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Saxifraga cernua, S. oppositifolia^ Rhodiola, Veronica alpina, 

 Fedicularis hirsuta, Antennaria аЦппа with f. glabrata, Eri- 

 geront uniflorus, Arnica alpitia, Taraxacum phymatocarpiim, 

 Oxyria digyna, Polygonum viviparum, Salix arctica v. groen- 

 landica, Luzula spicata, Trisetum, Poa alpina, Festuca ovina, 

 and Equisetum arvense. 



At an elevation of about 100 metres above the level of 

 the sea there was some solid rock, at the foot of which a small 

 strip of grassy slope had found shelter. Its plants were : Poa 

 glauca, P. pratensis, P. cenisia, Saxifraga nivalis, S. deci- 

 piens, Euphrasia latifolia, Gentiana tenella, Campanula ro- 

 tundifolia and C. uniflora. Beneath and upon the sides of the 

 grassy slope was a shred of heather-moor, made up nearly ex- 

 clusively of Vaccinium uliginosum with a spare intermixture of: 

 Potentilla nivea, Empetrum, Stellaria longipes, Cerastium al- 

 pinum, Draba hirta, Saxifraga сег?гиа, Phyllodoce caerulea, 

 Cassiope tetragona, Campanula rotundifoUa, Hieracium alpi- 

 num, Arnica alpina, Salix glauca, Poa glauca, P. pratensis 

 and Festuca rubra. 



The abovementioned little valley (150— 170 m above the 

 level of the sea) has sandy bottom and sides; on its western 

 side is a large snowdrift, and the said three little valleys are 

 filled with snow. The melting-water has dug little riverbeds 

 through the sand in the bottom of the valley. The soil is 

 fresh with sufficient humidity; mould is wanting; but there is 

 shelter against the wind and favourable exposition. The bot- 

 tom of the valley is covered by an extensive grassy slope. 

 The cover was 6 — 10 cm high and consisted chiefly of: Carex 

 rigida, С lagopina, Poa pratenisis, Sibbaldia procumbens, Ce- 

 rastium alpinum, Veronica alpina, Taraxacwn phymatocarpum, 

 Arnica alpina, Oxyria digyna, Equisetum arvense, and Poly- 

 trichum juniperinum. 



As a less constituent part were found intermingled among 

 these dominant species: Potentilla maculata, Epilobium ana- 



