416 



Ørsted's Valley (Chr. Ivriuise). 



Close inside tlie beach was a low flat, which had evidently 

 been covered by water at an earlier time of the year. It was 

 covered with a dense carpet of mosses, liverworts and algae, 

 amongst which C/iomocarpo>i commutatus, Sauteria alpina and, 

 chiefly, Marchantia polymorpha v. alpestris were prevalent. In 

 the mosscover stood with abt. 30 cm' interval a great many 

 1— 5 cm tall, hemispherical tufts of phanerogams, which were 

 made to stand out greatly by the dark, one-coloured bottom. 

 Here were noted: 



Dryas octopetala f. minor, Silena acaulis, Sagina Linaei, 

 Alsina biflora, A. venia v. rubella, Arenaria ciliata, Stellaria 

 humifiisa, Cerastium alpinum, Cochlearia officinales v. groen- 

 landica f. minor, Draba alpina, D. Fladnizensis, Bray a pur- 

 purascens, Cardamine bellidifolia, Saxifraga ojjpositifolia f. 

 pulvinata, S. oppositifolia v. Nathorsti, S. aizoides, S. cernua, 

 Ranunculus altaicus, R. nivalis, R. pygmœus, Pedicularis hir- 

 suta, Koenigia islandica. Polygonum viviparum f. alpinum, 

 Oxyria digyna, Salix arctica, Luzula confusa, J uncus biglumis, 

 Poa alpina, Glyceria vilfoidea, Carex incurva, C. salina v. 

 subspathacea, Equisetum arvense and variegatum f. anceps. 



Pingel's Valley (N. Hartz). 



Aug. 26*^^. In Pingel's valley, which stretches from the 

 south-eastern corner of Fleming Inlet in about easterly direc- 

 tion I found a somewhat more luxuriant vegetation than in 

 Ørsted's valley, more vigorous heath {Cassiope tetragona) and 

 herby slopes, with fresh green grasses and herbs, and a 

 thick, black mould-layer, probably abt. 6 — 7km from the 

 beach. Here were found in several small moist clefts traversed 

 by brooks the following plants: Botrychium lunaria. Veronica 

 alpina, Sibbaldia procumbens, Thalictrum alpinum, Euphrasia 

 latifolia. 



The four first-mentioned: Botrychium, Veronica, Sibbaldia 



