I observed the same kind of moss, or rather _Lichenoides terrestre_, _dædaleis sinubus_, (_Lichen nivalis_,) which is found on the hill near the palace at Upsal. Geese were now accompanied by their goslings, which are all uniformly of the same yellow hue when hatched, whatever colour they may acquire afterwards. I left old Upsal on the right, with its three large sepulchral mounds or _tumuli_. The few plants now in flower were _Taraxacum_ (_Leontodon Taraxacum_), which Tournefort erroneously combines with _Pilosella_ (_Hieracium Pilosella_), notwithstanding the reflexed leaves of its calyx; _Draba caule nudo_ (_D. verna_), which in Smoland is called Rye Flower, because as soon as the husbandman sees it in bloom he is accustomed to sow his Lent corn; _Myosotis scorpioides_; _Viola tricolor_ and _odorata_; _Thlaspi arvense_; _Lithospermum arvense_; _Cyperoides_ (probably some species of _Carex_); _Juncoides_ (_Juncus campestris_); _Salix_ (_S. caprea?_); _Primula veris_, as it is called, though neither here nor in other places the first flower of the spring; _Caltha palustris_, known by the name of Swedish Caper, as many people are said to eat it instead of the true Caper; the report of its giving a colour to butter is certainly false. The lark was my companion all the way, flying before me quivering in the air. _Ecce suum tirile, tirile, suum tirile tractat[1]._ [1] "The lark that tirra-lirra chaunts." _Shakspear's Winter's Tale._ The weather was warm and serene. Now and then a refreshing breeze sprang up from the west, and a rising cloud was observable in that quarter. Okstad (more properly Högsta) is a mile and a quarter from Upsal. Here the forests began to thicken. The charming lark, which had till now attended my steps, here left me; but another bird welcomed my approach to the forest, the Red-wing, or _Turdus iliacus_, whose amorous warblings from the tops of the Spruce Fir were no less delightful. Its lofty and varied notes rival those of the Nightingale herself. In the forest innumerable dwarf Firs are to be seen, whose diminutive height bears no proportion to their thick trunks, their lowermost branches being on a level with the uppermost, and the leading shoot entirely wanting. It seems as if all the branches came from one centre, like those of a palm, and that the top had been cut off. I attribute this to the soil, and could not but admire it as the pruning of Nature. This form of the Fir has been called _Pinus plicata_. Läby is a mile and a quarter further. Here the forest abounds with the Red Spanish Whortle-berry (_Arbutus Uva Ursi_), which was now in blossom, and of which, as it had not been scientifically described, I made a description; (see _Flora Lapponica_; and _Engl. Bot. t. 714_.)