ICELANDIC FLORA. 
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and beast. The leaves steeped in water 
are employed in tanning skins. The 
wood is used in making ink, being 
steeped in a decoction of the leaves, to 
which is added some of the earth used 
in dying, mentioned in the note at 
p. If 6; it is then all boiled together 
until the liquid has acquired a proper 
consistency. 
Salix purpurea. 
— reticulata. 
. myrtilloides. 
—— glauca. 
-—— lanata. 
—— Lapponum. 
—— arenaria. 
— fusca. 
— capraea. 
— ' pentandra. 
III. TRIANDRIA. 
Empetrum nigrum. 
VIII. OCTANDRIA. 
Rhodiola rosea. 
XIII. MONADELPHIAo 
Juniperus communis. 
