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hiflora, Campanula unijiora (considered " a good plant " by 

 our Swedish' friends), Cardamine hellidifolia, Saxifraga 

 rivularU and S. oppositifolia, Cerastmm alpinum, Draba 

 alpina, Phyllodoce cceridea, Azalea pi^ocumbens. 



On other visits to the hill tliere were found — Andromeda 

 hypnoides, Diapcnsia Lapponica, Papaver nudicaule (scarce), 

 Ai'ahis alpina, Androsace sepitentrionalis, Arctostaphylos 

 alinnus, Salix pliylicifolia, S. Myrsinites, S. Lapponiim, 

 S. scrpyllifolia, Wahlbergella apetala, a caryophyllaceous 

 plant, etc. 



We were rather late in the season for seeing some of the 

 plants in flower. _A fortnight earlier would have been a 

 better time for a full display of Dryas odopetala (one plant 

 of which was found, Jlore j^lc'iio), Primula Scotica (also P. 

 stricta, which we did not see at all), and others. But 

 a few which had ceased flowering in the valley were in 

 good flower up the hill, e.g. Saxifraga oppositifolia and >S'. 

 cceqiitosa. We were told that nothing was to be gained by 

 botanising from any of the other " stations," as no notable 

 plants were to be found there which are not to be got from 

 Kongsvold. . If time had permitted, however, we should 

 have liked to test this, as some (jf tlie copses, lakes, and 

 marshes which we passed, both in driving up the mountains 

 and afterwards in driving down on the other side, looked 

 very tempting. One could not help remarking the absence 

 from Knutslio of some flowers wliich would have been 

 looked for on our own high mountains, such as our heathers, 

 Alchemilla alpina, Thymus Serpyllnm. The ground where 

 these might have been expected was mostly covered with 

 Betida nana, Azalea procAi/mhcn'^, Arctostap)hylos, etc. 

 DigiUdis purpnrca was not to be seen anywhere. Its 

 place seemed to be taken by another deadly poison, 

 Aeonitum napelhis. A beautiful sight was occasionally met 

 with in the shape of a natural rock-garden far up the hill. 

 The exquisite grouping of rare Alpines, of lovely shades of 

 red, white, blue, and yellow, in such a place was very 

 striking, and could not be surpassed in any l)otanic 

 garden. 



I observed a Lcontudon on the roadside at Kongsvold, 

 evidently different from our L. Taraxacuvh, but I did not 

 examine it particularly. I now see from the " Norsk 



