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alpina, Linn ; Calamintlia Acinos, Moench. ; Polygonum tar- 

 taricum, Linn.; Goody era rcpens, E, Br.; Maianthemum Con- 

 vallaria, Eoth ; Jiincus trifidus, Linn. ; J. triglumis, Linn. ; 

 Phleiim alpimtm, Linn. ; Woodsia ilvensis, E. Br. ; Struthiop- 

 teris germanica, "VVilld., &c. We were again favoured with 

 a fine day. We reached our hotel in good time for dinner 

 all dehghted with our excursion to the V0ringfos. 



Tuesday, IQth August. — Our excursion to-day was to the 

 Simodal — a valley which has been well called " a gloomy 

 gorge of wild grandeur." To get to the Simodal we had to 

 hire two small boats, in which the whole party was accom- 

 modated. Mr Hans Neishem, the younger of the two 

 brothers, accompanied us as our guide. After a row of an 

 hour up the small branch of the fjord, we landed at a village 

 called Soed. The lower end of the valley is very fertile, and 

 we saw several fields of barley and of rye largely ergotised. 

 For several miles we had a good road. On the sides of the 

 road we saw large quantities of Verhascum nigrum, Linn., 

 which is common in this district of Norway. The Carum 

 Carui, Linn., was abundant everywhere. On our way up the 

 glen we passed, on our right hand, a magnificent waterfall, 

 called Skytjafos. The river which forms this waterfall comes 

 down from the south of the great glacier called Hardanger 

 J0kel (6350 feet high). The river has a clear plunge of 

 " 700 feet, and then rebounding from a shelf of rock descends, 

 in graceful, lace-like folds, in a twin-fall of some hundred 

 feet to the d(^bris." The volume of water was very great, 

 and the view extremely grand. Having crossed this river, 

 we kept the course of the other river, which is the larger of 

 the two, and we soon came into excellent botanising ground. 

 We saw on the roadside Woodsia ilvensis, E. Br., but not so 

 abundantly as on the previous days ; also Struthiopteris ^cr- 

 mamca, Willd. ; Polygonatum vcrticillatum, All. ; Maianthemum, 

 Convallaria, Eoth ; Paris quadrifolia, Linn. A little higher up 

 the glen, we passed through a ravine literally full of Ca7}ipan- 

 ula latifulia, Linn., in all shades of colour, from the normal 

 blue to pure white. It was a sight worth going a long dis- 

 tance to see. We found some plants of Salix Caprea with very 

 large leaves. We also gathered by the roadside Piumex olpinus, 

 Linn. Near this spot Professor Trail gathered Adoxa Mos- 

 chatellina, Linn, a plant which, according to Blytt's Flora, had 



