36 C. H. Ostenfeld. 



least at llu' prosoiit. in liiij:l('li('ld Lanil, and iii many cases noar Cape 

 Apassiz just soiith ul tlu' Glacier, viz: Lycopodinm sclagn, Cyslopteris 

 fra(;ilis, Dnjoptcris frui^rans, Woodsia glabclla, Carox capUlaris, C. "la- 

 reosa, C. ruprstris, Puccincllia rctroflcxa borcalis, Ilonckenija peploides, 

 Stellaria humifusa, Arabis llookcri, Draba fiiralis, Empetnun nignini, 

 Epilobiuni latifoliu/n, Ranunculiis affinis, R. pi/g/næiis, Dryas nclopetala 

 argenlea, Potent illa Wihliana, Saxijraga hirculns, S. rirularis, (S. tri- 

 cHspidata has been foiind just north of Iho Muuiholdt Glacicr, Itiil is 

 absent from tho uorlli coast), Campanula uniflora, Anlennaria alpina, 

 Rhododendron lapponicuni, Pirola grandiflora, Pcdiciilaris arctica, P. 

 capitata, and Vacciniiim iiliginosiun, — altogether not less than 29 

 species, or not less tliau ca. 23 p. Ct. of tho whole flora of \orth- 

 Greenland. Tho glacior really represents tho most clear-cut bordor-hne 

 as to distribution towards the north. 



Tho two areas south of Inglofiold Land do not show nearly as many 

 limits of distribution. In Murchison Sound (Inglofiold Gulf) the follow- 

 ing species, as far as hithorto known, find thoir northern limit, viz: J^iic- 

 cineUia Vahliana, Tofieldia coccinea, Ar en ar ia eiliata norvegica, Salix 

 herbacea, Mertensia marilima, Armeria rulgaris sibirica, — 6 species; 

 but most probably some of them will bo found in Inglefield Land whon 

 it becomes better investigatod. 



Restrictod to the southern-most part of NW.Greenland, tlio Wol- 

 stenholme Sound area, are the foUowing: Carex rigida, C. saxatilis, 

 Calamagrostis arundinacea purpurascens, Deschampsia piimila, Carda- 

 niine pratensis, Ilippuris vulgaris, Koenigia islandica, Ramuicnlus tri- 

 chophijUns and Vaccinium vitis-idæa, — altogether 9 species, none of 

 which aro really high-arctic and several of which are freshwater piants; 

 they occur all of thom moro or less commou iii W. Greenland south 

 of 76° N. and aro probably not to be found farthor north than Wol- 

 stonholme Sound. 



As to the east coast of Noilh-Groonland I lir ikmI limi limits 

 of thi' difl'cront s[)ecies aro luon- uncertain as our kuowledgo ol I his 

 pari of X. Greenland is more restricted. As far as known, several spe- 

 cies have thoir northorn limits on Germania Land, viz. Carex rigida, 

 C. saxalilLs, C. siibspathacea*, Cobresia biparlita*, Deschampsia pumila, 

 Juncus castaneiis*, J. triglumis*, Tofieldia coccinea, Arenaria eiliata 

 pseudofrigida*, Minuartia bi/lora*,Cardamine pratensis, Ilippuris vulgaris, 

 Ranunculus glacialis*, Salix herbacea, Pedieularis flammea*, — altogothor 

 15 species, of which 8 species (marked *) in North-Greenland aro only 

 found on the east coast. {Ran. glacialis and Aren. cil. pseudofrigida on 

 the whole only on the east coast). Tlie othors are nearly all the same 

 as those which on the west coast stop about at the same latitude, viz: 

 Wolstenholme Sound or Murchison Sound. 



