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lichens, and the plains between them yielded to Dr. Kjellman 

 the following phanerogamous plants : 



Cineraria fri,2:ida Richards. 



Erigeron uniflorus L. 



Saussurea alpina DC. 



Taraxacum phymatocarpuin J. Vahl. 



Gymnandra Stelleri Ch. & ScHL. 



Pedicularis sudetica Willd. 



„ hirsuta L. 



„ Oederi Vahl. 



Eritrichium villosum BuNGE. 

 Myosotis silvatica Hoffji. 

 Astragalus alpiuus L. 

 Oxytropis campestris (Tj.) DC. 

 Dryas octopetala L. 

 Sieversia glacialis R. Br. 

 Potentilla emarginata PuRSH. 

 Saxifraga- oppositifoHa L. 



,, bronchialis L. 



,, Hirculus L. 



,, stellaris L. 



,, uivalis L. 



,, liieraciif oli :i"\Vai.d.st.& Kit. 



,, punctata L. 



,, cernua L- 



,, rivnlaris L. 



„ cfespitosa L. 

 Clir\sosplenium alternifulium L. 

 Rhodiola rosea L. 

 Parrya macrocarpa R. Br. 

 Cardamine pratensis L. 



„ bellidifolia L. 



Eutreina Edwardsii R. Br. 

 Cocblearia fenestrata R. Br. 

 Draba alpina L. 



„ oblongata (R. Br.) DC. 

 „ corymbosa R. Br. 

 ,, Wablenbergii Hn. 

 ,, altaica (Ledeb.) Buxge. 

 Papaver nudicaule L. 

 Ranunculus pygmjeus Wg. 



Ranunculus byperboreus RoTTB. 



„ lapponicus L. 



„ nivalis L. 



., snlpbnreus Sol. 



,, affinis R. Br. 



Caltlia palustris L. 

 Wablbergella apetala (L.) Fr. 

 Stellaria Edwardsii K. Br. 

 Cerastium alpinum L. 

 Alsine arctica Fexzl. 

 „ macrocarpa Fkxzl. 

 „ rubella Wg. 

 Sagina nivalis Fr. 

 Oxyria digyna (L.) Hill. 

 Rumex arcticus Trautv. 

 Polygonum viviparuni L. 



„ Bistorta L. 



Salix polaris Wg. 

 Festuca rubra L. 

 Poa cenisea All. 

 , „ arctica R. Br. 

 Glyceria angustata R. Br. 

 Catabrosa algida (Sol.) Fr. 

 „ concinna Th. Fk. 

 Colpodium latifolium R. Br. 

 Dupontia Fisheri R. Br. 

 Koeleria hirsuta Gaud. 

 Aira cffispitosa L. 

 Alopecurus alpinus Sm. 

 Erioi^borum angustifolium RoTH. 



„ vaginatum L. 



„ Scbeucbzeri Hoppe. 



Carex rigida Good. 

 ,, aquatilis Wg. 

 Juncus biglumis L. 

 Luzula byperborea R. Br. 



,, arctica Bl. 

 Lloydia serotina (L.) Reich enb. 



Our botanists thus made on land a not inconsiderable 

 collection, considering the northerly jDosition of the region. On 

 the other hand no large algjB were met with in the sea, nor was 

 it to be expected that there would, for the samples of water 

 taken up with Ekmaii's instrument showed that the salinity at 

 the bottom was as slight as at the surface, viz. only 3 per 

 cent. The temperature of the water was also at the time of 

 our visit about the same at the bottom as at the surface, viz. 

 + 9° to -f 10°. In spring, when the snow melts, the water 

 here is probably quite fresh, in winter again cold, and as 



