CONCERNING LAPLAND. 
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Lichen Probofcideus —foliaceus, umbilicatus, peltis turbinatis, trun¬ 
cates, perforatis. 
The berry of the Rubus ArElicus , when fufficiently ripened, is 
fuperior in fragrance and flavour to the ftrawberry and rafpberry, 
and to all fruit of the fame kind, even what we have in Italy. A 
fmall plateful would fcent an apartment with a more exquifite 
fweetnefs than any perfume I know of. It is lingular that fo de¬ 
licious a production fhould be found in the North. They pre- 
ferve it in Sweden, and it makes one of the moft delicate Tweet- 
meats. Linnaeus fpeaks of this fruit in high terms of praife, and 
fays, that it often refrefhed him in his travels through Lapland, 
when he was overwhelmed with fatigue. 
The Rubus chamcemorus is alfo ufed for preferves. It grows 
plentifully in Lapland, efpecially in marfliy fituations. The berry 
of this plant is yellowifh, and nearly of the fame fhape as the 
rafpberry, but larger in fize, and more inf pid in tafte. We how¬ 
ever thought it delicious when we found it in our walks, through 
the bogs of Lapland. 
I am of opinion that the Liapenjia Lapponica , and the Azalea 
procumbens, fhould be reckoned among the in'digenous plants, pro¬ 
perly fo called. I have found both in flower on the top of very- 
high mountains, wdrere all other vegetation feemed to ceafe, and 
nothing was to be feen befides the Lichen rangiferinus . 
The Arbutus alpina, and TuJJilago frigida, begin to put out their 
buds in fpite of the fnow, and before it is quite melted ; and often 
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