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Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Spreng. 
Warmine, 1885, p. 206; 1886 a, p. 13, fig. 5. Exsram, 1897, 
p. 187. Amprony, 1891, p. 70. Sxotrsperc, 1901, p. 11. Hacıunv, 
1905, p. 34. A. CLeve, 1901, p. 42. Porrius, 1903, p. 43. SyLvén, 
1906, 1p. 129. 
ScaRÔTER, C., 1904, Pflanzenleben, p. 157. 
A prostrate dwarf shrub, with a strong primary root. The 
long, prostrate shoots form adventitious roots, which may grow 
very strong, and therefore the plant may produce off-shoots, 
which become detached from the parent and form independent 
plants. The older branches are closely pressed to the ground, 
and often more or less subterranean and hidden under decaying 
leaves or other plants. 
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Fig. 23. Arctostaphylos alpina. 
4, Terminal bud (Norway; Aug). B, Young inflorescence (Finmark; July 7, 1885); all the 
parts of the flower are formed, and are fairly large. 
The foliage-leaves turn deep red in autumn, and then 
decay, but persist a very long time in the faded and decayed 
condition until they crumble away. They have a peculiar silvery 
lustre owing to the fact that the two lowest layers of cells, by 
separating from the others, form a hollow space inside the leaf 
filled with air. 
The buds are protected partly by the petioles which are 
somewhat erect at the base and adpressed to the stem, and 
partly by true scale-leaves (Fig. 23 A). The terminal buds are 
much larger than the others (Fig. 23 A). 
