286 TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THK [Sesss. lxiv. 



latifolia ; Oxyria reniformis. It is said that in northern 

 Norway Oxyria is cultivated as a substitute for corn, 

 kept in a frozen state in winter, and boiled down to a 

 pulp for use, being frequently mixed with flour and 

 made into Fladbrod, the flat bread resembling thin oat- 

 cake, with which travellers in Norway are familiar. 



Next morning we drove on through a beautiful alpine 

 country, abounding in grand scenery. The crossing of 

 a deep ravine by a bridge reminded me of the Via 

 Mala and the Spliigen Pass. At Aune, we came upon the 

 river Driva, which we were now to trace upwards to 

 near its source, and after a steady ascent the evening 

 brought us to Kongsvold, which had from the first 

 been fixed upon as our botanical headquarters. 



Kongsvold is one of the oldest " stations " on the 

 Dovrefjeld. It stands near the head of Glen Driva, a 

 narrow pass with steep hills on either side, and is 

 about three thousand feet above sea-level. The hotel can 

 accommodate seventy visitors, and it was full the week 

 before our arrival. Many are attracted by the fine air, and 

 invalids or old persons are advised not to return suddenly 

 to the plains after a stay in the mountains, owing to 

 the great difference in temperature. There is a large 

 establishment of buildinos belon<rinor to the hotel, but 

 no village, church, or house within a good many miles. 

 Visitors are made very comfortable, and can live en 

 pension at the extremely moderate figure of three kroner 

 (3s. 4-^d.) a day. The hotel encourages botany, providing 

 not only paper for drying plants, but also a hot room 

 for drying the paper. Botanists from many parts were 

 there, especially from Sweden, and we got valuable help 

 in the naming of plants from some of them. We had 

 to depend a good deal on this, not having a book of 

 Norwegian flora. Special thanks are due to Rektor 

 Axel Arrhenius, of Helsingfors, Finland, who was most 

 obliging in this respect. He was not one of those who 

 spoke Englisli, Itut we found a common ground in the 

 French tongue in conversing with him. 



In the drive up the valley of the Driva so many inter- 

 esting plants were observed, some known to us, some 

 unknown, tliat we did not feel inclined at once to take to 



