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The lateral slioots put forth fohage-leaves from the first; 

 scale-leaves proper are ahseiit. Tiie years-shools are nol 

 distinctly dilTerentialed. The youngest leaves remain green 

 during winter. The fresh leaves pass gradually into decayed 

 ones which persist a long time. 



As regards the germination see Linumauk and Syi.vkn. The 

 primordial leaves are close-set, somewhat like a rosette. The 

 plant may flower in its third year. It flowers late in summer. 



The flowers appear to be quite similar to those from the 

 Alps. The size is the same (10—13 mm.), perhaps they are 

 somewhat smaller in Spitzbergen (Fig. 1 E^ F). 



The colour varies considerably. Among the specimens 

 from Tromsö in Norway, some had pale green sepals, pale yel- 

 low petals with orange-coloured spots, and a pale green pistil; 

 some, dull-purple-coloured sepals, dark-orange-coloured petals 

 without spots, and a yellowish-red pistil with dark-red disk; 

 and many intermediate forms were found between these. Lindman 

 has made similar observations. 



The petals have one vein with two lateral branches 

 (Fig. 1 A). Scent is absent. 



Protandry. The flowers are distinctly protandrous, not 

 only those from the Alps, but also those 1 examined from 

 Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Spitzbergen, and Siberia. At first 

 the stamens are almost horizontally spread out, but afterwards 

 they bend inwards in succession, first the antisepalous and 

 then the antipetalous (Fig. 1 A, C). All the stamens again are 

 widely outspread, and have been more or less emptied of their 

 pollen, when the styles spread out and the stigmas ripen. 

 There is, however, a short lime when the stigmas and the 

 anthers are functional simultaneously. In specimens from Spitz- 

 bergen it appeared as if the time of the development of the 

 stigmas and the stamens did not differ very greatly, but no 

 definite conclusion could be arrived at on the basis of the 

 material at hand. 



