THE LAND-VEGETATION OF THE FAROES 133 
to the genus assis of whioh vast paste oi are often foun 
without even a flower; Gardiner, in his Flor a of Forfarshire, says 
that neither he nor a shepherds have seen a Forfar specimen of 
"Few of the epdcion seem absolutely restricted to the mountains. 
Twenty-two are given as only found on the on eae plateaux 
(300 to 800 metres), while another twelve so found e ceptionally 
descend to the lower owe Of the spied contrasting lists given 
0 7. “Rocky flat 
at various altitudes, 265 m 50 m., tha 
on the southern slope of. re mountain “Pog altitude about 
510 m., may be compared with the War ll of Hoy in the 
Orkneys, alt. ied feet. On Fuglé Bahr - no Arctostaphylos 
Uva-ursi, A. alpi Vaccinium uliginosum, Saxifraga aizordes, 
S. appositifolia, “Asalea procumbens, Saussurea alpina, Ajuga 
pyr amidahs, D , Oxyria, or Draba incana ; while on the Ward 
bacea (?), Kenigia, Poa eee Pobjgnvmnt: viviparum, Carex 
rigida (?), or Alchemilla alpina 
Under the heading “ Plant meet the author quotes 
J. Bema atsky,+} who makes three divi ; 
formation ; 3. Derelict formations. i ‘Ostenfeld considers that 
t 
some parts of England gives some remarkable aspects. In Suffolk 
and Norfolk on the “ Breck-lan lands,” large fields, originally i 
cts -— 
Pa 1. Halophile formations, with four subdivisions; 2. Subalpine 
formations, with four subdivisions, and six minor subdivisions ; 
3. Alpine formations, with three subdivisions; 4. The vegetation 
of the sea-fowl cliffs; 5. Formations in the cultivated area, with 
three subdivisions. 
The author gives numerous lists after each subdivision of the 
dominant and subdominant ~ geronts = one doubts if these can 
be always maintained, as the examples are too 
te to be convincing. 
weeds of the Bin oat, and bere fields are eee 
Tetrahit, Avena sativa, Montia lamprosperma + 
media, Poa trivialis, Ranunculus repens, —— penis ative 
of the “Bo ibaa tion | 43 grass-meadows, secon weeds, &e. 
. dh Balai caiiac eeentaa nen oe 
“aa ne pp. 8. 
