The P'lora ol' Diskn Island iiiul Adjaccnl C.nast ol' West Oreenland. 57 



Diske: South coast at Godhavn and Mudderbugt (P.); Eqaluit and Noi'd- 

 fjord (Th. Fr.); Ujaragsugssuk at Waygat (Nath.). 



Mainland: Sarqaq, Ritenbenk, Påkitsoq (V.); Eqo(P.); Jakobshavn fV.); 

 N. Strømfjord: Ungoriarlik (Korn.); N. Isortoq (V.). 



Abundantly flowering and fruiting. 



No dovibt covered by snow d uring winter. 



V i^ll. Carex niisandra H. Br. {C. jnliginosa Hook.). 

 ( )n heatli, rocks and fell-field. 



Disko, Hare O, Mainland nortli, cast and soulh uf Disko Bay as- 

 cending the hills lo considerable. altitudes, very common. Tlien Ijecoming- scarcer. 

 Not recorded by Kruuse and not observed by us in the archipelago ol' Egedesminde. 

 In N. Strømfjord scarce on the northern coast; from Eqaluarssuit on the south- 

 coast (P. & E.) but not elsewhere; not even on the hills. 



N. Isorto(i and Holsteinsborg (V.); Maligiaq and Itivuei] (j()''5y' (P. &E.)- 

 Naujar.ssuit; (,)eqertalik Fjord 66°4B' (P. & E.). 



A northern type; the last mentioned localities indicates the 

 known sonth-Hmit. 



Abundantly llowering and fruiting. 



Undoubtedly always covered by snow during winter. 



V 92. Carex ustulata Wahlenb. 



A rare (or overlooked) northern type, only found once at the 

 northern limit of the area at Marraq north of the great river on Niigs- 

 suaq pejiinsnla (P.); north hereof only from a few localities. 



Abundantly flowering and fruiting. 



i 93. Carex capillaris L. 



In open spots on heath and fell-field and on rocks. 



Very insignificant and therefore often overlooked. Not especi- 

 ally noticed in our diaries, but probably common throughout the w'hole 

 area; always to be found when intentionally searched for. 



Widely distributed in Greenland, but perhaps with a north limit 

 somewhere at Melville-Bay. Known froui north of 74"', and scarce from 

 Jones Sound (Simmons). 



Abundantly flowering and fruiting. 



Not always covered by snow in winter. 



A 94. Carex microglochin Wahlenb. 



At edges of moist flat rocks, among moss and algal growth; every- 

 where rare or overlooked. 



