{\o M>'ii 1 1 \ r. i'oKsii 11. 



aiitiiiiiii llit' hiu' iiilloresc'onces iirr lillcd with sixiw and thr llnn >lall<s 

 luvak; lims nol winhM'-standcr. All Ww lialiitats aro covered by a tliick 

 laver of sncw dmini: lln' wint.M-. IhiI l'a\(>ural)ly oxposod as lo llio 

 incllini; of Ih«' snow in lin- s|)rint:-l inir. \ ar. ^'> sfxirsifolia Lanfjo, is a 

 shado-forni from lln' consos. 



/^ lOo. Luzula spicata (L.i De. 



( )n hralli, lii'i'l)-niats and ((i|)scs. 



KatlitT conunon, lli(>iii!:li nol i'xt'ryw Ih'it, I IndiiLilioul llic wIkiIo 

 ai-eu, usnaiiy al soine distance from thc shore and in lairly lavouralilo 

 plact's. Kiu tsK rccords il IVoin llic ai-chipriai^'o (»T Eij:odosminde as 

 "verv rare": Imt I his a|)j)lii's only lo Ihc small onlor islels; in Iho in- 

 tcrior td' llio greator islands and in Ihe fjords thfi plant is nol rare. 

 Thc tMti'th limit ol' tlic species is nol knowii. Imt in favourable 

 piaces til.' plant is snrely lo he found lill 72"8()'; llie records from the 

 (lislri<l of Cape ^ ork liaNc proved themselves erroneoiis determinations. 



\i Disko-Hay and north hereot iisually Iowland plant llioniili 

 asi-i-ndiiiii: lo (iOO in in ta\ (Hiiahlr places. 



Mtnndantly tlowei-in^ and IViiiling. 



W'inicr-slandcr. Ihc hasal shoots being covered by snow dininL"" 

 I hf winli'r. 



I joti. Luzula confusa Ijnkkij. (/.. arcuatae var. Aitt.). 



< )n heat II and on Irll-lielfl, very common thronghont t hr whole area 

 exeepi in vigorous and dense Iowland vegetation. Ascends I hf hills 

 lo Ihe snow-lim-: also on the .Xiinalaqs above Ihe ijhT^-iers ol hisko. 



Widt'ly (lislribided arctic plant. 



Flowers and finits abundantly. 



Specimens froin oui' area deterniined by olhcr ant hors as L. (irciKihi 

 aiT. in oiir opinion, not typical. 



V !'•". Luzula nivalis (Lakst.) Beuhiin. 



Om Diskd. Il:ir<- O ;im<I Nuussuaq peninsula roiiiiiutii mi llir liills am! in 

 <l»'s*'rt<'fl plac»'s il) llu- Iowhiiiil. liJ-cnrdcd frcun runnoroiis places in Ihe gneissic area 

 «»f I>isko-Bay; Kriiiisi- n-conls it from Ihc arctiipcl;iLr(i uf Kfjcdcsinindc as "vcry 

 rare" aiirl lliis is uiiduiihlcdly ri),'lil; still il has lir.n (.dlcctcd al .Maiicriniut (BJ,^); 

 gf-qcTtarssuafsiaq 6H"23' (P. & E.), on the Main I, m. I at ()8°3()' (P. &• E.); Ka- 

 HK'erdhiarssuk east of Agio BT^S'J' (E. P.). In N. StiiMiirjonl lollected li.\ K.him lu i>, 

 tnil not rc-founfl hy »is; iii lk«Tlni| fjord (V.); SarfaiiKiia(i (V.; 1'. \ E.). 



\ norlhern typf. Ihc known sonth limit al abont b4".^0'. 

 I sually abniulanlly llowcring and liiiitini:. 

 nflen snowless diirinij winter. 



