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the notes of Dr. Knud Poulsen and Mr. R. Rasmussen, but 

 these not being expert botanists, do not wish their notes to be 

 taken as exhaustive, especially, witb regard to grass-like piants. 



Dr. Poulsen during his stay of two years (1902 — 1908) noted 

 as carefully as possible the first flowers observed on species known 

 to him; all his observations were made in the neighbourhood of 

 Thorshavn on Stromo. 



The observations made by Mr. R. Rasmussen are from Rordo, 

 chiefly from the neighbourhood of Fagralid situated in the southern 

 part of the island; they were made in the years 1904 to 1906. Al- 

 though this island is somewhat more northerly than Thorshavn on 

 Stromo, there seems to be little, if any, difference in the time of 

 flowering for the species observed in bolh piaces. On the other 

 hånd my own few notes from Sydero seem to indicate a slightly 

 earlier commencement of flowering on this island. 



I give here a list of the species wilh the time of flowering ob- 

 served by Dr. Poulsen and Mr. Rasmussen; in the brackets after 

 the plant-names I have added the dates of my own observations 

 at Trangisvaag in 1895 and 1896. 



FIRST FI OWER OBSERVED Thorshavn Bordo (Fagralid) 



Achillea millefoliuni — ^^7 _ _ _ 



Alchimilla alpina ^/e — — — — 



- sp. (filicauhs?) (Vs) ^/e - - - — 



Angelica silvestris — ^^/t _ _ _ 



Arabis petraea ^/t ^^/e — — — 



Archangelica officinalis ^''/t ^/t — — — 



Armeria elongata ^''/s ''/e 



Bellis perennis (Vs, Vs) ^V* '^^4 



Brassica campeslris . ^/i ^^/i 



Brunella vulgaris ^^/t ^^/t 



Calluna vulgaris — — 



Caltha palustris C/ 5) Vs ^^/5 



Capsella bursa pastoris ^/e ^/t 



Cardamine hirsuta (^/s) — ^^/s 



— pratensis ^^/e ^/e 



Cerastium vulgare — ^/e 



Cochlearia officinalis (Vs, Vs) ^Vs ^Ve 



Draba incana ^^/e — 



Empetrum nigrum (^/s) ^^A — 



Erica cinerea ^^/e — 



Euphrasia minima ^/t — 



Galeopsis tetrahit ^'^/i ^^/i 



Galium saxatile ^^/e ^°/6 



