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THE FLORA OF TAIMUR LAND. 
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during which, time excursions were made in various directions, 
among others farther into Taimur Sound, where a variable 
strong current was found to prevail. The Sound is too shallow 
to be passed through by large vessels. The rocks round Taimur 
Sound consist of gneiss strata, which form low ridges that 
have been so shattered by the frost that they have been con¬ 
verted into immense lichen'clad stone mounds. Between these 
stretch extensive valleys and plains, now free of snow, if we 
except a snow-drift remaining here and there in the hollows. 
The plains were all covered with a very green continuous 
vegetation, which however on a closer examination was found 
to be not a true turf, but a mixture of grasses, allied plants, and 
a large number of different kinds of mosses and lichens. Actual 
flowers were found here only sparingly.^ In this respect the 
coast tundra shows a remarkable difference from the coast lands 
on Vaygats Island and Novaya Zemlya. On the other hand, the 
abundance of luxuriant lichens and mosses was striking. The 
mosses along the beach and the borders of the snow-drifts 
remaining here and there bore fruit in abundance. Animal life 
following- list of the flowering plants 
1 Dr. Kjellman lias given the 
collected by him in this region :—• 
Cineraria frigida Richards. 
Potentilla emarginata Pursh. 
Saxifraga stellaris L. f. comosa. 
„ nivalis L. 
„ cernua L, 
,, rivularis L. 
Chrysosplenium alternifolium L. 
Cardamine bellidifolia L. 
Draba corymbosa R. Br. 
Papaver nudicaule L. 
Ranunculus pygrnseus Wg. 
,, hyperboreus Rottb. 
„ sulphureus Sol. 
Stellaria Edwardsii R. Br. 
Cerastium alpinurn L. 
Alsine macrocarpa Fenzl. 
Salix polaris Wg. 
Poa arctica R. Br. 
Arctophila peudulina (L^st.) Ands. 
Catabrosa algida (Sol.) Fr. 
Colpodium latifolium R. Br. 
Dupontia Fisheri R. Br. 
Pleuropogon Sabini R. Br. 
Aira ceespitosa L. 
Hierochloa pauciflora R. Br. 
Calamagrostis lapponica (Wg.) Hn. 
Alopecurus alpinus Sm. 
Eriophorum angustifolium Roth. 
,, Scheuchzeri Hoppe. 
Carex aquatilis WG; 
„ rigida Good. 
Juncus biglumis L. 
Luzula hyperborea R. Br. 
„ arctica Bl. 
