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temperament of the Norwegian horses, gave us ample opportunity 
to gain some knowledge of the flora of the interesting botanical 
country through which we passed. A few preliminary notes on 
this flora will probably be of interest. 
Among the first plants noticed on leaving Lille-Elvedal 
were Cariun Carui in the more open places, Aconitum septen- 
tvionale in the shade, and the three colour-forms of Saxifraga 
aizoides on the wet banks. In Britain we have only the yellow 
form, but the orange and deep brownish-red forms here make 
lovely patches of colour. In the woods bordering the road were 
Moneses uniflora, Pyrola rotimdifolia, P. media, P. secunda, and 
large masses of Linnea borealis in full flower. The first straggling 
specimens of Betula nana were also observed. On the rocky 
banks of the River Folia were Carex bicolor and Primula stricta, 
while on a neighbouring wet slope were Carex ustulata, Tofleldia 
palustris, and other hill-plants of wet places. On drier and more 
stony ground Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi and A. alpina were 
plentiful, and the grasses Festuca rubra and Poa alpina became 
dominant constituents of the road-side flora. 
A fine bank of that beautiful grass Triticum violaceum was 
passed, and shortly afterwards in the shade of some dense bushes 
by the river-side we found a number specimens of Pedicularis 
Sceptrum-Carolinum. This Pedicularis, with its large yellow 
flowers surmounting stout stems about 18-inches high, and with a 
perpendicularity almost mathematical in its exactness, was cer¬ 
tainly one of the most striking plants we observed in Norway. On 
the banks of detritus in the river-bed, and without doubt brought 
down from higher altitudes, were many alpine plants, among them 
being Cerastium alpinum and Gentiana nivalis associated with 
Calamagrostis stricta. One of the most conspicuous plants on 
the sandy banks of the Folia was Myricaria gernmnica, and the 
purpose of the comose appendages to the seeds was finely demon¬ 
strated in the wind. 
After driving 42 miles we were most hospitally entertained at 
Dalholen, an ancient habitation surrounded by and built upon 
glacial sand. Androsace septentrionale was observed both in the 
dry sandy places and on the turf-roofs of the one-storeyed wooden 
buildings. In the sand were quantities of Botrychium Lunaria 
showing considerable variability both in the sterile leaf and in the 
fertile portion. In the immediate vicinity of several tiny brooks was 
an abundance of Epilobium alsini/olium, while near the river, in 
