(1) However, most of the material was atypical being much smaller in all aspects, often decumbent , with club-shaped, pubescent capsules.(2) The occurrence of trees with decumbent stem form was also noted and leaning of the stem from a vertical posture was visually assessed.(3) There are no trees in this area, shrubs are typically lower than 2 m and restricted to narrow riparian bands, vegetation is either absent or decumbent , and searches were conducted before the emergence of leaves.(4) P. myriophylla is a woody subshrub that forms patches of prostrate or decumbent stems often rooting at the nodes.(5) They grow upward from the basal branehes and only become decumbent after they have grown a few centimeters.
