CHAPTEE XVI 



THE WILD FLOWEKS OF NORWAY 



By Eva Tindall 



Pakt I. — Pecvliarity of Distribution 



The most casual observer will have noticed, whilst 

 travelling in Norway, the iinusually large size and 

 brilliancy of colouring of even such common wild 

 flowers as the Harebell {Campanula rotundifolia) and 

 the Pansy {Viola tricolor), besides the frequent occur- 

 rence of specimens hitherto totally unknown to him. 

 To one more deeply interested in the study of botany, 

 the peculiarity of the distribution of the Norwegian 

 flora will suggest matter for consideration. He will 

 have observed that the flora of one locality differs 

 greatly from that of another, and that for no apparent 

 reason. If he has not confined his excursion to the 

 coast, but travelled inland, and crossed on foot moun- 

 tains varying from 3000 to 5000 feet in height, he will 

 have found one mountain-top covered with greyish 

 yellow lichens, whilst at a similar height on another 

 mountain, especially on slaty ground, he will have met 

 with a profusion of alpine plants, some few inches in 



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