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Rather rare and only in the interior on warm, sun-lit slopes 

 with water-courses running throughout the summer or on springs; 

 always snow-covered in winter. 



40 — 100 ctm. high, with 1 — many stems, the stems up to 

 6 ctm. in diameter, erect with 2 — 4 leaves and 1 — 3 basal-leaves, 

 1 — 5 umbels on every stem. The umbels are up to 10 — 15 ctm. 

 in diameter, the involucres — 1, sometimes lobate, the involucels 

 many-leaved, often lobate. It flowers from the P* of July till Oc- 

 tober, with fruit from August, the fruit does not ripen every year. 

 The corollas greenish-white or yellowish-green of a peculiar sweetish 

 odour; the honey-formation abundant; proterandrous. The specimen 

 dies after having set fruit, but the stems often remain throughout 

 the winter, dry up, and often with umbels and fruits that have 

 not become fullripe. The seed germs in spring; seedhngs are 

 found in great numbers below the dead specimens. The plant 

 is at least 4 years in reaching full development. During the first 

 year they get but 1 — 2 leaves with 10 — 15 ctm. long stalks and 

 single tripartite plate with serrated leaflets; the root is 5 — 10mm. 

 thick. The second year the number of the leaves is 3 — 6, the 

 form is the normal one, but they are but 25— 35 ctm. long. The 

 root is until 3 ctm. thick. The third year there are 5—8 leaves 

 with until 50 ctm. long and 2 ctm. thick stalks and 40 — 50 ctm. 

 broad plate, the root is now until 8 ctm. in diameter at a length 

 of 10 — 20 ctm,, reaches but just as far as the earth's crust, but 

 goes 60 ctm. into the ground. The whole plant has a peculiar 

 carrotish taste, leaving a musky umbelliferous taste. It is especially 

 during the flowering time eaten with preference by the natives луЬо 

 often undertake miles long wanderings to get hold of it. One man 

 can carry with him 15 — 20 kilogram stalks besides immense lots, 

 peeled and eaten on the spot. As a consequence the plant is now 

 limited to localities not easily accessible, high up on the rocks or 

 behind glaciers, rapid rivers or ice-filled inlets, and nowhere else it 

 now attains its most vigorous development, but is going to be ex- 

 tirpated in all localities easily accessible. 



Northern hmit 66° 19' lat. N., observed up to 700 mt. above 

 the level of the sea, thrives best at a height of 150 — 300 mt. 



Kilikitak and Kakasuak near Kingorsuak, Akiliarisek, the bottom 

 of the Sierak valley, Ikerasausak, in two places near the bottom on 

 the eastern side, Kuaralik near the Sermilik road from the colony. 



