5th June. On the hills by the edge of the river I found a plant that has not been observed in Sweden before. The flowers were not yet in bloom but were ready to come out in a few days. I opened them and found that the flowers were butterfly-like, the tip of the standard was reddish, as was also the keel, which (it should be noted) was forked. Its whole appearance told me that it was an Astragalus and I was confirmed in this by last year’s pods that were very similar to that. I therefore called it ‘Liquiritis minor’ [Alpine Milk-vetch].