CONTENTS Vlll 



Recent discoveries in the south Norwegian flora and theirsignificance 



for the understanding of the history of the Scandinavian mountain 



flora during and after the Last Glaciation, by Rolf Nordhagen 



(with 12 figures) 241 



Survival of plants on nunataks in Morway during the Pleistocene 



Glaciation, by Olav Gjserevoll (with 22 figures) 261 



Phytogeography of Greenland in the Ught of recent investigations, by 



Tyge W. Bocher (with 5 figures) 285 



The elements and affinities of the Icelandic flora, by Eythor Einarsson 297 

 Ice Age refugia in Iceland as indicated by the present distribution of 



plant species, by Steindor Steindorsson (with 19 figures) 303 



Some comments on the "ice-free refugia" of northern Scandinavia, by 



Gunnar Hoppe (with 5 figures) 321 



Field problems in determining the maximum extent of Pleistocene 

 glaciation along the eastern Canadian seaboard — a geographer's 

 point of view, by J. D. Ives (with 10 figures) 337 



Pollen-analytical studies on the vegetation and climate history of 

 Iceland in Late and Post-glacial times, by Thorleifur Einarsson 

 (with 5 figures) 355 



Palynology and Pleistocene ecology, by Gunnar Erdtman (6 plates) 367 



The Svinafell layers. Plant-bearing Interglacial sediments in Oraefi, 

 southeast Iceland, by Sigurdur Thorarinsson (with 4 figures and 7 

 plates) 377 



Conclusion, by Askell Love 391 



Appendix 399 



Author Index 403 



Subject Index 409 



