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rigida. My own notes on 9th May 1895 give the following in 

 bloom on Sydero at the Trangisvaag fjord: Bellis perennis, Viola 

 paliistris, V. silvestris, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Caltha palustris, Poly- 

 gala serpyllacea , Empetrum nigriim, Cochlearia officinalis, Liizula 

 campestris, Scirpns caespitosiis , Eriophoriim vaginatiim, E. pohjsta- 

 chyum, Carex pulicaris, and 3 species of Eqiiisetum with fertile shoots 

 (E. arvense, E. palnstre, E. pratensej. A year after (1896) I made a 

 short excursion to the Trangisvaag fjord, and noted there on 7th 

 May flowers of the following: Bellis perennis, Cardamine hirsuia, 

 Viola palustris , Eriophoriim vaginatiim , E. polystachijnm , Luzula 

 campestris, Scirpns caespitosiis, Carex pulicaris, Saxifraga oppositifolia, 

 Cochlearia officinalis, also some Polygala serpyllacea, Ranunciilus 

 acer, Silene acaiilis, Saxifraga ninalis, and a few flowers of Alchi- 

 milla faer densis and A. filicaulis. It will be seen that the species 

 are almost the same as in the previous year, wilh some additions, 

 and they also agree fairly well with the notes of Dr. K. Poulsen 

 and Mr. R. Rasmussen quoted below. My own notes are to some 

 extent supplementar\^ to these, because they originale from the 

 south-most island, and because I have included several of the grass- 

 like species. 



C. Jensen (1897) also refers to some species he observed in 

 flower at Trangisvaag about the same time as my visit. I also 

 quote some other notes of his, because they refer to mountain 

 piants, concerning the llowering period of which on the Færoes, 

 nothing else is known. On the summit of the »Klakken« on Bordo 

 on 15th May he noted Loiseleiiria procumbens flowering and Silene 

 acaiilis in bud. Caltha palustris was in full bloom at Klaksvig on 

 17th May. Vaccinium myrtilliis covered with flowers was seen on 

 the 20th May, at a height of about 200 m. on Slattaratindur on 

 Ostero, and at Eide, Caltha palustris and Silene acaulis were also 

 in flower. Saxifraga oppositifolia was nearly over, and S. caespitosa 

 was covered with buds. On Slattaratindur at a height of 500 — 700 

 m. Ranunciilus glacialis was in full bloom on May 23rd. Carex 

 Lyngbyei on Myggenæs was hardly in bloom on Junelst. Scilla 

 verna was in full flower on June 14th at Lopra on Sydero. 



These notes convey a fairly good idea of the constitution of 

 the spring flora, of its poverty in species, and of the time when the 

 vegetation, as a whole, begins to flower, yet they give little infor- 

 mation on the commencement of flowering of each species. To- 

 wards supplying this deficiency, I have received much help from 



