230 LULEÅ.' 



plants. The upper lip therefore is to be 

 understood as consisting of two lobes, the 

 lower of three, though all the lobes are 

 alike*. 



The bogs were now white with the tufts 

 of both kinds of Cotton-grass, the upright 

 and the pendulous {Eriophorum vagiiiatum 

 and polystachion). The marshes were 

 clothed with the white blossoms of Ledum 

 {palustre). The Dwarf Bramble (Rubus 

 arcticus) became gradually less abundant. 

 The forests also were white with the Ti'leii" 

 talis and Mesomora {Cornus sjiecica), which 

 began to fade, and the Bilberry (Vaccinium 

 Myrtillus) was taking their place, along 

 with the» Melampyinim (sylvaticimi) and 

 Geranium {sylvaticum). The meadows 

 were perfectly yellow with the upright 

 Hanunculus (acris), and some of the corn- 

 fields were no less so with Brassica cam- 

 pestris ; but where the Behen {Silene hu 



* In this instance the Linnaean system led to a true 

 knowledge of the natural affinity of the plant, which 

 one tounded on the corolla would scarcely have done, 



