298 R. ARCTICUS. 



R. arcticus Linn. 



K. caule erecto inermi subunifloro, foliis ternatis, 

 petalis obovatis calyce duplo longioribus, staminibus 

 conniventibus, acinis multis. 



R. arcticus Linn. Fl. Suec. ed. 2. 173 (1755); Sp. PI. 

 708. Eng. Bot. t. 1585. Sm. Eng. El. ii. 411. Eubi 

 Germ. HI. t. 48. Arrh. Mon. 55. Fries! Herb. Norm, 

 iii. 44 et xii. 53. Bab. ! Man. ed. 5. 120. 



Stem subterranean. Flowering shoots erect, 4-6 inches 

 high, unarmed, with 3 or 4 distant ovate scales below, 

 leafy above. Leaves ternate. Leaflets nearly equal, broadly 

 ovate, crenate. Flower usually solitary, terminal; or one or 

 two additional flowers opposite to the upper leaves. Sepals 

 oblong-lanceolate. Petals rosecoloured, obovate, variable in 

 number. Fruit of many cohering drupels. 



Habitat. — Turfy bogs on mountains. 



Area. — 15 16. 



Localities. — Said to have been found in the Isle of Mull 

 by the Rev. Dr Walker, and on Ben y Glo in Perthshire 

 by Mr E. Cotton. Probably some mistake has occurred in 

 each case, although there is a specimen ticketed as from the 

 latter place in Sowerby's Herbarium at the British Museum. 



