78 THE LAPLAND ALPS. 



the shape of Dandelion, or of the common 

 Sowthistle, one half of each leaf, consisting 

 of the terminal lobe, making exactly an 

 acute triangle, toothed at the edges ; from 

 that part downwards the leaf contracts, 

 but not to the main rib, and then again 

 expands into two narrow appendages, as it 

 were, equal in breadth, but unequal in 

 length, which are crenate at their edges. 

 From thence begins the stalk of the leaf, 

 which is M'inged and toothed, and half 

 embraces the stem. The leaves are thin 

 and smooth, with a rib purple on the upper 

 side, and the upper ones are the least di- 

 vided, as well as the bluntest. The flowers 

 are collected into a corymbus, somewhat 

 like Butterbur, but more loosely, especially 

 in the lower part, each supported by a very 

 short stalk, accompanied by a very narrow 

 oblong leaf which extends beyond the 

 flower. The calyx consists of several ob- 

 long, narrow, acute, imbricated leaves, 

 varying in number from fourteen to twenty, 

 the outermost gradually shortest, but the 



