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lay 4 — 12 cm lower than the middles of the hillocks. The 

 vegetation was found in the ditches, while the hillocks were, 

 as a rule, bare. 



On the humid clayey bottom the vegetation was heath made 

 up of: Cassiope tetragona, Vaccinium uliginosiim, Silène acau- 

 lis , Pedicularis hirsuta and Papaver radicatum. Less fre- 

 quently were found: Dryas odopetala, Cerastium alpinum v. 



Fig. 13. Hie liurde) belweiiii Casssiope- and Drz/as-heath. Klildalen. 

 (From photo, by Chr. Krimjse). 



lanatum, Stellaria humifusa, Dr aha alpina, D. nivalis, D. arc- 

 tica, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Pyrola grandiflora, Polygonum 

 viviparum, Betula nana and Salix arctica v. groenlandica. On 

 the moist spots the vegetation was highly tuft-shaped, and among 

 the heath-bushes were found : 



Potentilla maculata, Ranunculus pygmceus, Saxifraga stel- 

 laris v. comosa, S. aizoides, Rhododendron lapponicum, Pedi- 

 cularis flammea, Juncus higlumis, Eriophorum Scheuchzeri, E. 



