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self stood a very thin-stemmed form of Equisetum arvense, 

 Hippuris vulgaris, and Ranunculus hyperboreus in small num- 

 bers, so that they л\еге nowhere able to cover the bottom or 

 even import to it a green colour; in somewhat greater quan- 

 tities were found AmbUjstegia, and along the border Spaero- 

 cephalus turgidus and Fohlia albicans v. glacialis. 



The tufts of the bogs were covered by Carex scirpoidea, 

 C.pulla, Arctagrostis latifolia, Ranunculus pygmaeus, Cassiope 



Fig. 11. Pleiiropogon Sabinti ia the iiiàigin of a pond. Liverpool Land, 

 Hurry Inlet. (From photo, by Chr. Kruuse). 



hypnoides, Pedicidaris fiammea, Equisetum arvense and Mar- 

 chantia polymorpha, Russula sp., Boletus scaber and Lycoperdon 

 favosum. 



The tufts were abt. 30 cm high and their shady sides 

 completely covered by the dark green thallus of Marchantia; 

 the checks were quite bare of any vegetation. 



Both the meadows and the pools were highly clipped by 

 the grazing of geese, the excrements of which were found in 

 abundant quantities on the banks; also the musk-oxen seek the 



