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commonest flower in Greenland. The plant sent to the National 

 Herbarium represents D. integrifolia Vahl, not D. octopetala, of 

 which, so far, but a very few specimens have been collected on the 

 west coast by former expeditions. 1 



Other corrections are as follows: — 



Ranunculus pygmceus Wahl. is R. hyperboreus Rottb. 



Draba hirta L. from Disco is D. arctica Vahl. 



Draba hirta L. from the Nuuatak is D. nivalis Liljeb. 



Cochlearia officinalis L. is C. groenUuidica L. 



Stellaria longipes Goldie is S. humifusa Rottb. 



Potentilla pulchella B. Br. is P. Vahliana Lehni. 



Saxifraga nivalis L. was mixed with S. rimdaris L. 



S. stellaris L. is the arctic variety comosa Poir. 



Erigeron uniflorus L. is the variety pulchellus Fr. 



Vaccinium uliginosum L. is the arctic variety microphyllvm Lge. 



Pyrola rotuudifolia L. is P. groenlandiea Horn. 



Salix arctica R. Br. is S. glauca L. 



Luzula arcuata Mey. is L. confusa Lindeb. 



Eriophorum polystaehyon L. var. latifolium is E. angustijolium 

 Roth. 



Carex atrata L. is G. misandra R. Br. 



Poa nemoralis L. is P. glauca Vahl. 



Poa pratensis L. is P. flexuosa Wahlbg. 



Trisetum sesquiflorwm Trim is T. mbspieatum Beauv. 



Calamag rostis Lungsdorffii is C. phragmitoides Hn. 



Woodsia ilvensis Br. is W. hyperborea R. Br. 



Several other species enumerated by Mr. Meehau seem doubtful, 

 but there are no specimens of these in the collection sent to the 

 National Herbarium. 



Lychnis apetala L. is evidently L. triflara R. Br. or L. affinis 

 Vahl ; as it is stated by Mr. Meehan that the specimens had from 

 one to six flowers. 



Comas ca)iadensis L. has never before been found in Greenland, 

 but we suggest that the specimens represent ('. suecica L., a plant 

 which is not uncommon in that region. 



Camjyanula rotundifolia L. is probably the variety arctica Lge. 



Pedicularis capitata Adams, is noted from Disco. It has so far 



1 Compare Joh;ui Lunge: Conspectus Flora; Groenlandioae. Copenhagen, 1880. 



