The Flora ol Disko [slaiui and Adjacent Coast ol' West Greenland. 61 



Abundantly flowering, but at Godhavn, for instance, not fruitini«' 

 every year. 



Often snowless; but th(3 living parts of thc plant ahvays covered 

 du ring winter. 



JL 103. Juncus bufonius L. 



On moist spots of clay, and especially at the lower edgc ol' bare, 

 flat gneissrocks. 



N. Strømfjord from Ipiutarssuaq along the southern side of the brainh to 

 Sarfarssuaq 67°45' observed from several piaces (P. & E.) 



We were highly surprised by finding this plant here, being hitherto 

 only known from paths at the old Norse-ruins at Igaliko (about 61°). 



On the map in Medd. om Gronid. 15 tab. XII an old ruin is marked 

 off at Itivdlerssuaq, the passage from Nuerssorfit to Arfersiorfik. Ac- 

 cording to informations from the natives in the district there really 

 is a big ruin, but no doubt of Eskimoic origin. Thus, according to the 

 absence of Norse-ruins here, it is unlikely that the plant" has been in- 

 troduced by the Norsemen. 



The specimens were very small; from simple, only one centimeter 

 heigh, single-flowered specimens, to specimens 3 centimeter heigii. 

 ramified from the ground, these bearing 1 — 3 flowers. 



Normally flowering. 



A 104. Luzula parviflora (Ehrh.) Desf. 



In herb-mats and as undergrowth in open copses; on Disko often 

 in the neighbourhood of the hot springs; often Forming exteuvsive pat- 

 ches. 



Disko: The south coast and the valleys here between Laksebu^t and Mudder- 

 bugt, about 69°45' (P.). 



Diskofjord, on the nortii coust and at the hot springs on the south coast (P.). 



Eqaluit, 60°30' (P.); Mellemfjord: the north coast at Kuånit and Ikorfarssuit. 

 fiir45' (P.K 



Main land: (Strange to say not recorded from the district of Christianshaal)). 

 Egedesminde? (Sor.) in vain searched for by us (E. &:P.); Augpalårtoq north of 

 Kangåtsiaq, 68°25' (Kr.); Kangeniluarssuk east of Agto, 61'"o':y (E. P.); N. Strøm- 

 fjord near Gieseckes lake (Korn.); Eqaluarssuit, 67°36' (P. & E.), (in the interiør 

 part of the fjord not observed by us!) N. Isortoq (V.); Holsteinsborg: from several 

 piaces in the fjords, especially from the interior (W. &: H.); (P. & E.). 



A southern type, the above-mentioned piaces representing the 

 north limit in West Greenland, 68°25' for the mainland, 69°35' 

 for Disko. Common in South Greenland. 



Lowland plant, only ascending to inconsiderable altitudes. 



Abundantly flowering and fruiting. When the snow falls in the 



