62 ÅNGERMANLAND. 



{Rubus arcticus) was in full bloom, The 

 cold weather, however, had rendered the 

 purple of its blossoms paler than usual. I 

 cannot help thinking that it might more 

 properly and specifically be called Rubus 

 humiUs, folio fragarice, jiore rubrv, thaii 

 fructa rubro. It likewise seems to me, 

 that this plant exactly agrees in structure 

 with the Rubus folio vibes alpinus anglicus 

 of authors, which I must compare with it 

 the first opportunity*. 



A quarter of a mile further is Doggsta, 

 on the other side of which, close to the road, 

 stands a tremendously steep and lofty moun- 

 tain, called Skulaberget, (the mountain 

 of Skula,-^) in which I was informed there 

 was a remarkable cavern. This I wished 



* Linnaeus soon satisfied himself that the latter was 

 his Riibus ChamcBmorus. The arcticus is a much more 

 valuable plant for its fruit, which partakes of the fla- 

 vour of the raspberry and strawberry, and makes a 

 most delicious wine, used only by the nobility in 

 Sweden. 



t Its perpendicular height is two hundred Swedish 

 ells. See Dissert, de Angermannia. 



