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its margin were seen remnants of the bushes. Tims 1 saw in 

 one place a Salix which, though yet alive, had its root naked 

 in a length of 156 cm. 



It was absolutely evident that the wind broke up the sur- 

 face and destroyed the heath so that this tract of land in the 

 •course of a few years will acquire a similar appearance to 

 that of the above-mentioned stony plains in Rlitdalen. The 

 prevalent wind here, as there, was northern, and the destruction 

 especially advanced in the direction from w-est to east. 



Farther up the country the heath became much more lux- 

 uriant, up to from 10 to 16 cm high, and consisted, besides 

 the above-mentioned, of Luzula confusa, L. sjncata, Poa pra- 

 tensis, P. alpina, Silène acaulis, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Pe- 

 dicularis hirsuta, Erigeron uniflorus, and Betula nana. The 

 «ides of the river-valleys, which were here strewn with blocks 

 of ammonite-sandstone, were abundantly covered by Vaccinium 

 and Betula^ and the bottom of the valley with a covering of 

 Equisetum arvense, amongst which were scattered Oxyria, 

 Cerastium trigynum, and Koenigia. 



List of all the vascular plants hitherto 

 known from Scoresby Sund'). 



Dryas octopetala. Chamænerium latifolium. 



— — * integrifolia. Empetrum nigrum. 



Potentilla pulchella. Silène acaulis. 



— maculata. Viscaria alpina 



— emargiiiata. Melandrium apetalum. 



— nivea. — involucratum v. 

 ■Silbaldia procumbens. . — triflorum. 

 Alchimilla glomerulans Sagina Linnæi. 

 Hippuris vulgaris. — nivalis. 

 Callitriche verna v. minima. Alsine biflora. 

 Epilobium anagallidifolium. — strida. 



1) cpr. N. Hartz, Medd. om Grønland, XVIII. 190.i. 



