4 04 ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV 



ROSACEA 



Rubus arcticus L. Arctic Raspberry. 



I first saw this lovely little pink raspberry on July 20, in the Pesanka 

 peat levels, and by August 18, when we were high up in the Pesanka 

 plateau, I met with a second form, and thereafter found this very 

 abundant and constant in places of the same kind. 



The difference between the two forms is as follows : — 



1. The type form. Petals 5. The leaflets oval, often nearly round, 

 bluntly toothed, deeply ribbed and veined. Stem tough and wiry. 

 1-3 inches. Grows in Kolguev always on peat, in company with H. 

 Chamamorus. 



2. Petals in a double whorl. Larger, and curled at top. Leaflets 

 sharply toothed, inclined to heart-shape ; but obtuse to flatness at the 

 base ; with apex sharply pointed : not deeply ribbed or veined. Stem 

 weak and slender. 3-6 inches. Grows always among light grasses on 

 clay of river banks, where it forms large crimson patches. Both were 

 equally well defined, and grew in these distinct situations. 



Rubus Chamaemorus L. Cloudberry. 



Professor Saweljew says in his paper on Kolguev : ' The Maroschka 

 (R. Chamamorus), the delightful product of the tundras of Kanin 

 and elsewhere, yields no fruit here.' His companion, Dr. Ruprecht, 

 more cautiously says ' rarissime.' They must have been misinformed 

 by the natives. As a matter of fact the cloudberry does ripen every- 

 where on the island, but much later than on the mainland ; though I 

 never thought the berries tasted so well as those I ate in Norway. 



The flower, which was out in the second week in June, was all over 

 by the middle of August. On August 4 it had a small green fruit ; on 

 August 13 they were big and red, but hard and sour; and by the 25th 

 we were gathering them by the bushel fully ripe. 



Potentilla verna L. 



This plant is generally distributed. I saw none with spotted flowers. 



