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Sabine Island (Chr. Kruuse). 



On the strand round Germania Harbour was found a rather 

 broad zone of a strand-flora consisting of: Carex glareosa, 

 C. salhia v. subspathacea^ Glyceria vilfoidea^ Halianthus peploi- 

 des^ Stellaria hmnifusa, Cochlearia officinalis v. groenlandica 

 and Armeria vulgaris v. sibirica. 



Behind (north of) the harbour is a small bog, or rather a river- 

 bed with very flat bottom and gentle inclination. Here were noted: 



Ranunculus 'pygmæus, R. hyperboreus, Saxifraga rivularis, 

 S. nivalis f. tenuis^ Koenigia islandica, Juncus biglumis, 

 Eriophorum Scheuchzeri, E. polystachium., Carex lagopina^ 

 Alopecurus alpinus. 



Between the phanerogams and along the margin of the 

 bog the following mosses were coverforming: 



Polytrichum sexangulare, Astrophyllum hymenophylloides^ 



Timmia austriaca^ Philonotis fontana, Bryum obtusifolium, B. 



arcticum, Pohlia nutans, Leersia spathidata, Ditrichum fiexi- 



caule, Amblystegium giganteum, Hypnum turgidum^ Myurella 



julacea, Schwartzia montana and Stereodon chryseus. 



Contiguous to this bog was a sharp-cut, V-shaped, stream- 

 let-cleft, on the sandy sides of which were noted: 



Chamænerium latifolium, Draha alpina, Cardamine belli- 

 difolia, Ranuncidus pygmæus, Saxifraga cernua, S. decipiens, 

 S. stellaris f. comosa, S. oppositifolia v. pulvinata, Juncus 

 biglumis, Luzula confusa, Festuca ovina, Poa abbreviata and 

 Equisetum arvense. The tufts, which were but few cm apart, 

 were all large and richly flowering. 



In the valley itself, between the Hasenberg and the 

 Germaniaberg, and up the low foot of the latter the loose 

 soils consisted of red, sanded clay strown with !oose, abt. 

 10 cm large blocks. Both the clay and the blocks originate 

 with the basalt which forms the rocks of the island. On the 

 foot of the mountain lie many large snowdrifts, from which 

 the meltingwater oozes down and steeps the ground to a soft, 



