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in which they open (Fig. 30 G, Hi; 4- and 5-merou? flowers 

 are found on the same plant, but other numbers also maj' 

 occur. The corolla is tinged with rose-colour or else is white 

 (Skottsberg: - "der nach aussen gewandte Teil der Krone purpur- 

 roth in Lapland"). [ found the flower to be scentless in Green- 

 land, but according to Wormskjold it has "'a pleasant, sweet, 

 aromatic perfume which almost recalls that of the Woodruff 

 [Asperula odorata)y Lwdman found that the specimens on tlie 

 Dovre mountain had a strongly pungent, spicy fragrance. 



Fig 30. Yaccinium uliginosiim. (From West Greenland.) 



A, Branch (Upernivik: July 13, 1887); slighUy mag. B, .Shoot in the act of expanding 

 (Upernivik: July 10): the largest leaf is 6 mm. long. C, Apex of a branch bearing two 

 flowers (Upernivik : July 10) ; the corolla 3 mm. in length. D, Flower-bud of V. uliginosum 

 f. microphylla -, the anthers are open, and the pollen is lying loose in them. Upon the 

 stigma a small drop of mucilage is seen, but no pollen ('June). E^ A fruit-bearing branch 

 (Ivigtut; Aug. ^0) reduced; /, Main axis. /'. .5-merous calyx of a flower \vith 4-merous 

 corolla, 8 stamens, and an 8-lobed nectary. G, A flower-bud (from Fig. 29G}. H, Stamens 

 of the same. J, Pollen tetrad. K, In the mucilage upon the stigma occur many pollen 

 grains; from the flower С in Fig. 31 (Godthaab; June 29). L, The nectary, with drops 

 of honey. M. Flower of f. microphylla : length 6 mm. -V, Ripe fruit. (E. AV.) 



The corolla is urceolate-globose and drooping (Fig. 30^, C) ; 

 on looking down into the flowers, in some, only the stigma 

 and the scabrous anthers iFig. 31 i\G) with their appendages 

 are visible (Fig. 31 -D), in others, a greater part of the interior 

 (Fig. 31 B). The corolla is from З'о to 6 mm. long, in the 

 Scandinavian specimens it measures as much as 7 to 8 mm. in 

 length; the throat is from 3 to 4mm. wide. 



The flower is slightly protandrous (as in the Alps according 



