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Viewed from a long distance here as there are seen green 

 bands stretching horizontally across the mountain, evidently 

 corresponding to the beds of the basalt. In below the «hammers» 

 {rock ledges) there is always a narrow relatively quiet belt, where 

 humus may collect and fine dust from the mountain slides 

 settle down, while the big stones rolling downwards skip over; 

 and here is found the most luxuriant vegetation, the greenest 

 green in these tracts. 



On the 25*^ of July I made a trip to the other side of 

 the sound, chiefly in order to investigate some large whitish- 

 yellow spots which could be discerned by the telescope from 

 up the mountain side north of the sound; they were found 

 to consist of white-burned schist (abt. 550 m above the level 

 of the sea). 



While the lowland was barren and desolate, cross furrowed 

 by melting-water and avalanches, torn open by downs lidden 

 blocks, in short as mentioned above, the vegetation got richer 

 and more luxuriant in proportion as one came up the mountain. 



Abt. 250 m above the level of the sea were seen large 

 continuous carpets of decumbent Betula nana and Vaccinium 

 uUginosum, at the edges bordered by Empetrum. Here were 

 also noted the following species all in flower: Pedicularis flam- 

 mea, Sedum Rhodiola, Silène acaulis, Juncus trifidus, Cerastium 

 alpinum, Taraxacum croceum, Antennaria alpina, Polygonum 

 viviparum, Sibbaldia, Veronica saxatilis, Carex scityoidea, 

 Potentilla maculata. Here was found a humble-bees' nest dug 

 out by some animal (fox?) and lemmings. Abt. 4.50 m above 

 sea level were only quite little dwarfspecimens of Euphrasia 

 latifolia on gravel. 



In the basalt-debris abt. 550 m above the sea-level: 

 Equisetum variegatu7n^ Salix arctica and glauca, Campanula 

 7'otundifolia (very low stalk, but large, deep blue flowers), Are- 

 naria ciliata with a great many flowers ($, Ç), Poa glauca, 

 Saxifraga nivalis, oppositifolia and tricuspidata ; the latter 



