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than the leaves deformed, being thicker 

 and shorter than when in their proper state, 

 and of a pale yellow, marked on their in- 

 side with two prominent orange-coloured 

 lines. When arrived at maturity, thej 

 burst asunder, and discharge an orange- 

 coloured powder, which stains the clothes 

 of those who approach the tree. I conceive 

 these excrescences to be caused by some mi- 

 nute insects. The common people eat them 

 raw as a dainty, like berries. Here also I 

 met with a narrow-leaved Cirsium (Ser- 

 ratula alpina), which I had previously no- 

 ticed in Umoean Lapmark, but it was not 

 then in bloom. Likewise {Jlhamnus) 

 Frangida, Pinguicnla, Unbranched Qua- 

 king-grass (this must have been Melica 

 nutans), Corallorrkha, the Narrow-leaved 

 Spotted Orchis (maculata). Geranium 

 (sylvaticum) with a white flower veined 

 with purple, a purple pistil and blue anthers. 

 The leaves of this last plant were variously 

 divided, the lower in seven lobes, the mid- 

 dle ones in five, the uppermost opposite 

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