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single rare plant. Neither will it repay one to explore 

 in the direction of Fold-dal. The attention of the 

 botanist should at once be directed to Blaahde, about 

 three miles and a half from Jerkin. It is best to start 

 early in the morning from the station, and, in order to 

 husband one's strength, to take a carriole to Volaso, 

 and from thence to walk by Volasd-saeter to Blaahoe. 

 In a birch copse along the mountain-path the Aira 

 atropurpurea will be found ; and further on, near the 

 foot of the Fjeld, the Mnium turgidum in abundance 

 on the marshes. The steepness of the Fjeld must not 

 damp the explorer's ardour ; it is not really so formi- 

 dable on approaching it closely. By boldly breasting 

 the ascent, and clambering up the furrows which the 

 snow-brooks and avalanches have ploughed into the 

 mountain side above the willow-limit, he will find him- 

 self more than compensated for the hard work he has 

 undergone.' "In no places," writes the Professor, 

 " have I found more beautiful and more varied forms of 

 the Draba and Saxifrage than here. Here, too, may 

 be found Papaver nudicaule, Carex fuliginosa, Luzula 

 areuata, Poa flexuosa, Poa minor, Poa dblreviata, 

 Salix polaris, &c." ' The same may also be found, but 

 more spread out over the ground, together with Saxi- 

 fraga stettaris, near Goutstiaa and Goutsti Fjeld, which 

 bounds it on the north. On Volasoberg, which lies 

 between Blaahoe and the lake, Salix polaris and 



