petioles 2-5 mm. long; stipules wanting or inconspicuous; catkins 
1-2 cm. long, plump, borne on short leafy branchlets; stamens 2; bracts obovate, 
thinly hairy, persistent; capsules glabrous, 5-7 mm. long on slender pedicels 
2-3 mm. long. 
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In sphagmam bogs, usually in subalpine situations. —— 
pot > Pret Lutee, pot Prpor 9720. 
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