7 I MoHTK.N I'. l'nltMl.li. 



A siMiflHTii ly|)f. tlif norlliiiiost liahitjit oii ^'lll,^ssllaq peninsula 

 70 40' (P. I. Suiilli ol" ()4'^ c'oinrnon. Imt fspt'cially attacluHl to Ihc oiilcr 

 Ian. I ( Mos. I. 



FnuM I hf slioir ascondin«: lu al Icasl S0() m. 



KInw.Ts lalcly and l'iiKtilicates hul s( airt-ly. 



("overod bv snow diir'mtj wiiilcr. 



J. I3it. Cerastiuni arvense L. 



s. K.iii^'i'itllnarssuk fiT'o' (VV. i*^- H.) amunj,' Sali.i and Arch<tiif;cli(:(i. 

 Doridod soiilln-rn Ivpr. r(»und oidy (»nrr in rtroonland. 



1 140. Cerastium alpinum L. 



A> Slcllanu longipcs in all sorts of soil, ant! jusl as wjdely distri- 

 buted as that spocios. 



Varies inlinitely as to size, llif lenglli ul llif inlornodes, pnbescence, 

 form and size of the leavos. the form and construction of luft, the posi- 

 tion of tlic shoots ereet or dccumbent. 



No dowbl most ol Ihcsc lornis are ecological. pnhaps sonic of 

 Ibem horoditahlf hnt this can only be settled by cxperiments in <'nlti- 

 vation. In tnannrod soil round the new buildings it occurs in great 

 <piantities, especially Mn- form procerum Lanj^e, among grasses, these 

 linally overshading and ehoking it. 



.\biindantly flowering and fiuiling. 



< )n Ihc bilis very often snowless dni'ing winter. 



I hav«' fonnd il wilh expanded flowers (hibernated ! ! ) in April 

 (a njonlh before it was llowering in the lowland) oii lin' lop of a .\iina- 

 laf] from th<' inlci'ior of f^isko, asecndrd lo l'UX) m. 



V 141. .Melandrium apetalum d^.i Fk.nzi.. (incl. f. arctica 

 Tn. Fi«. Ofv. I\. Sv. Vet. Ak. Forb. 1H()9 p. 188). 



< Ml .s;ind gravel, <iay, bare spots (»n poor lifalli on newly forjned 

 moraine and at tlie horders of l)rooks from Ihe inland-ice. 



In.skii; Tlic nortlilaiui to Nordfjord; on Ihc eastorn side to ahoiil (i!) 50' 

 and in thi- valleys coinmoii. {\*.). On the soulh roast not soen, not even ascended. 



M.ire 0: (Nalh.; P.). 



Mainland: On the coast of Nugssuaq peninsula cornnion ddun to 7(1°, there- 

 afttT only ;it K.|<- n.-ar \\u- iidjuid-i.-.. r,!l'4'i' (P.) and Chinshin ii iWf'V \\\. Bv.). 



\ decide<l northi-rn typt-; the abo\ t'-nicnlionccl piaces repre- 

 sent the hitherto known south limit. 

 Ascend.s the hill>i tft the snow-line. 



