THE FLOWERS OF KOLGUEV $409 
Nardosmia frigida Hook. 
This was not only one of the earliest plants to flower, but probably 
the most widely distributed plant on Kolguev. It resembled the 
Coltsfoot ( Zussilago Farfara) in that the radical leaves appeared long 
after those of the flower stem. By the time the flower was in seed the 
base of the stalk was surrounded by a mass of stout leaves. The nests 
of the shore-lark were lined with the pappus of this plant. 
Leontodon Taraxacum L. Dandelion. 
The dandelion flowered very late on Kolguev, where it was generally 
distributed. In very many cases it never seeded. It was one of the 
few plants still in flower when we left the island under snow on 
September 19. 
Hieracium alpinum L. Alpine Hawkweed. 
This fine hawkweed was exceedingly local on Kolguev. I found it 
only on one gravelly ridge to the east of the Gobista Mountains. 
Senecio palustris DC. 
In Britain this interesting plant has become so exceedingly rare that 
at the present time it is said to be found only in a single fen. As I 
had never seen it before I was delighted when I found it growing to the 
height of some 1 foot 6 inches in a fringe round Swan Lake. It 
requires ud, and therefore is absent altogether from Lake Kriva, nor 
did I see it by Soldonoida. 
Saussurea alpina DC. 
Common on hilly slopes in August. 
CAMPANULACE: 
Campanula rotundifolia L. Harebell. 
I found but a single plant of the harebell, viz., on August 27, in the 
Gobista Hills. 
