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In moist crevices Philonotis fontana formed large light 

 green cushions, and on the rocks sat here and there Hypnum 

 trichodes. 



Above the cleft was at little valley-bottom thinly dotted 

 with small tufts of Grimmia apocarpa, and also, more rarely, 

 Cetraria nivalis and Stereocaulon denudatum. 



Fleming Inlet. 



Cape Seaforth, Ørsted' s Valley (N. Hartz). 



On the 25*^ of August I made an excursion up trough the 

 abt. 7 km broad Ørsted' s Valley, which follows the direc- 

 tion SW-NE, traversed by a broad and watery stream with 

 large delta formations at the outlet. On the previous evening 

 a strong Föhnwind kept blowing out the valley carrying along 

 with it large quantities of dust away over the inlet; viewed 

 from some distance it looked quite like an advancing fogbank. 



On this day it was clear sunshine with a feeble breeze 

 from SW ; in spite of the advanced time of the year a few gnats 

 and Argynnis were, however, seen. The valley evidently is a 

 favoured spot for large numbers of geese; numerous excre- 

 ments of geese lay. scattered everywhere in the bogs: these 

 were often filled with tlie undigested remnants of axillary bulbs 

 of Polygonum viviparum. Away in a moist moss-bog lay 

 close by a small pool of water a big "goose tuft" abt. 10 m'^ 

 and 1 m high (frozen in a depth of 25 cm) formed chiefly 

 by vigorous Aulacomnium palustre] amongst the mosses grew 

 luxuriant specimens of Festuca rubra, Stellaria longipes and 

 Marchantia polymorpha. A great many excrements and fea- 

 thers of geese upon the tuft. 



At Cape Seaforth itself was found Saxifraga oppositi- 

 folia var. Nathorsti, a very peculiar and characteristic form, 

 conspicuous at first sight on account of the pale-redviolet 

 or fleshycoloured hue of its corolla. You think at first that 



