200 LULEAN" LAPLAND. 



and sessile, with only three lobes. Two 

 flowers grow on each stalk. 



Here also I gathered a Pingiiicida, the 

 fore-part of M'hose petal was white, the 

 hind-part blue, which is certainly a beauti- 

 ful as well as singular variety. (See Fl. 

 Lapp. n. 11. P. 'Vulgaris,) 



The trees here produce Usnea arhorea 

 (Lichen pUcatus), which the Laplanders 

 apply to excoriations of the feet caused by 

 excessive walking. They line then* shoes 

 with this moss, a practice which might 

 with advantage be adopted by soldiers on 

 a march. The Laplanders also line their 

 shoes with grass, consisting of various spe- 

 cies of Carei\ (especially C si/lvatica, Fl. 

 Brit.). This grass they comb with iron or 

 horn combs, bruising it between their hands 

 till it becomes soft and pliable. When 

 dried they cram it into their shoes, and it 

 answers instead of stockings for defending 

 the feet from cold. (See FL Lapp. n. 328.) 



After much trouble and fatigue, I at 

 length reached Jockmock, where stands 



