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1894, p. 428. Poppics, 1903, p. 44. Sylvén, 1906, I, p. 132, 

 tab. IX. 



H. Müller, 1881, p. 377, fig. 151, and (under the name of Em- 

 petrum nigrum L.) p. 171, fig. 67. Schröter, 1904, pp. 129 — 136. 



Material from West and East Greenland, Sweden and 

 Norway. 



A dwarf shrub with a strong primary root. The branches 

 are more or less prostrate (Fig. 7 C), their lower parts are often 

 hidden by moss and other plants and covered by soil; they 



may attain to a thickness of about 

 one centimetre and are more or 

 less curving. Roots often arise 

 from the stem especially on damp 

 soil, but they are generally hair- 

 like; they may however become 

 strong and then new plants may 

 arise. 



According to Hagllnd and 

 Sylvén the primary shoot dies in 

 the second year or later (after 

 Fig. 7. Loiseleuria procumbens. "* — ^ years) and is replaced by 

 (From West Greenland.) strong lateral shoots. 



A, Part of a shoot showing the mode of 



branching, J signifies the main axis, and 1 hC уСаГ S StlOOtS аГв ЬГаП- 



II a lateral axis of the 1st order. B, A. -, л , , i-> . • . i n .\ 



similarshoot: to the leaf a belongs the ^hcd ; the first mtemodc of the 



branch ag; to ö.bf;; to c, ед. C, A flowering branches of the first Ordcr (11) iS 

 • branch (reduced one-half). (E. W., 1907.) ^ 



elongated (Fig. 7). Scale-leaves 

 are absent, but the basal parts of the leaves are erect and 

 protect the young parts which occur between them (Fig. 7). 

 The leaves live a couple of years (according to Haglcnd three 

 years) and after death may sometimes persist for a long time, 

 black and decaying upon the branches, before they crumble алуау 

 and turn into mould ; but as a rule they disappear quickly. 



The branches sometimes continue growing for several 

 years before they are stopped by an inflorescence. At the 



