304 



EuG. Warming. 



scarcely be any doubt that this is self-polHnation, which I 

 have also directly observed in Denmark; even in closed 

 flowers I have seen (June 25th) the anthers shed a quantity 

 of pollen on the stigmas; that self-pollination gives a good 

 result seems to be evident from the fact that every flower 

 appears to set fruit with hardly any exception. 



$ 1 have seen from Denmark, and in Fig. 32, F I have 

 figured a style which differs slightly from that of the ^, 

 but beyond that I have nothing further to state as unfortu- 

 nately I made no notes. 



Fig. 32. Sagina procumbens. 

 A — E: ^ from East Greenland (P. Eberlin) 

 F, from Ç from Denmark (E and F "/i). ( 



E. W. 



12. Sagina intermedia Fenzl. 



Dovre. Pollen was found abundantly on the stigmas 

 of styles covered to their base with long stigmatic papillæ, 

 and appeared to have got there by self-pollination. 



Fruit ripens on Spitzbergen and on the north coast 

 of Siberia. 



13. Sagina eæspitosa (J. Vahl) Lange. 

 Greenland (The district of Upernivik; 27. 7. 1888; 

 C. Ryder). '^: The petala are either equal to or < the sepals; 

 homogamy: pollen may be found both in the anthers and 



