278 SPORT IN NORWAY. 



Drivstuen, impart a yellowish tint to the dark boggy earth on 

 which it grows. 



R. PYGM2EUS, Fl. D. tah. 144. General up to the hirch-limit, 

 and is found even up to the snow-patches, but not so high up as 

 the last. It is a very diminutive plant. 



R. HYPERBOREUS, Fl. D. tab. 331. Found on marshy, boggy 

 places ; plentiful on the road over Harhakken ; near Fogstuen 

 and Kongsvold, west of the bridge over the Driv ; and by the 

 road between Jerkin and Jerkin sfeter, in Hviddal. Its limit 

 appears to be about 200 feet above that of the birch. 



Jerkin is an excellent station for the botanist, and will at the 

 same time afford ample employment for trout-rod and gun. 

 First-rate accommodation. 



R. ATJRICOMUS. Common in meadows near Fogstuen and 

 Kongsvold. 



R. POLYANTHEMOS, Fl. D. tab. 1,700. Here and there in 

 Drivdalen, and on the Fjeld sides by Drivstuen up to the 

 fir-limit. 



The fir (Pinus sylvestris) limit has been placed at 2,950 feet 

 under lat. 62, at 1,800 feet under lat. 64.' The limit of Pinus 

 alias is 2,600 feet to 2,800 feet under lat. 62, 1,600 feet to 1,800 

 feet under lat. 64. 



R. ACRIS (common). A variety, R. PTTMILUS, found chiefly on 

 high ground up to the snow patches. 



R. REPENS. At Jerkin it vanishes a little below the birch- 

 limit. 



R. AQUATILIS. In the largest lake in Hviddal. 



CALTHA PALUSTRIS, L. ; Fl. D. tab. 668. Is found in places 

 above the birch-limit. At Harbakken it grows at a height of 

 4,297 Rh. F. A variety (/3 RADICANS) found occasionally in 

 streams flowing from the glaciers on Knudshoe, Blaahoe, Nystu- 

 hoe, &c. 



BATRACHIUM CONFERVOIDES. Occasional in marshy places 

 between Jerkin and Fogstuen. 



ACONITUM SEPTENTRIONALE, Fl. D. tab. 123. Disappears 

 at about the birch-limit ; flowers, blue, white, and sometimes 

 yellow. 



ACT^IA SPICATA, L. ; Fl. D. tab. 498. Grows between Kongs- 

 vold and Drivstuen, where it vanishes at about 100 to 200 feet 

 above the fir-limit. 



