. The botany of Iceland. Botany -- Iceland. THK BRYOPHYTA OF ICKLAM) 601 ing to a height of several hundred metres, right up lo the plateau on the mountain top, but usually divided inlo numerous steps, consisting of shelves or ledges of varying breadth. The rock-face is here and there intersected by dee}) fissures and clefts, excavated by the down ward-flowing water, which partly drains away in. Fig. 29. Face of basalt rock (E. Iceland). Everywhere in the crevices small, black, moss- cushions (Andrecea. l)icntiwn>cini(i i-rispula and (irinunid spp.). these channels, partly spreads over the
. The botany of Iceland. Botany -- Iceland. THK BRYOPHYTA OF ICKLAM) 601 ing to a height of several hundred metres, right up lo the plateau on the mountain top, but usually divided inlo numerous steps, consisting of shelves or ledges of varying breadth. The rock-face is here and there intersected by dee}) fissures and clefts, excavated by the down ward-flowing water, which partly drains away in. Fig. 29. Face of basalt rock (E. Iceland). Everywhere in the crevices small, black, moss- cushions (Andrecea. l)icntiwn>cini(i i-rispula and (irinunid spp.). these channels, partly spreads over the ledges and from thence flows down the rock-faces or penetrates into the crevices of the rock, and then reappears once more further down. Consequently, the conditions pertaining to moisture vary greatly, and therefore the moss-covering also. As some examples will best show the com- position of the latter, the following are given: 1. Esja, low damp rock- face just above the slope: The Botany of Iceland. , part. II. 39. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kolderup Rosenvinge, L. (Lauritz), 1858-1939; Warming, Eugenius, 1841-1924. Copenhagen, J. Frimodt
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