468 Mr Philip Sewell on the Flora of [sess. lhi. 



These few last-mentioned are (Calluna excepted) char- 

 acteristic of a great part of Lapland, but nowhere in the 

 north of Lapland were the slopes covered with Calluna, 

 Uleocharis, and Ptcris, which characterise the Highlands. 



Xo where also were the tangled growths of the plants 

 common to our w^aysides, and which, on our return in 

 October, gave the impression of a really luxuriant vegetation, 

 in comparison with that to which we had become accustomed. 

 Here and there in favourable positions, as on the sheltered 

 slopes of the naturally manured island at Vard0, before 

 mentioned, was a rich growth of certain deciduous plants, 

 but this was quite the exception ; none of the plants com- 

 monly seen as masses of bright colour in the Lowlands of 

 our own country occurred as other than isolated plants. 

 Perhaps we should except Pianunculus acris in the meadows 

 about the small hamlets, Matricaria inodora, also about 

 the houses, and in one place. Lychnis diurna. 



Nowhere were such masses of Campanula rotundifolia, 

 Solidarjo Virgaurca, Saxifraga aizoides, &c., as may be seen 

 so commonly in the Highlands. 



On the island of Vardo, where the characteristic Uricacece 

 and Vaccinia were wanting, there were, however, masses of 

 white colour, from the abundance of Ccrastium, Cornus, 

 Tricntalis, Cochlcaria; also in one place, from exceedingly 

 large flowers of Jitihus Chamcemorus. 



I saw very few insects fertilising these flowers. There were 

 certain small Di'ptcra, and about Vard0, other larger ones, 

 attracted perhaps by the amount of animal refuse from the 

 whaling and fishing industries. Musca vomitoria, L., var. 

 mortutim, Fabr., and Scatopliaga merdaria, Fabr. (?), were not 

 uncommon. Twice oidy did I observe moths ; one species 

 of which, Larcntia cmsiata, is common enough on our own 

 moors ; the other was a species of Cidaria, not known in 

 this country. 



Whilst vjhite flowers were most abundant on the 

 island of Vard0, where the reddish colours of the Ericaceae 

 characterising the mainland wei'e absent, yclluw was perhaps 

 the colour most widely dispersed about the Yugor Straits. 

 This was due to the abundance of Senecio and other Com- 

 positce, Sa.7;ifraga Hirculus, Chrgsosplenium, Drdba, &c. 

 There also Saxifraga cernua brought tiie Sa.dfragai forward 



