Tho Flora of Disko Island and Adjacent, Goast of West Greenland. 7 



Grinnell Expeclition etc. vol. II Philadelphia and London 1856) some 

 25 species are recorded from Disko. However it has been pointed out 

 by several authors^ that some confusion must have arisen as to the 

 statement of provenience of the difYerent specimens, southern piants 

 being recorded from northern localities, the latitude of the stations 

 not given exactly etc. To an error in the opposite direction the record 

 of Saxijraga flagellaris from Disko, is due. As no erroneous determina- 

 tion of such an easily recognizable high-arctic species seems possible, the 

 specimen in question must have been collected at some station near 

 Smith Sound. As to the described new variety of Ranunciilus aquaticus 

 I shall refer the reader to my list, and leaving the Drahas out of dis- 

 cussion, the remaining species from Disko are all very common piants. ■ 



During whaling cruises 1856 — 61 J. Taylor several times visited 

 the southern coast of Disko and collected piants there. He published 

 in 1862 a list of his collections from both sides of Davis Strait and from 

 Baffins Bay. (Trans. Bot.Society of Edinburg vol. XVI p. 76 — 87). Besides 

 21 very common species of which no special localities are named, 19 

 species are recorded especially from Disko. Two of his statements are 

 erroneous, viz. Andromeda polifolia and Colpodium latijolium of which 

 the author says that they are »common on both sides« (see my list 

 No. 32 and remarks on Andromeda). 



Dr. Walker, surgeon to M' Clintock's expedition, collected piants 

 from the following piaces in Danish West Greenland: Frederikshaab, 

 Godthaab, Disko (o: Godhavn), Fiskemær and Upernivik. The loca- 

 lity »Fiskemær« is unknown to me; although its position is stated to 

 be north of the polar circle, I should be inclined to believe that the 

 name is a misreading of that of the settlement of Fisker næs at 

 63°5'. And this supposition is supported also by the record of Poten- 

 Ulla tridentata and Thymus Serpylliim from »Fiskemær«, both being 

 common in South Greenland, but very scarce north of the polar circle. 



The list published by J. D. Hooker (Journ. of the Proc. of the 

 Linn. Soc. Botany vol. V 1861 p. 79) records some 47 species found on 

 Disko, of which: Poa nemoralis and Equisetuni silvaliciim are especi- 

 ally interesting, their occurrence on Disko not having been vcrified 

 by later collectors. 



RoB. Brow^- (of Campster) published 1868 his well-known »Flora 

 Discoana« (Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburg vol. IX) and mcntiqns about 



^ for instance see A. J. Malmgren: Botaniska Notitser 1865 p. 1G9; A. G. 

 Nathorst: Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Forh. 1884 Xr. 1. 



