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ils mariîin were seen remnants of llie bushes. Thus I saw in 

 one place a Salix wliicli, thoiif.^h yet aMve, had its root naked 

 in a lenjrlh of 156 cm. 



It was absohitely evident that the wind broke up the sur- 

 face and destroyed the iiealh so tliat this tract of land in the 

 course of a few years will acquire a similar appearance to 

 that of the above-mentioned stony plains in Klitdalen. The 

 prevalent wind here, as there, was northern, and the destruction 

 especially advanced in the direction from west to east. 



Farther up the country the heath became much more lux- 

 uriant, up to from 10 to 15 cm high, and consisted, besides 

 the above-mentioned, of Luzula confusa, L. spicata, Poa pra- 

 tensis, P. alpina, Silène acaulis, Saxlfraga oppositifolia, Pe- 

 ■dicularis hirsuta, Erigeron miiflorus, and Betula nana. The 

 sides of the river-valleys, which were here strewn with blocks 

 •of ammonite-sandstone, were abundantly covered by Vaccinium 

 and Betula, and the bottom of the valley with a covering of 

 Equisetum arvense, amongst which were scattered Oxyria, 

 Cerastium trigynum, and Koenigia. 



List of all tlie vascular plants hitherto 

 known from Scoresby Sund'). 



Dryas octopetala. Cliamœnerium latifolium. 



— — * integrif^olia. Empetrum nigrum. 



Potentilla pulchella. Silène acaulis. 



— maculata. Viscaria alpina 



— emarginata. Melandrium apetalum. 



— nivea. — involucratum v. 

 Silhaldia procumhens. — triflorum. 

 Alchitnilla glomerulans Sagina Linnœi. 

 Hippuris vulgaris. — nivalis. 

 Callitriche verna v. minima. Alsine biflora. 

 Epilobium anagallidifolium. — stricta. 



1) cpr. N. Hartz, Medd. om Grønland, XVIII. 190.i. 



