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53. V. officinalis L. 



Rather common in low-lying regions on liill-slopes and on rock- 

 ledges; also occurs at liigh levels and there mostly as f. glabrata Fri- 

 stedt (Yaxtgeogr. skildr, af Sodra Ångermanland, Upsala 1857), e. g. 

 Bor (16: Holgaljæld, 450 m. Vid.: Malingsfjæld, 500 m. 



Fl. beginning of July. Fr. August, but bears Iruit sparingly; 

 often fails altogethcr in the hills. 



54. V. serpyllifolia L. 



Common both in and beyond enclosed fieids and in the hills; in 

 the latter as var. borealis Læstad. (Nova Acta soc. scient. Upsala, 11, 

 1839), e. g. Vid.: Malingsfjæld, 600 m. Ost.: Fuglefjordsfjæld, 600 m. 

 Fl. beginning of July. Fr. August. 



LimoseUa nqiiatica was reported by Lyngbye (Collin : For Historie og Stati- 

 stik I. p. 124, Kjobenhavn) as having beeii found by him at the foot of SkjelHng- 

 fjæld, but Lyngbye's specimens from the above locabtj' and bearing this name 

 are Litorella laciistris. 



Landt further mentions Bartschin alpina from Nortli-Stromo, but this state- 

 ment requires verification. 



Order XVI. VACCINIACEAE. 



55. Vaccinium Myrtillus L. 



Rather common on all the istands, on hill-slopes, rock-ledges and 

 amongst moss on the highest plateaux of the lower hills where it occurs 

 mostly in the small-leaved, sterile forms of f. pugmaea Ostenf. (I. p. 150), 

 see Fig. 23, a. 



Fl. June. Fr. August, but hardly seems to bear fruit; we only 

 found a few berries at one place on Syd. and at another on Vid. 



56. V. uliginosum L. 



Found as above, but lower down and much more rarely; Nol so 

 (R.); occurs here and there on Str., Sando and Vaago (R., !); further 

 at Ejde on Ost. (R.). Resides the main form we found in Grimmia- 

 carpet on some hill-tops (400—700 m.) f. microphylla Lge. Consp. Fl. 

 Groenl. p. 268, viz. Bordo: Hojefjæld and Gjerdum Rejn; Vid.: Morne- 

 fjæld. 



Flowering and fruiting as above, but we only observed fruit 

 (ripe August 29*^) on Sando: Saltvigsvatn. 



57. V. Vitis idaea L. 



Found in fairh' dr}- localities on hill-slopes in the lowlands, but 

 only at a few piaces, e. g. Nolso (R.); Sando: between Skopen and 

 Sand (!); Str.: Lcjnumvatn (!); Vestmanhavn (Kissmeyer); Syd.: Tværaa 

 (!); Vaago: xMidvaag (R). 



We nowhere observed it in flower, but the specimens from Vest- 

 manhavn (June 29"' 1893) have full-blown flowers. On the other band 

 it mav be taken for granted that it does not bear fruit. 



