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one from the soiilli, the other Irom the iiorlh, and the case is 

 much the same with the /)r//a.s-specimens (Fif,'. 10). The f^Tonnd 

 between the phanerogams is mainly naked, and even the lichens 

 are greatly cowed and worn. The scantiness of the vegetation 

 is, however, due chielly to scarcity of water and, secondly, to 

 want of shelter. 



At a somewhat greater distance from 

 the blnlT the surface descends to flat de- 

 pressions partly without outlets, partly with 

 outlets in narrow clefts, which cut through 

 the terrace and are formed by brooks, 

 now partly dried up or nearly waterless. 

 Here is found a somewhat richer and, above 

 all, higher vegetation, which is, liowever, 

 only exceptionally able to cover the bot- 

 tom. I noted: 



Melandrium apetalum, Stellaria lon- 

 gipes, Saxifraga opposai folia, S. nivalis 

 V. tenuis, Armeria sibirica, Pedicularis 

 hirsuta, P. flammea, Rhododendroti lap- 

 ponicum, Vaccinium, Arnica alpina, Salix 

 groenlandica, Polygonum ^Juncus higlumis, 

 J. arcticus, J. castaneus, Ëriophorum 



Scheuchzeri, E. polystachium, Carex nar- 

 Fig. 10. Dryas octope- y l y ; 



tola. Liverpool Land. A <^«'««; G. rigida, C. rariftora, C. rupestris, 

 highly windworn speci- C. lagopina, C. ursina, C. capillaris, 



men. del. H. Olrik. ^, • tt- 7i- , t-i • , 



brtycena v aliiiana and hquisetum arvense. 



Farther inward, towards the east, this vegetation, which 

 in the most humid localities had the appearance of pools without 

 continuous cover, is continued in a luxuriant ('assiope-\\Qdi\h 

 with a dense, 10 — 15 cm high cover. The few herhs were quite 

 secundary. F noted here: 



Potentilla maculata, Cerastium alpinuni v. lanatum, Draha 

 alpina, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Pedicularis hirsuta, Erigeron 



