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20 mm. broad and 25 — 50 mm. long; internodes 5 — 6 cm. long; 

 the whole plant gigantic 50 — ^70 cm. high. Flowers with rudimen- 

 tary pistil. (Fig. 25, i.) 



Tilis curious gigantic form, whicli was first described by Rostrup, 

 occurs in a few piaces, but it appears to be a monstrous form, doubt- 

 less developed b}^ growing on soil very richly manured (quantities of 

 vvashcd up and rotting algæ). 



Str.: Hojvig (!); Skuo (R); Syd.: Kvalbo (R, !); Trangisvaag (!); 

 Vid.: Kvannesund (Lomholt). 



Fl. June— July. Fr. (main form) August. 



69. Lychnis flos cuculi L. 



Common in low-lying regions in boggy soil; sometimes bearing 

 white flowers (e. g. Syd.: Kvalbo). On Syd. (in Vaags Ejde) in very 

 windy localities a small dwarf form (f. pyginaea nov. f.) was found 

 with a one- (rarely two-) flowered stalk, 2—4 cm. high. 



70. Melandrium rubrum (Weig.) Garcke; M. dhirmim (Sibth.) Fr. 



Rostrup (p. 34) mentions that it occurs here and there; we only 

 met with it at a few piaces. Specimens found in the collections are from 

 the following localities: Str.: Kirkebo (L., R. , !) with var. parviflora 

 Rostr.; Kirkeboholm (R.); Tindholm (R.); Syd.: at Famien (!); Ost.: 

 Kodlen at Ejde (Lomholt) with f. expallens Lge (R.). 

 Fl. July. 



7L Sagina nivalis (Lindbl.) Fr. 



Found here and there on bare stony ground on the higher hills; 

 we met with it on most of the Islands, but not on Sando and Sydero; 

 it has not previously been reported from the Islands, probably on 

 account of its having been regarded as a form S. prociimbens (/3 penta- 

 mera Rostr.). Bord 6: Hojefjæld, 600 m. (!); Fugl 6: on rock-ledges 

 575 m. (!); Nolso (R., sub. nom. S. prociimbens) \ Str.: summit of 

 Bodlafjæld (!); Vaago: Midvaag (R., sub. nom. S. snbidata, var. glabra 

 Rostr.); Ost.: Rejafjæld 600 m. (!). 

 Fl. June — July. Fr. August. 



72. S. procumbens L. 



Common everywhere, as well on moist ground in and outside 

 enclosed fields as on moist gravelly spots in the hills and amongst 

 hydrophile mosses. 



Rostrup (p. 37) reports the occurrence of 2 forms, viz. « tetramera 

 and ^ pentamera of which the latter is distinguished by its pentamerous 

 flowers, somewhat larger petals and longer peduncles; but this latter 

 one judging from his description and a specimen in the collection of 

 the Botanical Gardens is S. nivalis, as also mentioned above. 

 Fl. June— July. Fr. August — September. 



73. S. procumbens L. X subulata (Sw.) Prsl.; S. micrantha 

 Boreau in E. Martin: Catalogue des plantes vasculaires et sponta- 

 nées des environs de Romorantin 1875; Ref. in Bull de la Soc. 



