180 NOTES ON THE FLORA OF THE F2ROES, 
breadth); Naalsoe; and a little of the north part of Osteroe. The 
whole group is of volcanic origin, consisting of basalts and bedded 
tuffs, with scanty deposits of till or boulder-clay ; and there are 
often ea varying in depth from two to six or eight feet, on 
low groun 
There is little in this flora to impress the ordinary traveller, 
save the facts that it greatly resembles that of Britain, and is de- 
cidedly poorer. One misses man 
on : 
rry, honeysuckle and hawthorn; and though stunted plants of 
heather are to be met with, there is no rich growth of them to 
clothe and colour ibe hillsides. The Froese Ley Pans: that of 
cies 
cory a, Papaver nudicaule, Angelica Archangelica, + Kenigia 
Tolandica, and Carex halophila—are arctic plants which have their 
southern limit in these islands; while the remainder :—Ranunculus 
glacialis, Arabis alpina, Potentilla ambigua (possibly a species = 
distinct from the English P. alpestris), Polygala amara, and “ 
yngbyet,—re-appear as alpines of Southern Europe. There 
Angelica Archangelica, and A. sylvestris—we did not find the last. 
Perhaps the best way of recording observations will be presently 
to state the species noticed by us in the varied habitats—cultivate : 
ground, low Ln ap of a ls, atindl sea-shore, cliffs, among 
rocks of the trap terraces, and on the mountain heights. A fel 
Beenie. the ao! spotted palmate rohil and the alpine lady’s ae oe for 
e e—occur in many situations. iets sedges, 
are abundant and varied, and, being a feature in alpine vegotaniti. 
we much regretted our inability to distinguish their species, an 
e © mosses and lichens, which cover the large angular 
blocks of stone thickly scattered on the hills. Lecanora tartarca 
and Parmelia saxa ichen tartareus and L. saxatilis of Landt, 
a Danish writer e Feroes early in the century) are much 
rnes Flora, en floristisk skitse, hovedsagelig grundet paa —— 
rejeer paa deen: oer, foretagne i sommeren 1867 af cand. phil. C. A. Feilberg 
seminarielerer E. Rostrup. Af E. Rostrup (Sirskild aftryk af Botanisk Tid. 
skrift. Kjobenhavn, 1870 
+ Of th ge — plants ‘mentioned b y Rostrup as n in England, 
Archangelica, P, amara 5 (Veneta vile ae mandi aad Arabis 
alpina vie ay Skye), are admitted to our lists. We do not, however, possess 
ere Senior is; and one or two others which he does not name as 
foreign to our country.—J. C . M, 
