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Luzula cotifusa, Carex scirpoidea, C. rigida, C. incurva, Juncus 

 bigluînis, Eriophorum Scheuchzeri, Ranunculus nivalis, R. altai- 

 cus, R. pygmæus f. Langeana, Campanula rotundifolia and 

 Woodsia glabella. 



The lop of tlie slope was covered by a high, luxuriant 

 heather-moor made up of: Dryas octopetala, Cassiope tetra- 

 gona, Vaccinium uliginosuin, Arctostaphylos alinna and Betula 

 nana, all with ripe fruit. Amongst them grew in lesser num- 

 bers: Empetriim nigrum, Alsine biflora, Cerastium alpinum, 

 Papaver radicatum, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Pedicularis hir- 

 suta, Pyrola gratidiflora , Arnica alpina, Luzida confusa, 

 Carex nardina and Poa alpina. 



At spots where earlier in the summer had been springs 

 were found covers of Philonotis fontana and small spots of 

 Leersia affinis, Chomocarpon commutatus, Cephalozia bicuspi- 

 data V. cavifoUa, Blepharostoma trichophylla, Jungermannia 

 quinquedentata, J. elongata and its f. alpestris. 



The bottom of the valley was very poor rocky-flat forma- 

 tion thinly covered with mosses (Pohlia spp., Anthelia, Grim- 

 miae) and lichens, and with very few phanerogams, among 

 which Silène acaidis, Salix arctica, Luzula confusa, and Carex 

 rigida were the most prominent. It was striped by wild brooks 

 and strewn with flat stones, among which numerous lemmings 

 had their burrows. The hound Jeanette indicated with certainty 

 which holes were inhabited, and digging out 30 burrows we 

 managed to capture 13 hving animals. 



Forsblads Fjord. 



Polhem' s Valley (N. Hartz). On the 28^^> of Aug. we went 

 ashore for some few hours' stay at Polhem's Valley on the north 

 side of the river. Here was found vigorous, now much desiccated 

 heath of a dark-brown shade made up as usually by Cassiope 

 tetragona. 



