;')4 MORTKN T". rilllSII.Il. 



\ »TV fommoii t lii'oiiiilioul lln' wlidlt' iuca. 



Wiilclv tlislril»iitt(l in West GroenUiiid. \vitli(Hit sdiillitin limil; 

 llif lutrtlitTii limit tml kiiowii. hul lyiusj: soim'w lit'ir iioilli ol' TH . 

 Asct'mis tlif liills Inllowinij: ll»'' coiilinnpus vo^'otation. 

 Altiiiidantly llowcriii«: and fruilinii. 

 ilil>('riiat«>s i'ovi'i'cd hv snow. 



V x-J. Ciiirex stans l)iti;.i {('. aquatilis var. .s7r//?,<f Boott.; OsTENFELn). 



('.hara<trr-j)liinl ol' liif ^'rt/r.r-bogs, along laki'-shores growing in 

 rompaiiy Nvilli Kriofifiora, Carrx pnlla, C rotiindata, C. rigida var. con- 

 <oW (Cp. l»orsild I. c. 1(J7 IT. Fig. 10-11 Resumé 280). 



Disko: Vory cnminnn »'vervwhere, asoendin^ the hills to at loast (Jnu m |P.). 



11 art' «) 1 1'.); Mai ni and: Xuprssuaq peninsula and trom Torssukatak down 

 li> llu' Sydost-Bugt coninion: cvidfntly somewhat scarcer in tiic gneiss-doniain 

 Ihaii in tlu' basalt. Egt'dt-sminde (V.); tho continent at 68°30' (P. & E.). 



Arrordiiig lo ( )sti;m Ki.it: Fl. .Arctica these last localities ropro- 

 seiit tlic .sonlhriti limit ol Ihe species here in West Greenland. 



rims il is a noiilinii type; knovn from Ellesmereland and is 

 likely to hr l'oimd from llic interjacent coast nortli of tlic Danish settle- 

 ments. 



Ofteii llie species is difficiilt to distinguisli from the closely allicil 

 C. rigida. ( . pulla. C. rotiindata. 



In addition to the characters already mcntioned in the literaturc 

 \\e mav add llie eolour of the old shcaths of 6'. 5/«/2S usuallv being Z/;^/?/- 

 linnrn and diiH, wliile thai of the olher speri(>s is more oi' less piirple- 

 rojoiired and sliining. 



Ahundantly llowering and fruiling. 



At the heginning of the winter a decided winter-stander; later 

 on lliieklv coverefl hv snow. 



A HH. Garex siibspathacea Wormsk.i. {('. saliiia var. .Aitt.). 



On strand-meadows and strand-rocks among other halophilous 

 vegetation; very small and insignificant and no donht often overlooked. 

 < »nly exceptionally forming rarpets along llie hrackisli lagoons. 



Disko: Al C.odliavn, 1 (jl<i^,'g.ii c.) 12' (»n splashed strand-rocks (?.); Mellem- 

 fjord alioul i'yWib' (Hikli!); Hare O 7(r20' (?.). 



Ma inland: Kngsinerssuaq TiflS', forming exteasive patches (?.); Augpa- 

 lArtoq nortii of Kangafsiaf] (K.): Ikorfnq I'jord af llolstcinshorg (V.). 



A Southern type. The ahove meiitioned localities represent the 

 northern limit, hut it is hardly the real one, the jilaid in East Green- 

 land being found far north of this lal it ude. 



