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Vaccinium uliginosum L. 



Some of the plants have the leaves colored with rose. These are 

 always sterile ; only the fully green-leaved plants produce berries. 

 These are gathered and prepared for food by the Esquimos. To 

 us the berries seemed tasteless. 



Rhododendron Lapponicum Wahl. 



Collected by Dr. Burk. I did not meet with it in flower, but a 

 specimen was among some given me by the Inspector at Disco. 



Bryanthus taxifolius Gr. 

 Cassiope hypnoides Don. 



Almost everywhere where the ground was dry. 

 Cassiope tetragona Don. 



Only in dry places. Emitting a delightful odor, like that of a Lily 

 of the Valley ; overhanging rocks in long spreading masses ; collected 

 and preserved for fuel by the North and South Greenland Esquimos. 



Ledum palustre L. 



" Labrador tea " and used as tea by the South Greenland Esqui- 

 mos. 



Pyrola rotundifolia var. pumila L. 

 Diapensia Lapponica L. 



Disco. 

 Armeria vulgaris L. 



Disco. 

 Mertensia maritima Don. 



Sea Beach at Disco. 

 Veronica aipina L. 



Disco. 

 Bartsia aipina L. 



Disco. 

 Pedicularis capitata Adams. 



Disco. 

 Pedicularis flammea L. 



Disco. Found only by myself. 

 Pedicularis hirsuta L. 



McCormick Bay. Variable. Now growing to a foot high and 

 branching, and now but an inch or two high, with a simple stem. 



