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Phaca frigida, L., another member of the Leguminosae, made 

 a very striking appearance all along the roadways as soon as 

 the higher levels were reached, with its handsome yellow flowers 

 in axillary racemes. All these three leguminous plants occur 

 in the Alps as well as the arctic regions, but they are true 

 arctic species nevertheless. 



The saxifrages were, of course, in luxuriant profusion every- 

 where, Saxifraga cotyledon, L., being the handsomest, and a 

 very decorative object as it stood out from the grey rock clefts, 

 above its rosette of shining dark-green leaves. The next most 

 conspicuous member of this order was, curiously enough, 

 Saxifraga cernua, L. These specimens, fully twelve inches 

 in height, speak for themselves as far as size is concerned, 

 and as far as quantity was concerned they were everywhere, 

 starring the grey rock faces, the river banks, and the grassy 

 road margins indifferently. To those who know this plant as 

 it grows in its one British station near the summit of Ben 

 Lawers, this may well seem incredible, since even in Kerner 

 it is figured about six inches in height as normal size. 



Artemisia norvegica, Vahl. — This plant is not found elsewhere 

 in the Old World than in the tract of the Dovrefjeld. 



Petasites frigida, Fr. — A very handsome species of one of 

 our own well-known genera. 



Vahlbergella apetala, Fr. — This strange-looking member of 

 the Caryophyllaceae we met with first at Krokhaugan, in the 

 Foldalen, and found it pretty widely distributed all over the 

 Dovrefjeld. 



Campanula uniflora, L., we found only on one mountain, 

 Hogsnyta, on the western side of the Driva, but it is said to 

 occur on Knudsho also. This was one of the few plants we 

 did not find in great quantities, but we really were fortunate 

 in getting it at all, as its flowering months are July and August, 

 and these specimens are probably the firstlings of the season as 

 far as it is concerned. 



Andromeda polifolia, L., I have only brought to give an idea 

 of the size and strength it attains in the far north. 



Andromeda hypnoides, L. — This is another plant which has 

 its southern limit just south of the Kongsvold. It is generally 

 to be found on dry, much-weathered rock in the region of the 



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