406 ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV 



Saxifraga rivularis L. 



This was perhaps the latest plant to flower with us. It was September 

 before I picked the first flower by our water-hole at Scharok. 



S. Hirculus L. 



The marsh saxifrage was abundant on all the damp places of Kolguev, 

 which were golden with it. Until the flower actually opens this plant 

 carries the head and upper part of the stalk drooping, but as the flower 

 opens the head becomes erect. When the petals fall the sepals turn 

 downwards, enclosing the stalk intimately, and the double-beaked seed- 

 capsule then in many instances changes in colour from a vivid apple- 

 green to a vivid crimson. 



S. stellaris L. Var. comosa Poir. 



This little saxifrage was very local. I found it on the Baroshika 

 banks only, I believe. 



S. nivalis L. 



Abundant near the sea. 



Parnassia palustris L. Grass of Parnassus. 



I was surprised to find grass of Parnassus extremely local in Kolguev. 

 I gathered it in the swamps of Solnoi Lake on August 12, and nowhere 

 else. 



Chrysosplenium altemifolium L. 



Grew all along the stream-sides — everywhere. 



CRASSULACE/E 



Sedum Rhodiola DC. Rose-root. 



Very abundant at Scharok, chiefly on the dry mud of the estuary 

 sides. 



