340 



Fig. 2. 

 R. gla- 

 cialis. 



Tlie herli.irmni-specimens in llie Museum ol' C.openliagen con- 

 lirincMl lliis only in so l'ar as lliat spveral slems appeared to 

 have been prostrate to a ^'reater or lesser degree. The 2 — 3 

 upper stem-leaves may subtend floral-axes, wiiich each bear 

 from one to two lateral green bracteoles. Between the principal 

 axis and the lateral axes there is sometimes antidromy, some- 

 times homodromy. — The principal bud, in each of the few 

 Greenland plants preserved in spirit, was only about 2 mm. 

 long while, in the specimens from the other localities it always 

 had several fully-developed leaves; all were gathered 

 at the same time, the middle of July. 



The nou-flowering specimens grow monopodially 

 and have a terminal rosette ; the latter, as in the 

 flowering specimens, has externally a few^ scale-leaves. 

 The flower has five perigone-leaves densely 

 covered with reddish-brown hairs, and five nectary- 

 Aimostnpe [£^^^,£3 1 ^yhich are white in llie first part of the 



fruit from ' 



the Færoes, floweriug period, and are about twice as long as 



21. 8. 1897 D I ) 



(about Vi). the sepals, lîoth the perigone-leaves and the nee- 

 Herbarium- . ., , . . n , n ■ 1 



material); tary-leaves persist until the ripening oi the fruits and 

 sem., seed. ^^^^ former become somewhat dull crimson in colour 

 (Lindman), Norman states that the flower with ripe fruits has 

 almost the same appearance as has the young flower. The fruit 

 is somewhat flattened and has a rather long beak iFig. 2). 



Lindman records that the flower is protandrous in Scan- 

 dinavia; my material, which was scanty in reference to this 

 question, indicated the same. The anthers of the numerous 

 stamens are extrorse ; the filaments are short previous to 

 flowering; the outer ones elongate first, and their anthers open 

 after the nectary-leaves have expanded. The numerous carpels 

 (120 — 150) which are closely placed in the bud do not spread 

 out until but one or two of the numerous whorls of stamens 



^ The German "Honigblätter"; cf. Praxtl.: Beitrage z. Morph, und. System, 

 d. Ranunculaceen. Engler, Bot. Jahr., 1888. 



