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was extremely abundant near to the houses), Solidago, 

 Matricaria, Achillea, Gcntiana, Euphrasia, Urtica. 



It is more than probable that many plants have in my 

 somewhat hurried excursions been overlooked, but those 

 mentioned from Vard0, K0lle, and Vads0 may be not only 

 sufficient evidence that the flora of northern Lapland is not 

 by any means so extensive as is that to the south, but also 

 when a plant has been noticed as occurring in each of these 

 districts it is likely to be common throughout the northern 

 part of the country. 



At K0]le I was able to traverse more ground, and on that 

 account see a more varied flora than elsewhere. Bushes of 

 Salix Myrsinites and S. lanata, from 3 to 4 feet in height, 

 were not uncommon in the warmer and less exposed places. 

 Four plants growing near together of Pyrus Aucuparia, 

 which, however, were not a foot in height, were the only 

 other signs of " trees." A bush, which I have no doubt 

 was Samhucus nigra, was growing to a height of 4 feet or 

 so amono- the scattered rocks of a warm cliff facing south. 

 It was in full flower, and easily recognised as an " Elder " 

 by Mr Sulman, a non-botanical friend, who was with me. 

 I was not aware as to the restricted distribution of this shrub, 

 or I should certainly have secured specimens, and not have 

 hurried past in answer to a summons from the whistle of 

 the " Labrador." 



There was a quite noticeable difference between the number 

 and variety of plants to be found on slopes facing the south, 

 which were so protected from the northerly winds, and the 

 number of those growing in exposed places. 



The plants frequenting the sheltered valleys were as 

 opposed in character as in habitat to those frequenting the 

 exposed slopes. The prostrate woody lichen-covered stems 

 and the closely-set small persistent leaves of Loiselmria, 

 Empetruin, Phyllodocc, and Biapensia, of Vaccinium, Betula, 

 and Juniperus contrast markedly with the more tender 

 deciduous leaves of such plants as Vcratrum, Angelica, 

 Alchemilla, Trollius, Caltha, Geranium sylvaticum, &c. The 

 leaves of the latter are produced immediately after the 

 melting of the snows, and when autumn approaches the 

 plant dies back into a small " crown " or resting state, in 

 which form it may best withstand the winter. A large pro- 



