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M. arvensis Hoffm. Field Forget-me-not. 



This, speaking generally, was ' everywhere.' It was among the 

 earliest flowers out. 



Eritrichum villosum Bunge. 



A common plant. Ruprecht separates it as latifolium, but, as it 

 seems, on very slender grounds. 



SCROPHULARINEiE 



Veronica longifolia L. 



It is impossible to describe the beauty of this plant as I first saw it on 

 a bank of the Pesanka ablaze with sunlight on August 18. Later on I 

 found it by the Kriva Lake. But in these two places only. The 

 flowers are more loosely distributed than in our garden form of the 

 same plant, and therefore I think more elegant. 



V. alpina L. 



This came out with us on August 8 in the Pesanka hills, growing 

 among the grass. 



Bartsia alpina L. 



This mint-like plant was very local. The floral leaves were tinged 

 with purple. 



Castillejia septentrionalis L. 



A peculiar-looking flower. It was growing in dense tufts a foot high 

 on the Pesanka on July 4, and a fortnight later it was in flower by the 

 sides of a little stream high up on Pesanka plateau. 



Pedicularis lapponica L. 



This, which may be recognised by its yellow flower, was abundant. 



P. hirsuta L. 



This, which has a pink flower, was fairly common in damp places. 



