4S .\1«)RTKn'H. l''iltSll.l«. 



L)isk«»: Tlu' uorlh-rastiTii toast: Iii^nan^'natj 7ii'l7' (P.). 

 Maiiilar.d- Sarqa.i al.ouf "(/ (E. P.!); Cl.mshavn (Bf,'.); Chrisliaiishaal. (III/..); 

 <»r|.ips-siiit (IH/..): Nivåq-HiiKl <5t<"32' (K.); Sulifiiavi. GH°2(»' (Bl.). 

 Bfsid.s r..uii<l a f.'w liiiit's iiorth of the area to 71''42' (P.). 



ThoiiL'li nol luiiiid sdiilli ol' tilt' ari'ci il is no doubl a dt't^idod soutli- 

 t»rn ty pr. ovt'rlookt'd In^eause of ils diminutiveness and undouhtedly 

 lo !«.' foiiiid in st'vt'ral localities. 



l'Vtnii all llic localities the plant was qnite sterile; at llic noilli 

 limit it was also foiind on desiccated soil. luil willK.iit aiiy trace ol' 

 (lowers. Thiis it does not seeni lo have any power of dispersal. 



Hibernates enclosed in ice. 



A lii"). Scirpus caespitosus L. (Trichophorum auslriacum Palla.). 



Oli MMii.st spul.s in liealh and moss-bogs or along the horders of 

 :>\u:\\\ brooks; occurs isolated, biit always in great quantities. 



I) is ko: In scveral piaces on tlie southcoast. 



.Main land: From Torssukåtak about 70° southwards from a great inany 

 localities as wril in tlic inland as near the coast. From the fjords in the southern 

 |tart of the area only from a few piaces, perhaps owing to the overlooking of the 

 jilanl. W'f have not uhservt'd il neither in X. Stroinfjord nor in the fjords iidaiid 

 from llolsti'insborg. 



A southern type common sontli of 64" (Ros.) and iiorth of llie 

 .ina qiiitc isolated at 72^^27' (P.). 



AscendinL' the bilis to 4 — 500 m. 



Abiindantly Howering and fruiting. 



Hibtrnates covered by snow and sometimes by ice. 



I bt). Cobresia Bellardii (.\li.. i Degl. {Elijna spLcala Sciiuaj). 



Cubresia scirpina Willd.). 



Ori dry rtxk-ledges, bare spots in bt^atb-vegcf ation anrl in grav- 

 flly j>lact's. 



hisko: The soiitheoast in the gneiss area and al lin- coasts of Waygat in tlir 

 .saiidstone-domain. Hilherto not ohserved on t)asall; always scarce (P.). 



Mainland: On the coast of Nng.ssuaf^ peninsula from the sandstone-domain : 

 from th«' gneiss-tlomain southwards here and there: llir piaces forming a continu- 

 ou» an-a of distribution. In lin- soulliern part ohservid in C.odthaab-fjord and 

 W — 61 ; likf'ly (»verlooked in tlw inlirjafcnt localities. 



\\ idcly distribuled iii Wost Greenland. Ibougb only fdiind to about 

 71 ; but being found. not only on the east coast nortb dl Ibis latilude, 

 but also on either side of Smilh's Sound, il is bkcly to occur on tbr 

 inicrjacent part of the west coast. 



.Abundantly llowt-ring and fruiting. 



l'ndoubtedlv snowless now and Iben. 



