LULEÅ. 231 



jlata, FL Brit.) was beginning to shoot 

 forth, the former withered away. The ri- 

 vulets were white with Menyanthes {tri- 

 foliata). The Cotton-grass and Willows 

 now began to scatter their winged seeds. 



DISTRICT OF LULEA. 



(Here follow, in the manuscript, sketches 

 of the leaves, with Latin descriptions, of 

 Salix phifUcifolia /3, pentandra, caprea 

 and myr tilloides, to be found more com- 

 plete in the Flora Lapponica.) 



Close to the shore, on the right of the 

 ferry of Gaddewick, is a considerable 

 spring, named Kail Källa, or Cold Spring, 

 having a strong current and abounding 

 with ochre, which is deposited abundantly 

 along its course. The water bears a silvery 

 film, and has a mineral taste, though not a 

 strong one. It gushes forth with im- 

 petuosity, and never freezes in its course to 

 the river, which is about eighteen ells 

 distant. No high hill is near, but it springs 



