var. (li'ciiniheiis Aitoii. Hoil. Kcwcnsis II (178!t) p. (u. Ill (IMli p. I.S; K. r.yiiri., 

 I. c. (1915) p. 8; i;y:iiicncMii., I. c. (1910) p. 8. 



Spcciinoiis holoiij^iiig to this vaiiely I liavc ((illocli-d in llic Allaiaii. al)ovc llic liinil 

 of tree vegetation, at altitudes alH>ul 1900 to 2(HM) ni. above sea-level, on rocks and stony 

 debris, wilii mosses and lichens. 



Kij;. tt<;. Ledum pahislve L. var. deciimbens Aiton from the Say- 

 ansk district, about 2000 m. above .sea level. (' i . 



The stems are much ramified, low, 10 to 20 cm. long, creeping, only reaching up to 

 about 10 cm. above the gi'ound. The year's shoots are short, generally only from 1 to 1,5 

 cm. long. The leaves are very narrow, from 1 to 2 mm. broad, and from 10 to 14 mm. 

 long, with the margin much revolute. The corymbs are rather few-flowered, generally 

 from 3 or 4 to 8 or 10-flowered. The pedicels are comparatively short, 0,5 to 1 cm. long, 

 hain' and glandular. The length of the petals is to about (i mm. Taken in full flower at 

 the end of July. 



Distribution: Scandinavia, excepting the western parts. Germany. Austro-IIungary. 

 Russia, except the extreme .south, throughout Siberia from the Ural to the Tshnktsher 



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