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Eue Warming. 



Norway (Dovre, Altenfjord). Homogamy. g: Diameter 

 as in Greenland, sometimes as much as 5 mm. Petals most 

 frequently absent, but they may be present and are then 

 much smaller than the sepals. Stamens 10, with palish- 

 brown anthers. Self-pollination as in Greenland, the styles 

 being directly in contact with the anthers. 



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Fig. 31. Stellaria borealis. 



A — C: £ from Greenland. D: ö from Dovre. E — G, from 

 Kola (Dr. Broth eras). 



A: ö, the anthers have fallen off. C, Nine anthers have opened 

 and are partially in contact with the widely outspread styles. E — G, 

 A few or several stamens abortive. (E. W.). 



Russia (Kola, material from Dr. F. V. Brotherus). 

 Fig. E, F, G). Agree with those mentioned above, were also 

 devoid of corolla. But there occurred in addition: 



9 and forms intermediate between £ and 2 with stamens 

 partially abortive; in Fig. F, they were all abortive except- 

 ing one (a cor.-st.); in Fig. G, the cor.-st. were abortive. 

 The nectaries were not reduced, even when the filaments 



