112 LULEÅ N LAPLAXD. 



Juhj 28. 



To-day I found the Pseudo-helleborine t 

 (possibly Cypripedhim Calceohis, not be- 

 fore mentioned in this journal.) 



All tlie little rills and rivulets hereabouts 

 produced a Potamogeto?i, M'hich I mus 

 doubtful whether to distinguish from the 

 common kind, as it varies excessively in ap* 

 pearance, but the leaves are more grassy* 

 (P. gramincuni^ as appears from the Flora 

 Lappo?iica, 3'et nothing can be less like the 

 " common kind," if by the latter be meant 

 the nalanSy which, with the pcrfoliatum 

 and gramlneum, compose the catalogue of 

 species in Fl. Lapp.) 



Hereabouts grew the Jiuicus vvith three 

 setids(capsifle^) at the top of the stem, which 

 also I observed to be sometimes reflexed. 

 (.7. trighnms; see Fl. Lapp. ed. 2. 90.) 



Several days ago the forests had been set 

 on fire by lightning, and the flames raged 

 at this time with great violence, owing to 

 the drought of the season. In many dif- 

 ferent places, perhaps in nine or ten that 



