THE FLOWERS OF KOLGUEV 409 



Nardosmia frigida Hook. 



This was not only one of the earliest plants to flower, but probably 

 the most widely distributed plant on Kolguev. It resembled the 

 Coltsfoot ( Tussilago Farfard) in that the radical leaves appeared long 

 after those of the flower stem. By the time the flower was in seed the 

 base of the stalk was surrounded by a mass of stout leaves. The nests 

 of the shore-lark were lined with the pappus of this plant. 



Leontodon Taraxacum L. Dandelion. 



The dandelion flowered very late on Kolguev, where it was generally 

 distributed. In very many cases it never seeded. It was one of the 

 few plants still in flower when we left the island under snow on 

 September 19. 



Hieracium alpinum L. Alpine Hawkweed. 



This fine hawkweed was exceedingly local on Kolguev. I found it 

 only on one gravelly ridge to the east of the Gobista Mountains. 



Senecio palustris DC. 



In Britain this interesting plant has become so exceedingly rare that 

 at the present time it is said to be found only in a single fen. As I 

 had never seen it before I was delighted when I found it growing to the 

 height of some 1 foot 6 inches in a fringe round Swan Lake. It 

 requires mud, and therefore is absent altogether from Lake Kriva, nor 

 did I see it by Soldonoida. 



Saussurea alpina DC. 



Common on hilly slopes in August. 



CAMPANULACE.E 



Campanula rotundifolia L. Harebell. 



I found but a single plant of the harebell, viz., on August 27, in the 

 Gobista Hills. 



