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CARL SKOTTSBERG, 



(Schwed. Südpolar-Exp. 



Low moraine tongue between the Geikie and Lyell glaciers. 



This is very like the former station, but the vegetation is much more stunted. 

 The interior part of the West Fjord is exposed to terrible gales, which sweep down 

 from the glaciers. All the plain is moistened by the glacier-water from the mountain 

 behind. There are large patches of gravel lying bare. Only towards the beach is 

 there closer vegetation: 



cop. Acaena adscendens 

 spars. Festuca erecta 



Phlcitin alpinum 



sol. An a antarctica 

 » Galium antarcticunt 

 ■!> Ranunculus biternatus. 



Hypnum uncinatum 

 Tortula rubra 



Weber a infle.xa. 



Bar train ia leucocolea 

 » or cad ell a 



Hypnum sarmentosum 



With this exception the vegetation has the character of a Polytric/ium-tundra: 

 spars. Aira antarctica sol. Acaena adscendens 



» Festuca erecta » Colobanthus crassifolius 



» Pldeum alpinum. 



Polytrichia» piliferian 



Cladonia cocci/era 

 Psoroma hypnorum 



Pseudodistichium austrogeorgicum . 



Stereocaulon alpinum 

 Sticta Freycinetii. 



4. The swamps. 



With the heavy snowfall in South Georgia and the slow melting of the snow, 

 the soil in all depressions readily gets saturated with water and never has any oppor- 

 tunity of drying up. Round streams and lakes also swamps occur. Such places 

 are inhabited by the Rostkovia-dssoc\dX\o\\, named after the plant, which, with its 

 brownish hue, gives the characteristic dark tinge to such spots and makes them visible 

 from a great distance. The following examples may prove sufficient to illustrate the 

 appearance of the swamps. 



Jason Harbour. Transition between tundra-meadow and swamp, 

 soc. Rostkovia magellanica spars. Ranunculus biternatus 



greg. Acaena adscendens sol. Festuca erecta 



Juncus scheuchzerioides Phleiim alpinum. 



