299 



If wc iiow coiiipare Ihe species and variclics incliulcd in Ihe 

 abovc lahlc, Ihen wilh rcgard lo Ihe lolal suin of IVeslnvatcr forms 

 the result we arrive at is, that the F'æroes have all in all 209 species 

 common with Europe 224 = 83 *^/o 



— — Scandinavia 213 = 79«/o 

 — Great Britain 197 = 73% 



— — Russia 158 = 59% 



— — East Greenland 96 = 36% 



— — West Greenland 91 = 34% 



— — Riesengebirge 91 = 34 '^/o 



— — Spitzbergen 67 = 25% 



— — Franz-Josef Land 52 = 19% 



— — Jan Maven 31 = 12%. 



If we only compare those forms which cannot be regardcd 

 as rare, but which, however, are frequently found dis- 

 persed in the Færoese materiaP then it gives the following 

 result: — 



Of 130 not rare forms the F'æroes have 



common with Europe 120 = 92% 



— — Scandinavia 116 = 89% 



— — Great Britain 108 = 83 'Vo 



— — Russia 97 = 75% 



— — Riesengebirge 57 = 44% 



— — East Greenland 54 = 42% 



— — West Greenland 43 = 33% 



— — Spitzbergen 40 = 30% 



— — Franz-Josef Land 29 = 22% 



— — Jan Mayen 20 = 15%. 



Both thcse comparisons show then thai the Dialom flora of 

 the Færoes has a European, especially North European cha- 

 racter, but on the othcr band il cannot be regarded as arctic or 

 decidedly alpine. 



As the Færoes, however, are a group of islands, formed exclu- 

 sively of rocks, which somelimes atlain a ralher considerable height, 

 il seems natural to inquire whelher the Dialom flora may not have 

 a subalpinc character, and the live small ponds in Riesengebirge 

 investigated by Dr. Otto Muller have alTorded suitable material 



^ In tlic table sucli forms are marked with an *. 



