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infwhich they open (Fig. 30 @, H); 4- and 5-merous flowers 
are found on the same plant, but other numbers also may 
occur. The corolla is tinged with rose-colour or else is white 
(SKOTTSBERG: - ‘‘der nach aussen gewandte Teil der Krone purpur- 
roth in Lapland”). I found the flower to be scentless in Green- 
land, but according to Wormsxsotp it has ‘‘a pleasant, sweel, 
aromatic perfume which almost recalls that of the Woodruff 
(Asperula odorata).’ Linpmax found that the specimens on the 
Dovre mountain had a strongly pungent, spicy fragrance. 
Fig. 30. Vaccinium uliginosum. (From West Greenland.) 
A, Branch (Upernivik; July 13, 1887); slightly mag. B, Shoot in the act of expanding 
(Upernivik; July 10): the largest leaf is 6 mm. long. C, Apex of a branch bearing two 
flowers (Upernivik: July 10); the corolla 3 mm. in length. D, Flower-bud of V. uliginosum 
f. microphylla; the anthers are open, and the pollen is lying loose in them. Upon the 
stigma a small drop of mucilage is seen, but no pollen (June). EZ, A fruit-bearing branch 
(Ivigtut; Aug. 20) reduced; J, Main axis.  F, 5-merous calyx of a flower with 4-merous 
corolla, 8 stamens, and an 8-lobed nectary. G, A flower-bud (from Fig.29G). 4, Stamens 
of the same. J, Pollen tetrad. 4, In the mucilage upon the stigma occur many pollen 
grains; from the flower C in Fig. 31 (Godthaab; June 29). JL, The nectary, with drops 
of honey. M, Flower of f. microphylla; length 6 mm. N, Ripe fruit. (E. W.) 
The corolla is urceolate-globose and drooping (Fig. 30 A, C); 
on looking down into the flowers, in some, only the stigma 
and the scabrous anthers (Fig. 31 F, G) with their appendages 
are visible (Fig. 31 D), in others, a greater part of the interior 
(Fig. 31 Bj. The corolla is from 3°5 to 6 mm. long, in the 
Scandinavian specimens it measures as much as 7 to 8mm. in 
length; the throat is from 3 to 4mm. wide. 
The flower is slightly protandrous (as in the Alps according 
