312 Bug. Warming. 



Norway (Dovre, Altenfjord, about 70° N. lat.). The 

 petals may be still shorter than in the Greenland specimens 

 (Fig. C, D); sepals ?> x j 2 , petals 2 1 / 2 — 3 mm; the entire flower 

 may attain a diameter of 5 mm. Specimens from Alten have 

 petals only about half as long as the sepals (Fig. B). — 

 £: Homogamy. In younger flowers the stamens stand erect 

 with the anthers gathered closely above the styles, and pol- 

 len is found simultaneously in the anthers and germinating 

 on the stigma. Finally, the styles curve backwards, and can 

 even then touch the anthers (Fig. a 3 , c 1 , D). Self-pollination 

 may take place easily. Fruit is set abundantly. A seed is 

 shown in Fig. c 2 ; it is finely wrinkled. 



A specimen from Norway (Foldal) appeared to be pro- 

 togynous; the styles were spread out and were quite ripe, 

 all the anthers were closed and stood at a lower level than 

 the ovary, perhaps this was a 9, or a form transitional to 

 it. — I have seen £ only. 



Spitzbergen (Fig. D). The specimens preserved in 

 alcohol which I have investigated, had their flowers closed, 

 and were homogamous; the open anthers stood at a level 

 with, and were probably pressed closely against, the styles 

 which were somewhat curved backwards (Fig. D); there 

 was a rather large quantity of pollen on the stigma (Fig. Z)), 

 so self-pollination had no doubt taken place there. Ripe 

 fruit was developed; the seeds resemble exactly those from 

 Dovre. The capsule is only very slightly longer than the 

 calyx. 



20. Honckeruja peploides (L) Ehrh. (Fig. 37.) 1 

 Styles 3, 4, 5 (6). 4-merous and 6-merous flowers occur 

 (Fig. 37, G), for instance with 6 sepals, 6 petals, 6-f 6 sta- 

 mens, 4 carpels. 



1 I do not think there is sufficient cause to place this species in a 

 separate genus {Ammodenia Gmel., a name older than Honkenya 



