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COLONEL FEILDEN AND MR. GELD ART ON 
the rock surface. Except by the borders of lakes, or in some of the 
undulations of the land where there are accumulations of peat, 
little or no humus rests on the surface of this glaciated country. 
The flora, however, is richer than one might expect from the 
surroundings. The lovely little Diapensia lappunica with its 
bosses of white bloom grows everywhere on the bleakest and most 
exposed situations, where apparently only a few grains of earth 
and triturated rock hold its roots together. Ledum palustre, 
growing as a small bush in damp spots and on peaty soil, is one of 
the most striking plants of the tundra. Ardostuphylos ulpina, 
Vaccinium vitis-idcea , V. myrtillus, Ccdluna vulgaris, this last 
rarely, with Phyllodoce cccndea, Andromeda polifolia, conspicuous 
by its pink waxen blossoms; Loiseleuria procumbens, and Empetrum 
nigrum are a representative group of the tundra plants. 
In one or two of the dells on the tundra where we met with 
a thick layer of peaty soil, Pinguicula alpina was found, but it 
is not widespread. The Saxifrages are represented by few species. 
S. catspitosa was growing on the small gneissoid islands at the 
mouth of the Ukanskoe, and S. nivalis in the ravines of the 
tributary streams of the main river. Four species of Papilionacece 
are common on the barer parts of the tundra, their hard, strong, 
tap-roots work into cracks and crannies of the rock. These are 
Astragalus alpinus, Phaca frig Ida, Oxytropus sordida, and 
Hedysarum obscurum. Of the Rosacete, very beautiful is Rubus 
ardicus, Rubus diamamiorus is dotted over all the damp peat lands ; 
Rubus saxatilis is not uncommon in the Birch woods amongst 
boulders. Geum rivals and Comaruvn palustre are scarce, whilst 
Alchemilla vulgaris var. alpestris, is abundant amongst the boulders 
of the river side. The only Draba met with was D. incana. The 
flora of this part of Russian Lapland is of interest, as Sviatoi Nos 
has been accepted as the meeting-ground of two botanical 
provinces."' 
The plants collected in Russian Lapland on the Kola Peninsula 
in the vicinity of the Ukanskoe river at Sviatoi Nos present no 
* Note by Mr. Arthur Bennett: — Sviatoi Nos is the meeting-point of the 
botanical provinces of Lapponia ponojensis and Lapponia murmanica, the 
latter extending to the westward along the coast to the eastern edge of 
an island to the right of Cape Teriberskoi where the province of Lapponia 
inarensis commences. 
