THE HMYOPHYTA Ol" I(:i:LAND 



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On lieathy ground in (Iniipdalur near I)\ rafjordur a 

 rather scalteied Brvophyte vegetation was found, coniposed ol" Hylo- 

 comiiim proliferum , H. parietiniim, Hijpnum iiiicinalnm, Dicraniim 

 scopnrinm, D.molle, I), fiiscescens, J). Starckci, (lonostomnm boreale, 

 Lophozia Flærckei, L. lijcopodioides, L. Kiinzeana , I., venlricosa and 



Fig. 25. Grunnavik near Jokulsfjordur in NW. Icelaiid. Slony sloi)e. The low-lying parts 

 are boggy. tlie somewhat higher ridgcs are covereci wilh heatli vegetation {Eiupelnim. 

 Vaccininm, Dicramuu spp., etc.) . whilst thc stony ridges sitiuilcd liighcst fin tlic back-- 



ground) are bare of vegetation. 



L. alpestris. The Dicraniim spp. formed thick , extensive cushions, 

 and the Lophozia spp. grew woven into Ihcse rushions. 



Grunnavik near J 6 k u 1 s f j 6 r d u r (Fig. 2 .")). Up lo a heighl of 

 100 — 200 metres the mounlain sloi)cs werc [)artly covered wilh 

 heather-moor and parlly wilh bog-vegelation or moss-bogs. The 

 stony ridges, situated higher u}), which had been formed by stones 

 shding down from the mounlain above, were covered wilh healh, 

 while the intervening depressions were boggy, and there along the 

 channels, where the water formed slreamlets or issued as springs, 

 the usual "Dy" vegetation consisting of Mniobrijum albicans, Philo- 

 notis, etc, had developed. 



