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leaves are slightly hairy; the leaf-stalk, stem and especially 

 the peduncle are covered with short adpressed hairs ; the 

 peduncle is furro\sed. 



The five perigone-leaves are hairy and somewhat violet in 

 colour; they are outwardly or downwardly directed in the open 

 flower and fall off early. The nectary-leaves are somewhat 

 longer than the perigone-leaves, and are pale yellow with violet 

 veins on the under side (Simmons, 1906); the nectary is simple and 

 pocket-shaped (Fig. 9, B). The stamens are rather few in number 

 and are situated close to the lower part of the large gynaeceum 

 (A. & H.) : the head of carpels is ovate in the young flower, 

 but elongates somewhat and becomes cylindrical during fruit- 

 setting : in var. Wi- 

 Janderi it remains 

 ovate. According to 

 my computations the 

 diameter of the 

 flower was about 

 2 — h cm. (according 

 to Anders. & Hes- 

 SELM. it is 1*5 — 2 cm.) 

 and the corolla is almost flat when it is fully expanded (A. & 

 H.). The flowers which have been investigated from Gåselandet 

 appear to be protogynous-homogamous. The stamens had not 

 yet opened, nor had they elongated, but the carpels had fully- 

 developed papillae upon the stigmas. The plant begins to flower 

 in the early part of July at Scoresby Sound, in East Greenland 

 (Hartz, Düsen) and in Spitzbergen ; in August it has ripe fruit 

 (Herbarium-specimen). 



Lange records that it grows in damp localities, Simmons 

 (1906) found it in well-manured soil under a nesting-place for 

 sea-gulls. 



Geographical Distribution. West Greenland (rare), 

 N.E.Greenland, Spitzbergen, Nova Zembia, Arctic Siberia, 



R. a f finis. 



Carpels; Ai, ripe; A2, during flowering (Cape Thordsen; 

 ^-ji). B, Base of nectary-leaf (Spitzbergen ; "/ij- 



