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Astragalus^ Allium 7ni/osotiSy CorydaliSj Valeriana, 

 Aretia, Ancb^osace, Dodecaiheon, DelpJmiium, and 

 Orobanche, which we found fartlier to the north. 



The strand Flora, whicli farther north remains 

 the same, without alteration, is formed particularly 

 by the Elymus iuollis, herb. Gorenk. Trinius in 

 Sprengel's Ent. ii., p. 72. Arenaria jieploides, 

 Pisum maritimum, several varieties of the Fidmon- 

 aria maritimay Willd., which are perhaps peculiar 

 species, parvijlora, Pursch. Cochlear ia officinalis 

 and Arnica maritima, which grows luxuriantly, and 

 branching on this island, but produces only one 

 flower in higher latitudes. We might add to this 

 Flora the Potentilla anserina. 



The sea along the coasts, and in the bays, is 

 rich in Alga^ and the Fucus esculentus, the sea- 

 cabbage of the Russians settled there, is distin- 

 guished among many species of gigantic Fucus. 



The mosses and lichens begin already at Oona- 

 lashka to occupy that great space in the Flora 

 which they maintain further northward. 



The island of St. George, with flatted ridges of 

 fragments of rock, and steep shores, forms a table 

 of tolerable height, and inconsiderable extent, to 

 which a plain joins on the east side. You per- 

 ceive the strata in the profiles of the shore : the 

 kind of rock appears to be clay porphyry, as at 

 Oonalashka, and large blocks of porous lava, partly 

 form the strand. 



The island of St. Paul is of greater extent, and 



