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single rare plant. Neither will it repay one to explore 
in the direction of Fold-dal. The attention of the 
botanist should at once be directed to Blaahée, about 
three miles and a half from Jerkin. It is best to start 
early in the morning from the station, and, in order to 
husband one’s strength, to take a carriole to Volasé, 
and from thence to walk by Volasé-seter to Blaahée. 
In a birch copse along the mountain-path the Azra 
atropurpurea will be found ; and further on, near the 
foot of the Fjeld, the Mniwm turgidum in abundance 
on the marshes. The steepness of the Fjeld must not 
damp the explorer’s ardour; it is not really so formi- 
dable on approaching it closely. By boldly breasting 
the ascent, and clambering up the furrows which the 
snow-brooks and avalanches have ploughed into the 
mountain side above the willow-limit, he will find him- 
self more than compensated for the hard work he has 
undergone. “In no places,” writes the Professor, 
‘‘ have I found more beautiful and more varied forms of 
the Draba and Saxifrage than here. Here, too, may 
be found Papaver nudicaule, Carex fuliginosa, Luzula 
arcuata, Poa fleeuosa, Poa minor, Poa abbreviata, 
Salia polaris, &c.” ‘The same may also be found, but 
more spread out over the ground, together with Saav- 
Fraga stellaris, near Goutstiaa and Goutsti Fjeld, which 
bounds it on the north. On Volasdberg, which lies 
between Blaahée and the lake, Salix polaris and 
