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and Thalictrum have here their northernmost known habitats 

 on the east-coast. 



The valley in the south-western corner of Fle- 

 ming Inlet (Chr. Kruuse). 



On Aug. 26*'' Deichmann and I landed in the broad valley 

 which shoots inland from the head of the inlet towards north- 

 west. Through the valley flows a goodly stream, which has cut 

 out in the bottom of the valley a cleft of up to 7 metres' 

 depth, and . which at the spot where it enters the inlet forms 

 an enormous river-cone of débris crossed by delta arms and 

 strewn with rocks and waterground stones. These are found 

 arranged in walls, 50 — 200 cm high, which radiate fanshape 

 from the mouth of the river; between the walls are hollows 

 with no vegetation, but often strewn with sticks and fragments 

 of plants. The whole of the cone of débris is evidently relaid 

 every spring, and only the heaviest blocks are allowed to re- 

 main undisturbed. Upon the walls Chamœnerium latifolium 

 formed a magnificent red 25 cm high cover, in which were 

 noted: Sagina nivalis, Cerastium alpinum,, Arahis alpina, 

 Koenigia islandica, Oxyria digyna, Poa alpina, Festuca rubra 

 and Phippsia algida. 



The bottom of the valley lies about 30 metres above the 

 level of the sea, and up to it leads a rather steep south- ex- 

 posed slope covered with herbaceous plants, which formed 

 a luxuriant, 5 — 15 cm high, fresh green cover. Here were 

 noted: Potentilla maculata, P. nivea, Sibbaldia procumbens, 

 Silène acaulis, Sagina nivalis, Alsine biflorâ, Cerastium al- 

 pitium, C. trigynum, Draba hirta, D. alpina, Arabie alpina, 

 Thalictrum alpinum, Saxifraga cernua, S. nivalis, S. hiera- 

 cifolia, S. decipiens, S. rividaris, S. oppositifoUa f. reptans, 

 Veronica alpina, Antennaria alpina f. glabrata, Erigeron uni- 

 florus. Taraxacum croceuni, T. phymatocarpum, Polygonum 

 viviparum, Oxyria digyna, Salix herbacea, Salix groenlandica, 

 Trisetum subspicatum, Festuca rubra, Poa alpina, Poa cenisia. 



