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gallidifoliumj Silène acaulis, Arenaria ciliata, Alsine biflora, 

 A. verna v. rubella, Draba hirta, D. Fladnizensis, D. arctica, 

 D. alpina, Arabis alpina, Thalictrum alpinnm, Ranunculus 

 pygmæus (partly f. Langeana], Saxifraga nivalis, S. stellaris 

 V. comosa, S. decipiens, Rhodiola, Cassiope hypnoides, Anten- 

 naria alpina, Erigeron uniflorus, Polygonum viviparum, Juncus 

 biglumis, Luzula confusa, Carex lagopina^ Alopecurus alpina, 

 Hierochloa alpina, Triselum, and Ardagrostis latifolia. 



Higher up, between 170 and 250 m above the level of 

 the sea, upon the slopes surrounding the valley the loose 

 layers of soil consisted of gravel with numerous much weath- 

 ered blocks. They were incompletely covered by low heather- 

 moor with large open patches where the gravel slips down. 

 Here were noted: Empetrum, Vaccinium, Cassiope tetragona, 

 Dryas odopetala, Arctostaphylos alpina, Betula nana, Salix 

 herbacea, Fedicularis lapponica, Carex nardina, C. rupestris, 

 C. misandra, Hierochloa alpina, Pyrola grandiflora and Draba 

 alpina. 



Finally the open tableland above Neills Klipper was 

 covered by rocky-flat formation, the most conspicuous plant of 

 which was Salix groenlandica. It did not rise 3 cm above 

 the ground, the boughs were at most 5 mm thick and not 

 exceeding 40 cm in length with very few leaves. After the 

 willow Dryas odopetala f. minor and Papaver radicatum were 

 the most prominent plants, and the vegetation is exactly con- 

 gruent with the description given by Hartz in "Medd. om Grl." 

 XVni, p. 135. This vegetation stretches, as far as we have been 

 able to ascertain, over the whole east side of Jameson Land 

 along Neills Klipper, and is succeded only in valleys and 

 beds of brooks by heath or pools. It certainly is dependent on 

 the wind-open nature of the tableland ; here the snow can 

 only make a very thin cover in winter; it melts quickly away, 

 and the place is soon as dry as a bone. No perennial plant 

 can rise considerably above the ground, as in that case it 



