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Ørsted's Valley (Chr. Kruuse). 



Close inside the beach was a low flat, which had evidently 

 been covered by water at an earlier time of the year. It was 

 covered with a dense carpet of mosses, liverworts and algae, 

 amongst which Chomocarpon commutatus, Sauteria alpina and, 

 chiefly, Marchantia polymorpha v. alpestris were prevalent. In 

 the mosscover stood with abt. 30 cm' interval a great many 

 1— 5 cm tall, hemispherical tufts of phanerogams, which were 

 made to stand out greatly by the dark, one-coloured bottom. 

 Here were noted: 



Dryas octopetala f. minor, Silena acaulis, Sagina Linaei, 

 Alsina Mflora, A. verna v. rubella, Arenaria ciliata, Stellaria 

 humifusa, Cerastium alpinum, Cochlearia officinales v. groen- 

 landica f. minor, Dr ab a alpina, D. Fladnizensis, Bray a pur- 

 purascens, Cardamine bellidifolia, Saxifraga oppositifolia f. 

 pulvinata, S. oppositifolia v. Nathorsti, S. aizoides, S. cernua, 

 Ranunculus altaicus, R. nivalis, R. pygmœus, Pedicularis hir- 

 suta, Koenigia islandica, Polygonum viviparum f. alpinum, 

 Oxyria digyna, Salix arctica, Luzula confusa, Juncus biglumis, 

 Poa alpina, Glyceria vilfoidea, Carex incurva, С. salina v. 

 subspathacea, Equisetum arvense and variegatum f. anceps. 



Pin gel' s Valley (N. Hartz). 



Aug. 26^*^. In Pingel's valley, which stretches from the 

 south-eastern corner of Fleming Inlet in about easterly direc- 

 tion I found a somewhat more luxuriant vegetation than in 

 Ørsted's valley, more vigorous heath {Cassiope tetragona) and 

 herby slopes, with fresh green grasses and herbs, and a 

 thick, black mould-layer, probably abt. 6 — 7km from the 

 beach. Here were found in several small moist clefts traversed 

 by brooks the following plants: Botrychium lunaria, Veronica 

 alpina, Sibbaldia procumbens, Thalictrum alpinum, Euphrasia 

 latifolia. 



The four first-mentioned: Botrychium, Veronica, Sibbaldia 



