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and Thalictrum have here their northernmost known habitats- 

 on the east-coast. 



The valley in the south-western corner of Fle- 

 ming Inlet (Chr. Kruuse), 



On Aug. 26*'' Deichmann and I landed in the broad valley 

 which shoots inland from the head of the inlet towards north- 

 west. Through the valley flows a goodly stream, which has cut 

 out in the bottom of the valley a cleft of up to 7 metres'^ 

 depth, and which at the spot where it enters the inlet forms- 

 an enormous river-cone of débris crossed by delta arms audi 

 strewn with rocks and waterground stones. These are found 

 arranged in walls, 50 — 200 cm high, which radiate fanshape 

 from the mouth of the river; between the walls are hollows- 

 with no vegetation, but often strewn with sticks and fragments- 

 of plants. The whole of the cone of débris is evidently relaid 

 every spring, and only the heaviest blocks are allowed to re- 

 main undisturbed. Upon the walls Chamœnerium latifolium 

 formed a magnificent red 25 cm high cover, in which were 

 noted: Sagina nivalis, Cerastium alpinum^ Arabis alpina^ 

 Koenigia islandica, Oxyria digyna, Poa alpina^ Festuca rubra 

 and Phippsia algida. 



The bottom of the valley lies about 30 metres above the 

 level of the sea, and up to it leads a rather steep south-ex- 

 posed slope covered with herbaceous plants, which formed 

 a luxuriant, 5 — 15 cm high, fresh green cover. Here were 

 noted: Potentilla maculata^ P. nivea, Sibbaldia procumbens, 

 Silène acaulis, Sagina nivalis, Alsine biflora, Cerastium al- 

 pinum, С trigynum, Draba hirta, D. alpina, Arabis alpina^ 

 Thalictrum alpinum, Saxifraga cernua, S. nivalis, S. hiera- 

 cifolia, S. decipiens, S. rivularis, S. oppositifolia f. reptans^ 

 Veronica alpina, Antennaria alpina f. glabrata, Erigeron uni- 

 florus, Taraxacum croceum,, T. phymatocarpum, Polygonum 

 viviparum, Oxyria digyna, Salix herbacea, Salix groenlandica^ 

 Trisetutn subspicatum, Festuca rubra, Poa alpina, Poa cenisia. 



