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rare ones e.g. Campanula uniflora, Ranunculus 

 nivalis, Poa flexuosa, Agrostis algida, Diapensia, 

 Salix polaris a clamber up the heights of Knudshde 

 is essential. 



Those plants which are not to be found in the 

 neighbourhood of Kongsvold are, Saxifraga hiera- 

 cifolia, S. stellaris /3 comosa, Pinguicula viUosa, Salix 

 pyrenaica-norvegica, Ardbis petrsea, Drdba muricefla, 

 Orchis cruenta, and Luzula arcuata. 



The following remarks which are almost a literal 

 translation from the account the late Prof. Blytt gave 

 of his visit to Kongsvold will be found valuable to the 

 botanist, and should therefore be borne in mind. 



' A couple of days should at least be devoted to Tofte. 

 On the first of these an excursion should be made on 

 the hills surrounding the Gaard, and on the heights 

 towards Harbakken. The following rare plants will be 

 found here : Oplirys alpina, Orchis cruenta, Kobresia 

 caricina, &c. On the following day a trip should be 

 taken to Storhoe, to look for Saxifraga hieracifolia. 

 A journey over Harbakken, along the old road to 

 Fogstuen, will be found to repay the trouble. A great 

 many of the common Fjeld plants may be gathered on 

 both sides of the road. Neither must Fogsaa be left 

 unexplored. To find Pinguicula villosa, the swampy 

 banks of the small lakes, about three-quarters of a mile 

 below the Gaard, must be visited ; it grows in plenty 



