38 MoHTEN V I'c-USII.Ii. 



V ■>'.'. Dechanipsia caespitosa ( L. i Hkmv. var. pumila Lkdkh. 



Hil inoist sainly clay. sniiictiiiK's alniost siihrncrsc on lakc-shoros; 



\ ny ran*. 



|)isk«»: (u)(lliavii »1.') 14' iicar I ilki^K*'" (Hikli; 1*.); th«- wcst coast (Wi-lhc- 

 rilll; thi' lu.rlh roasl: C.k'socki's Dal, 7(t 15' (P. litDi dot. C. II. ()stenfei.i> : M.d.l. 

 • •Ml C.ntnld. r.\ ]>. \:\, r.'-fouiKl IJHt; I'.). II MIT O iNath.l. 



A (lecitlt'tl iio it lit-rii lyp''. Ili" ahcivc iiuMitioned localilifs icpre- 

 sentin«: thc .south limit: lur tlu' rest (uily kiiown Ironi a few localities 

 on tln> ciuist of Kast- and West Grt'i'iilaiid i("l. ( )sti:mi:i n. I. c and 

 PoHsii.D .Mt'dd. om (iroidd. 50, p. MGoi. 



On land alinndantly fln\V(M-inir and IVnitini:. hcini: only rarcly sul)- 

 m»TS«'. 



IlilH'rnati's covcii'd liv -rmw and icf. 



A 4<i. Deschampsia alpina iL. ) li. & Sch. (Syn. Aira caespitosa 



r. hurcdlis Tit \ itn . ). 



A pniiKMinrrd XI II I II re ri type coinmon soul li nf (U*^ and only 

 kmiwii ffdiii a Icw localities in tlir sdiillniKisl part (il tlic ai'(vi. 



The ri'Kioii of Holsteinborg 66°55' (Th. Fr.i: S. Kangerdluarssuk about 67° 

 (VV. & H.); Kqaluarssuit in \. Stromfjnrd G7°36' (P. c^- E.) several piaces on .sandy, 

 rlayey riverbanks. 



The last nieiitioned locality fui' llir jtrrsciil thc iiurtii li mil. 



The speries was herc ahundantly flowerina;, but viviparous. Every- 

 wlicre wc l'ound spikrs a year old wei^hed down hy the early fall of 

 snow, thc Imlliils hcin^ not yet rijic and rcady lur dispersal. Several 

 of the spccimcris had prcserved thcir puwcr of ircrmination, iint the 

 power of rnitrralion of thc speries seenicd Lu Ih- IusL. 



I 41. Trisetum spicatum i L. i lii;\rv. 



On Icll-licid, cicfts, vii^orons heat li. licrh-mats. thickets, strand- 

 dunes, often in mannred soil at tin' houses and below fowling clifls 

 {\. nllosissinia Lge.), hut not on mwly-rormcd moraine; f. la.rior Lange 

 is a shade-form from thickets. 



\ ery comnion throughout thc wliolc arca. 



Neither southern nor northcrn limit in Circcnlaiid. 



No doubt ascending thc hills Lo Liic snowlinc, but nol among tlie 

 pioneers of the newly-fornied moraine. 



.\bundantly flowering and fruiting. 



I ndonldedly always covered by snow during winter. 



