36 CARL SKOTTSBEEG, (Schwed. Südpolar-Exp. 
Explanatory notes to some of the plates. 
Plate Il. Here the distribution of Poa flabellata on the slope of Mt Duse near May 
Cove is clearly shown. Near the sea it forms a continuous cover, then getting more split 
up into patches; their dark colour on the photo contrasts well with the masses of debris 
between and round them. Below is the typical tundra-meadow of Zestwca erecta. 
Plate Ill. Illustrates the best growth-place for /oa, a beach of shingles. Some 
tussocks plainly show the basal part of the plant covered by dry, yellow blades, which also 
form the soft bed in the winding paths between the tussocks, the favourite resting-place of 
the sea-elephant. The hills in the background are clothed with the same plant. 
Plate IV. An old and large specimen of FPoa flabellata, of typical growth, from 
near the beach. The stick is ı5o cm high. 
Plate V. ı. A. general view of a part of “the plain”. The distribution of the 
tussockgrass is seen, as well as the dark brown Zolyfrichum-tundra. The rock in the fore- 
ground is one of the places where the petrophilous association was studied. Along the 
edge of the Penguin Stream a swampy tundra. The water is the Moraine Fjord. 2. Tundra- 
meadow in winter. The grass is Zestuca erecta; besides numerous dry fruit-heads of 
Acaena adscendens. 
Note. All the photographs were taken in May—June, i. e. at the beginning of the winter. 
