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The Glutton [Mustela Gulo) goes no higher 

 than this. The berries of Rubiis Chaince- 

 morus still ripen here, but not at a greater 

 degree of elevation. 



5. Now no more brushwood is to be 

 seen. The white Saliz lanata is not above 

 two feet high, even about the rivulets, and 

 Salix myi'sinites is of still more humble 

 growth. Betiila Jiana occupies the drier 

 situations, but creeps entirely upon the 

 ground. The hills are clothed with the 

 rather brown than green Azalea prociim- 

 hens and Azalea lapponica, which give this 

 zone its most peculiar feature. Verdant 

 spots between the precipices, where the 

 sun has the greatest power, produce Lych^ 

 711S apetala, Erigeron unijiorum^ A sir aga- 

 his leontinus^ and montanus, with Ophrys 

 alpina. In boggy places Air a alpina^ Ca- 

 7'ex ustulata, and Vaccinium idiginosum 

 are observable. The only berries however 

 which ripen at this degree of elevation, are 



* Jacq. Ic. Rar. i. 154. mild. Sp. PL v. 3. 1287- 



