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during the first summer a fairly dense rosette, and numerous 

 adventitious roots arise from the base of the leaves, whereas 

 the ramification of the main root is poor. The hibernation 

 is effected by a winter-bud. 



In the case of this species, it is not uncommon to find 

 the same rhizome bearing several inflorescences during the 

 summer. The rejuvenation shoot in the axil of the upper- 

 most foliage leaf, as well as the augmentation shoots from 

 buds in the axils of the lower leaves of the rhizome, are 

 able to reach the flowering stage simultaneous with, or some- 

 what later than, the parent shoot. 



The colour of the corolla is lilac with a yellowish throat- 

 ring, the diameter of the limb being from 5 — 8 mm. Ek- 

 stam (p. 116) describes Pr. stricta as being scented, and states 

 (p. 167): "während nur zwei, Polemonium pulchellum und 

 Pr. stricta (mit starkem, unangenehmen Geruch, nach Kjell- 

 man), einen unangenehmen Geruch haben". Lindman 

 ascribes to Pr. stricta "mycket stark, frän lukt, lik den af 

 orchisknölarna". 



The morphology of the flower has been described 

 by Warming (1886 a), and from this the following is 

 quoted. "The Norwegian specimens (the author is comparing 

 the details of Pr. stricta Hörnern, with those of Pr. stricta 

 var. groenlandica Warm. = Pr. farinosa var. d. groenlandica 

 (Warm.) Pax) are slightly protrandrous or perhaps some- 

 times homogamous. The anthers open very early and, as 

 far as I have been able to see, most often somewhat before 

 the stigma is fully ripe. Amongst the very numerous Scan- 

 dinavian flowers, examined by me, I have found, but only 

 in very few cases, the stigma in the precise relative position 

 as in those from Greenland; the rule is, that the stigma 

 protrudes more than in the latter; in some instances the 

 stigma is found level with the tip of the anthers (fig. 10, E), 

 while in others it is as much as 1 mm. above them (fig. /). 



