sutuj PtMiiiisiiIit l'itiin 71 ti» 7.'! .\. Lal.) I lia\t' ali-cady piihlislied re- 

 ports (SCO l)il)lioi;ra|)hy), tln' nthcrs aro j)ul)lislio(l linr l'or the firsl tiiiu\ 



hl piiMisliinu: tliis wofk, wliicli sums iip cNcrytliiui; known ahout 

 the distrilmtioii nf llic liii^licr piants oii Disko and I In- adjaccnt j)arts 

 of W. (iivenlaiid. I am l'ai' trom supposing tliat no new discovories 

 can be made. Tlie coimti y is so vast, the means of communication so 

 primitive, and the summer so short. thai. in spite of all care, I have 

 only surcee(hMl in investigating a small part of it Ihoroiigldy; hut the 

 obligations of my olTieial work compel me for tlir lime being to finish 

 and to ofTer to the pul)lic my results in as romplclc a staic as circuiu- 

 stances have permil ted me. 



As an investigation of the flora of Disko was originally my sole 

 aim and ahvays in this eonnection my chief object, 1 have throughout 

 the following list kept it by itself. And as the flora of Disko, as already 

 mentioned, has been oftenesl examined, a more detailed account of the 

 growth of our knowledge of the flora in a separate arctic region may 

 be justitled, as from this conclusions can be drawn, to a certain extent, 

 eoncerning the greater or lesser reliability of resiills Ironi other arctic 

 regions when used as a basis for more extensive plant-geographical 

 iliscussions. 



