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109, 137, 141, 170, 177, 185, 229, 264, and 344. His statements are in 

 part founded on literary studies, in part on his own observations. 



During- my own investigation of the Lapponian lichen fields 1 have 

 myself collected some special names, that have not been mentioned by 

 QviGSTAD or in the literature cited by him. And especially concerning the 

 identification of the Lapponian and the botanical names I have procured 

 some information which in part confirms, in part corrects Ovigstad's 

 statements. 



All my informants are fi'oni I'^inmarken. Accordingly all the lichen 

 names given here are derived from the special Lapponian group of dialects 

 which is called the Finmark-Lapponian or the Norwegian-Lapponian, and 

 which is spoken in the Norwegian provinces (fylker) Finmark and Troms, 

 and in the northernmost district of Nordland (Ofoten), in the Finlandish 

 parishes Utsjok and Enontekis, and in the Swedish parishes Karesuando 

 and Jukkasjarvi. This group of dialects is spoken by ^/3 of all existing 

 Laplanders, its terminology has, accordingly, a greater universality than that 

 of the other dialects. A general summary of the lichen names of all the 

 Lapponian dialects would have been of greater interest. But beyond the 

 Norwegian-Lapponian group of dialects the particulars I have procured of 

 lichen names are as yet too contingent to be mentioned here.' Nor can 

 my information lay claim to completeness as to this group of the Lap- 

 ponian dialects. 



Only for the interior of Finmarken, especially for the parishes Kauto- 

 keino, Karasjok and Polmak, it is supposed that the greater part of the 

 lichen names in general use are cited. But even here continued investi- 

 gation will certainly detect new special names of a more restricted range. 



My informants have been : 



From Kautokeino : The settled Laplanders Jon Larsen Gaino (abbrev. 

 J. L. G.) and NLkkel Anderssen Bongo (M. A. B.), the settled, formerly 

 nomadic, Laplander Nils Persen Tornensis (N. P. T.), the nomadic Lap- 

 landers Jørgen Mattissen Sara (now in Alta, J. M. S.), and Aslak Larsen 

 Siri IA. L. S.), and some young nomadic Laplanders who served as soldiers 

 in Alta in 1914 (abbrev. Sold.). 



From Karasjok: The settled Laplanders Klemet Klemetsen (K. K.I, 

 John Olsen (J. O.), and Marit Eriksd atter (M. E.), and the nomadic Lap- 

 landers Per Jonsen Maasø (P. J. M. — now in Polmak), and Per Johannes 

 FORSHOLM (P. J. F.). 



From Porsaijgrr: The settled Laplander Anna Kristine Samuels- 

 datter (A. K. S.) in Lakselv. 



From Polmak: The setded Laplanders Aslak Johnsen, Aleknjarg 

 (A. J.), and John Henriksen, Baateng (J. H.). 



' After having sent this article to the printing-office I have, however, by discourse with 

 some Lapps in Trøndelagen gathered some details, which will be given in the postscript. 



