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knovvhd.i;«' of ilu: .Soiilli-Lapponiaii (lial< ( Is. Tlic words arc i^artly very 

 (litliciilt U) iiiidcrslaiul and to express in vvritiiij.;. With reservation I am 

 rcpifatini; llu uords as exactly as I have heard them from the informant 

 in question and as exactly as I am able to do it with the usual characters. 

 The linishing \ovvels put in paranthesis in some of the names were pro- 

 nounced in whispers and so indistinctly, that now and then they could not 

 be heard at all. 



The names of the four informants are here after mentioned by their 

 initials. 



According to the information in hand the lichens which the Southern 

 Lapps mention by name appear also to fall into three groups: 



burhfic Finmark Lapponian: jœgel, bushy lichens, that grow on the 

 fields. Cfr. Qvigstad No. 38. Mentioned by all my informants. By S. N. 

 also called hiitjen-hurhfie [reindeer-b.l, cfr. Qvigstad: bucen-hurhvie, and 

 by L. J. also: visfie, cfr. Qvigstad No. 344: viste. The last mentioned 

 name, vistic or viste, is cei-tainly the usual word for lichen (field-lichen) in 

 the tracts between the dialect domain of the Finmark Lapponian and the 

 Southern Lapponian. 



skiclflir (L.J.) or s/xvß/ic (A.B.) =^ Finm. Lapp.: gadiia, (designates as 

 gadna also skin-scales, dandriff and the like), foliaceous or scaly lichens on 

 stones or on trees. Both informants distinguished between uniorcn-sk. 

 [tree-sk.j and girri^ia/-s/i\ |stone-sk.|. 



j('i'jani[a) (L.J.) or Jov/cii/a (A.B.) = Finm. Lapp.: lappa, beard-lichens 

 on trees, cfr. Qvigstad No. 170. 



Within the group biirlific several special names are to be found. 



tjitoliiiakia) (L. J.) or tsjnoliiiak[a] (A. B.) or tjuobnakc burhfic (A. B.). 

 = Cladonia alpestris. A. B. applied the name also to Cladonia silvatica. 



skalltsja, according to L. J. = Cladonia cocci/era and the like tubular 

 lichens, by A.B. however (in the form: skallts/r) mentioned as the most 

 common name of Cetraria nivalis, an application of the name, which L. J. 

 also knew. 



nallok[e) however was the name, that A. B. applied to Cladonia coccifcra 

 and especially he applied it to quite slender and pointed tubular lichens. 

 Compare with this name Finm. -Lapp. : nallo-jœgcl. 



dökko-bitrlfie (A. B.) or dokaka (S. N.) applied to tubular lichens with 

 goblet fashioned top, (for instance Cladonia defonnis). The name signifies 

 'goblet-lichen'. 



råaja (S. N. and A. P.) = Cetraria Islandica. As abo\-e mentioned A. B. 

 applied the name of skalltsjc to Cetraria Islandica as the most common 

 name, but he knew and used besides the following namte: 



sarr^i'ake (L. J.) or sarvan burJifie or sarvake (A. B.) = Cetraria Is- 

 landica. Signifies: 'elk-lichen'. Cfr. Finm. -Lapp. : sarva- jœgel, which most 

 commonly is applied to Cetraria nivalis. Cetr. nivalis was by A. B. designated: 



