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Both of thcm grow in smnll mountain -pools fairly high up in the 

 hills, e. g. /. echinosporiim on Bord o: Skaarene, 375 m. and /. lacnstre on 

 Str. : Vardebakken 300 m. and Syd.: Riskjetjern between Famien and 

 Vaag, 300 m. 



Order LVI. LYCOPODIACEAE. 



270. Lycopodium alpinum L. 



Common on heathy ground from the sliore-line u]) to the hill- 

 plateaux, where it is invariabh' to be found in Griiumi(i-hc-Mhs ; |)erhaps 

 less frequently in the lowest regions. 



271. L. annotinum L. 



Ost.: ravine at Troaa near Svinaa (!\ 



Landt's statements of L. clauatnm and L. cniu])lai}ntum are doulitless due to 

 his having confused them with L. alpiniun. He nientions that L. coinphtiialiini 

 and alpinum are used Ijy the inhahitants as a j^ellow dj^e, and sa^^s (p. 218) that 

 L. alpinum »occurs in it (i. e. /.. complanatiim) as thej- (i. e. the inhahitants) talic 

 them hoth to he one and the same plant« as they were indeed quite justified 

 in doing. 



272. L. Selago L., f. appressa Desv. 



Rather common togethcr with L. alpinum, but seldoni occurs in 

 hirge quantities; it is to be found both in the lowlands and u]) in the 

 highest hills, e. g. Kai so: Blankeskaalefjæld at some 700 m. 



Order LVII. OPHIOGLOSSACEAE. 



27.3. Botrychium Lunaria (L.) Sw. 



Rather common on grassy, fairly dry slopes; we noticed it on all 

 the istands visited by us, but only a few specimens occured at each 

 place. It grows fairly high up the hills, e. g. Videro: Mornefjield, 500 m., 

 but not on the higher hill-plateaux. 



Order LVIII. POLYPODIACEAE. 



274. Aspidium Dryopteris (L.) Baumg. 



Rare; Str.: Glyvcrsrcjn R., C. .1.), Vardebakken near Thorshavn, 

 small specimens were met with in a crevice in an isolated rock (!). 



275. A. Filix mas (L.) Sw. 



Found here and there in clefts of rock, ravines and on talus of 

 débris gathering; noticed on all the istands which have been visited, 

 but only in low-lying districts. 



276. A. Lonchitis (L.) Sw. 



Rare; Kuno: on rock-ledges above the village of Kuno at some 350 m.(!); 

 Str.: ravine near Gjan6re(!); Vid.: near Kvannesund (Miss Matras). 



277. A. Phegopteris (L.) Baumg. 



Str. Kirkebofjæld and Glyversrejn (R.), talus of débris gathering 

 near Nordredal (C. J.), ravine near Vestmanhavn (C. J.); Vaago: Thornian- 



