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the summer. Many pools filled with decaying and dying algae." 

 The occurrence of algae so high up can be imagined only on a 

 very exposed coast facing the open sea, and even there it would 

 be exceptional. 



The dominant species of the vegetation in these high-lying pools 

 consisted of Fucus inflatus f. linearis. Intermixed occurred Chceto- 

 morpha Melagonium — which I never before had seen so high above 

 sea-level — Acrosiphonia sp., Dictyosiphon foeniculacens , Pylaiella 

 littoralis and Enteromorpha intestinalis f. typica. The undergrowth 

 consisted of Hildenbrandia rosea. 



In another somewhat elevated and exposed place in the vicinity 

 of Vattarnes, a number of small pools were found just below the 

 Verrucaria maura-belt. Hildenbrandia and Verrucaria mucosa grew 

 on stones at the bottom of these pools; in addition, Fucus inflatus 

 f. linearis occurred fairly abundantly, although dying in the pools, 

 which were deficient in water. 



The lower pools in the upper littoral zone have a much more 

 luxuriant vegetation. Here various littoral and semi-littoral species 

 can grow in fair abundance. The water in these pools is replenished 

 at each high-water, so here, the plants exist under fairly favourable 

 conditions. The following species may occur dominantly or abun- 

 dantly: — Fucus inflatus f. linearis, Halosaccion ramentaceum, Mono- 

 stroma fuscum, Enteromorpha intestinalis, Monostroma Grevillei, Dic- 

 tyosiphon foeniculaceus and Castagnea virescens. 



Many species are found growing scattered, of which the fol- 

 lowing are most frequently met with: — 



Polysiphonia urceolata. 

 Porphyra miniata. 

 Rhodomela lycopodioides. 

 Pihodymenia palmata. 

 Chorda Filum. 

 Chordaria flagelliformis. 

 Coilodesme bulligera. 1 

 Ectocarpus confervoides. 

 Elachista fucicola. 



Phyllitis fascia. 

 Pylaiella litoralis. 

 Scytosiphon Lomentaria. 

 Chsetomorpha Melagonium. 

 C. tortuosa. 

 Cladophora gracilis. 

 Monostroma undulatum. 

 Ulothrix flacca. 

 Urospora Wormskioldii. 



The under- vegetation often consists of Ralfsia deusta, Litho- 

 thamnion circumscriptum and Hildenbrandia rosea. 



Taken on the whole, the majority of the littoral species un- 

 doubtedly may be met with in the pools, and it should be especially 



1 It may be observed, as regards Coilodesme, that it is the more inflated 

 the lower the water is in the pools. 





