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Idcca^ Nvliicli in llie cliecks lies iii irregular folds of abl. 7 min 

 lieifihl (see \\>j:. 8). 



The inmost part of the flats, which is liigliest located, is 

 very much washed out, and here the loose layers of soil con- 

 sist of sand and gravel, whicii is nearly bare and drifts a 

 little; here are only found a few decumbent, iiighly windworn 

 individuals of Salix groenlandica (with Melampsora arctica) 

 Silène and Elyna Bellardi. 



In crevices and upon ledges as well as upon the rocks is 

 found a powerful vegetation consisting of: 



Dnjas octopetala^ Potentilla pulchella f. elatior, P. nivea, 

 Empetrum, Silène, Melandrium triftorum, Stellaria longipes^ 

 Cerastium aljnnum, Arenaria ciliata, Lesquerella arctica, Saxi- 

 fraga oppositifolia f. pulvinata, Rhodiola, Arctostaphylos al- 

 pina, Pedicnlaris hirsuta, Taraxacum phymatocarpum , Erige- 

 ron uniflorus, Arnica alpina, Polygonum^), Salix glauca, Be- 

 tida nana, Luzula spicata, Carex incurva, Poa alpina, P. 

 glauca f. elatior, P. pratensis, and Cystopteris fra gilts. 



Finally Glyceria vilfoidea, G. angustata, Stellaria humi- 

 fusa, Cochlearia officinalis v. groenlandica, and Carex ursina 

 grow near the sea. 



Jameson Land of Fame Islands (Chr. Kruuse). 



From V argodd en towards Nathorst Fjæld extends a 

 low sandy flat crossfurrowed by the delta arms of the streams 

 and by dry, abandoned ditches; it is evidently a marine terrace, 

 the building up of which is still being continued, an extensive 

 flat with 15 cm of water (and morei, which is partly dry at 

 low water, stretching outside the present, feebly marked coastline. 

 Its demarkation towards the deep water is distinctly marked 



') Very much injured by Picccinia septentrionalis and Sj^haerella hydro- 



piperis 



