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KKISTIAX NISSKN. M.-N, Kl. 



represent one kind of ücIk ns, llicy arc not rJiffcrcnt species as fir and 

 sj^rucc are. 



I.d/ipo {/Uic/oridc and l'siicar of the beard-lichen type) is not jtcyrl, 

 not at all, hiil a plant on trees Just as wool or hair on beasts. The rein- 

 deer eats /dp/x), il is even greedy aibi" it, it docs not fatten on it, but it 

 supports its life on it. 



Gadiia or gœdgc-gadiia [Paniuliac and Cyroplionic) is everything that 

 is affixed to stones. There is much of it on the mountains and the penin- 

 sulas and the islands in the Northern Finmark. The reindeer eats it if no other 

 lichen or grass is found. At some places it is black or grey, at other 

 places it is somewhat paler. Gadna is also seen on trees, on old dry birch 

 (Bcliild odnrala] stems. It is then called iiiiiorni-gddiNi, it has the same 

 appearance as on the stones. At very windy places it is lacking, the wind 

 blows it away from the trees, but it is found in narrow valleys and at 

 protected places. 



There are two kinds of siiiarvve. One kind ( — Stcrcocdiiloii) is darker 

 than the other (= Cladonia silvatica). It grows in grooves, between stones, 

 and on stones. The reindeer eats it. We use to call it rancs-jœgcl or 

 rdiics-siiiarvi'c. It is a 'north-lichen' (i. e. it grows also in the Northern Fin- 

 mark, on the coast), but it is also found southwards (in Finmark) especially 

 in grooves. The reindeer fattens on it. It is almost better than thick 

 toppa-jœgel [Cladonid dlpestris). Toppa-jœgcl is the oldest lichen, smai'vve 

 is younger (i. e. siiiarvvc is a more juvenile stage, toppd-jægcl a more adult 

 stage). 



If jœgcl is plentiful and there is no snow, the reindeer only eats a 

 part of the tops of the common toppa-jœgvl. But it is ver}' greedy after 

 ranes smarvvc-jœgcl [Sforofaiiloii], and also after iidllo-jœgcl [Cladouia gra- 

 cilis and the like)'. 



AsLAK L. SiRi: 'The most important jœgvl is oaivvc-jœgcl (Cladonia 

 alpestris). Then comes hoika-jœgcl which other people call iiallo-jœgcl [Clad, 

 gracilis, and the like). The reindeer is not very greedy after it. Next 

 comes ditolbha-jœgcl which the nomadic mountain Laplanders call sarva- 

 jivgcl [Cetrariae). It is almost the same thing as botka-jœgel. 



There are two kinds of sniarvve: raues-SDiarvve and sniarvve proper. 

 In my opinion the former [Stereocaitloii] never grows large. But from the 

 other kind sniarvve proper comes oaivve-jœgel. 



There is also gœâge-gadna [Parnieliae and Gyrophorae). There are 

 two kinds of this lichen also, one more delicate, one coarser. There are 

 almost three kinds of it, the third kind is almost like black beard [Alectoria 

 nigricansl or Parnielia p/ibescens?). Gœdge-gadna is also yVrgr/. The rein- 

 deer is very greedy after licking it. 



Next comes lappo [Aleetoriae and Usiieae); the most important is soakke- 

 lappo. I do not know whether lappo can be called jœgel. The reindeer 

 eats it, but in our districts there is not so much birch [Betnla odorata) that 



