THE FLOWERS OF KOLGUEV 405 



Sibbaldia procumbens L. 



A common plant at Scharok, forming dense masses on the sides of 

 our camp water-course. 



Geum rivale L. Water Avens. 



This pretty plant, which I have seen dwarfed in a Hampshire water- 

 meadow, and luxurious round a lake in the Solovetskii Isles, was fairly 

 abundant in the river-bottoms of Kolguev, where it grew to a plant of 

 some six inches high. It did not flower well till August. 



Dryas octopetala L. 



The white dryas of the Derbyshire hills was common on the Gobista 

 Mountains and the Pugrinoy, flowering in the beginning of August. 



Alchemilla vulgaris L. Lady's mantle. 



This beautiful plant was one of the exceptions to the dwarfed 

 character of Kolguev plants. It grew at least as finely there as in 

 England. It often formed a brilliant green flooring to the damp passes 

 by which the sleigh tracks led from the gullies, where it grew so fast 

 that it kept pace with the melting of the snow. It did not flower till 

 the middle of July. 



SAXIFRAGACEiE 



Saxifraga csespitosa L. 



Generally distributed. 



S. cernua L. 



This is very widely distributed on the east side of Kolguev. I 

 brought back specimens nine inches high, while its average height was 

 six inches. This plant has little buds or bulbs in the axils of the leaves 

 on the upper part of the stem. I shot a young grouse on August 13 

 whose crop was full of these. 



