188 Dr Craig on the Excursion of [sess. lii. 



down from the " immense ice masses of Hardanger J0kel 

 (6350 feet high). The Ypringsfos pours down its tremendous 

 volume of frothing water into the grandest cauldron of all 

 in Norway." 



After an early breakfast we started on our journey. The 

 first part of the way was across the moraine, on which Vik 

 stands, as far as Eidfjordvand — a lake several miles in length. 

 Along the side of this lake a road is being constructed, which, 

 for the most part, is blasted out of the solid rock. We 

 landed at the head pf the lake at a village called Ssebbe, 

 The fields here of barley and rye were much ergotised, and 

 fine specimens of ergot were gathered by our party. Here 

 two valleys meet — the one formed by the river Bjoreia, and 

 the other the Jolmodal. The V0ringfos is on the former, 

 and we accordingly kept the banks of that river. Shortly 

 after leaving the lake we found Aspleniimi septentrionale, 

 Hull ; Verbascum nigrum, Linn. ; Impatiens Noli-me-tangere, 

 Linn. ; Aconitum se'ptcntrioncde, K0ll. — a beautiful plant, 

 which was found both in fiower and fruit. On the sides of 

 the road we saw several large patches of Linnwa horcalis, 

 Gronov., in fine fiower. Shortly before reaching the V0ring- 

 fos we saw several large beds of Campanula latifolia, Linn. ; 

 and higher up we passed large quantities of Midgcdium 

 alpinum. Less. ; and close to the waterfall on the rocks we 

 gathered Saxifraga oppositifolia, Linn. ; >S'. nivalis, Linn. ; S. 

 stellaris, Linn.; S. aizoides, Linn., and var. aurantiaca ; S. 

 ccespitosa, Linn., and S. Cotyledon, Linn., some specimens of 

 which were very large. The view of this waterfall was 

 grand in the extreme. The volume of water is large, and it 

 makes a clear leap of oOU feet into the cauldron beneath, 

 and the volume of spray rises much higlier tlian the fall 

 itself. 



Among the plants gathered in this excursion may be 

 mentioned — Tkalidrum minus, Liini. ; Arahis petra^a, Lam. ; 

 SUene acaulis, Linn. ; >S'. ru2}eslris, Linn. ; Cerastium alpinum, 

 Linn., several varieties ; Stellaria nemorum, Linn. ; Astragalus 

 orohoidcs,I{orn(im. ; Fotentillamacidata,VowQr; Scdum album, 

 Linn. ; Circma alpina, Linn. ; Angelica Archangdica, Linn. ; 

 Cornus suecica, Linn. ; Scabiosa Columbaria, Linn. ; Urigeron 

 acre, Linn. ; Actium Lappa, Linn. ; Saussurea alpina, DC. ; 

 Lactuca muralis, Fresen. ; Pyrola sccunda, Linn. ; Bartsia 



