Mosses 



collected at and in the neighbourhood of Maristuen in the summer of 1886 



by 

 Sophie Meller and O. H. Binste-.d. 



Maristuen is situate in S. Bergenhus Amt, lat. 61° 9' N. r 

 long. 25° 41' E. of Ferro, on the W. slope of the Filefjeld and 

 780 m', above sea-level. On one side of the hill-lodge, in a 

 deep bed, run the cold waters of the Lærdalselv, which in 

 1886, owing to the abundant contributions from the masses of 

 snow lying on the surrounding hills, had scarcely, on any day, 

 a temp, exceeding 5° C. In a S. and E. direction, beneath the 

 Blejafjeld, luxuriant birchwoods form a wide-stretching screen, 

 and amongst the débris from the cliffs there is a rich moss-vege- 

 tation, of which however the number of species is in inverse 

 ratio to the great wealth of specimens. Several small rivers 

 and brooks convey the water from Bleja to the Lærdalselv, 

 and the largest of these, lying farthest to the S. forms, high 

 up under the fjeld, a waterfall, where in especial. Wébera 

 commutata is prevalent, both upon the stones in the river and 

 upon both its banks. N. of Maristuen the old old road rises 

 steeply, and by the side of this, on the high-fjeld, stretches 

 marsh after marsh, where the same species of mosses occur 

 with an almost wearisome regularity and sameness. In a N-E. 

 direction, on the top of the plateau, lies Suletind. On that 

 part of the Filefjeld, which the high-road now crosses, occur 

 also numberless marshes and boggy places, but among these 

 Slutemyr, lying between the upper and lower Smedal lakes, 

 yielded certainly the most interesting find, as there were dis- 



