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THE VOYAaE OF THE VEGA. 



[chap. 



happened to fall down from the breeding-place. In the sea no 

 small number of seals were seen, and but a few hours before 

 our arrival at the island we ha,d sailed past herds of walrus. 



Vegetation was much more luxuriant and richer in species 

 than at Cape Chelyuskin, and naturally bore a more southern 

 stamp, not only in consequence of the more southerly position 

 of the island, but also on account of its shores being washed 



TREOBRASCHENIE ISLAND. 



(After a sketch by O. Nordquist.) 



by the water of the Chatanga river, which is warm during 

 summer.^ 



1 The following 65 species were 



Saussurea alpina DC. 

 Gymnandra Stelleri Cham. & 



SCHLECHT. 

 Pedicularis hirsuta L. 

 Eritricliium villosum Bunge. 

 Myosotis silvatica Hoffm. 

 Phaca frigida L. 

 Dryas octopetala L. 

 Sieversia glacialis R. Br. 

 Potentilla emarginata PuRSH. 

 Saxifraga oppositifolia L. 



„ bronchialis L. 



,, flagellaris Willd. 



., Hirculus L. 



., serpyllifolia Pursh. 



collected here by Dr. Kjelhnan : — 



Haxifraga stellaris L. f. comosa. 



„ nivalis L. 



„ hieraciifolia Waldst. & 

 Kit. 



,, punctata L. 



„ cernua L. 



„ rivularis L. 



„ c«spitosa L. 

 Chrysosplenium alternifoliuni L. 

 Eutrema Edwardsii R. Br. 

 Parry a macrocarpa R. Br. 

 Cardamine bellidifolia L. 

 Cochlearia fenestrata E. Br. 

 I'raba alpina L. 

 Papaver nudicaule L. 



