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following altitudes : — In the Eodo district, at G ft., 1061 

 ft., 2222 ft. to 2268 ft. above sea-level; in the Lofoden 

 district, to 1036 ft.; in the Hindi) district, to 2441 

 ft.; in the Alten district, to 1782 ft.; in Laksefjord 

 district, to 1444 ft.; in Jure Finmarken district, 2 to 

 1750 ft. From 3000 to 3500 ft. in other parts of 

 Norway. 



Greenland. — No altitude given for A. polifolia, Linn., 

 but another species is mentioned as being found at an 

 altitude of 2000 ft. 



Canada. — Xo information as to altitude in Canadian 

 list by Macorm. 



]S"orth America. — The plant is found south of Canada, 

 but no information as to altitude is given in " Floras." 



Asia. — No information as to altitude. 



In Ireland A. jwlifolia, Linn., is found up to an 

 altitude of 1500 ft. in Dublin and Wicklow, but usually is 

 found as a lowland plant. — " Cybelene Hibernica,"- 2nd ed. 

 p. 223, 1898. 



With sucli a wide range of distribution, one would 

 naturally expect to find A. j^olifolia, Linn., as one of our 

 Scottish Alpine plants. It is, however, unknown in our 

 Highlands, and the Celtic inhabitants do not appear to 

 have liad any name for it, as Mr. John Cameron, in his 

 Gaelic names for plants, under " Ericaceie," at p. 23 of 

 the "Scottish Naturalist" for January 1881, does not 

 mention it. 



It. is rather remarkalJe that it does not appear to be 

 found in Iceland. I have referred to a number of 

 authorities, and tliey all mention an allied species, A. 

 hypnoides, Linn., as being met with. For instance, in 

 " liecollections of a Tour in Iceland in 1809," by William 

 Jack.son Hooker, F.L.S., p. 68, the author describes a 

 ramble over the Helgafel Mountains near Keikevig, 

 on 1st July 1809. At p. 70 he says: "The worst 

 was, I could not luive well chosen a more barren spot for 

 plants in so long a ramble, though I met with one species 

 that delighted me much, and made me forget the fatigue. 

 This was A. liypnoides, which I found just in flower on the 

 north side of a huge mass of lava, and only there." 



In a note to the same page. Hooker says with regard to 



