72 MllHTKN I'. l'iiltSll.K. 



V IH3. Minuartia stricta (Sw.) lin i.n. 



Si-ems lo I" i-tr.' «>r nvfrlnokfil. < )nly found a f»'\v liiiu's in tliu iioillu'ni paiL 



of thf aroa: 



Disko; guldliK'ssat. ahoul 70^ (Th. Fr.). Kiipaq (P.). Rvi|itsoq (P.)- I-aksr- 



iMIK't (P.t 



Maiiil..i..l; Nukssikki (I*.). Li-rhuglt'ii al)uul ti!»° (B^'.) and Sarpiussaq 68°35' 

 (Bp.). *l<'^ '^ ""' J^oulli limit of Ihe species. In addition kiiown from a few 

 piaces OH lli«' nortli coast of Nuj^suaq peninsula ncar l^månaq. 



\ nortlHM-ii type, also very rare in iceland and iiuitlinii Scan- 

 liinavia 



Flowers und friictilicates. 



/\ 13S''- Minuartia groenlandica (Rktz.) Ostenf. 



l{t'C(trdfd fnmi Hgedesminde by Sørensen. Afterwards searched for here and 

 in many uIIht placi's, Itul in vain. Within thc area only once found at Molsteins- 

 horg (Mrs. Dkh.hmawI. 



\ dt'cidt'd .so II I II t'i II type. 



J. i:U. Stellaria media (L.) Wrm. 



\ ery commoii tliroii^hout the wliole area, usually as a garden- 

 weed ur in nianurcd piaces, favonrably expcsed to the siin. just in tlie 

 neighltonrhood ol' llif gardens, and here it manages to cxisl for sev(M';il 

 years. 



Il is never growing l'ar Ironi the gardens and when these are ahan- 

 doned for a series of years, it becomes undoubtedly extinct. The oecur- 

 ence in the cultivated gardens is no doubt due to inipurity of Ihe garden 

 .seeds used, these being of various provenienro and very variable, Soine 

 of fhe forms are thus annual, especially in (iiltui'es under glass-roof. 



\Ve found it indigenous, far from present and former human 

 flwdlings, at thr base of the fowling clilT Naujarssuil in (^)cqertalik- 

 F"jord b6"44' (I*. & E.), here growing among lall vegetation of genuine 

 Greenlandie piants; here perennial. 



\ decided southern lype, expressly reeorded indigenous it 

 wa.s found by IIahtz al Ol 4;')'. 



Xburulantly Howering and Irniling as well i:i Ihe abovc-nuMilioned 

 place as in tin- gardens. 



Hilu'rnates abundantly eovered by snow. 



I \'M). Stellaria huniifiisa noiTM. 



At the sea-shore, as well on sand ;iii(l clay as on rocks among other 

 shore-plants; also in manured piaces in I lu- n<ighbourhood of the shore. 

 Sornetimes forming extensive patches. 



Ver>' common throughout the whole area. 



