86 Mt'iii KN V-. INiKsii.n. 



appeal' m llic axils ol' I lu- tiM rosfllcs. tlic [iIjiiiI in I his way Itt'inu; pc- 

 ronnial. 



'I'liis i.s llic case willi thc plant rrniii Gropnland ( .1 iiliaiH'li;i;il). Qa- 

 (putoq It'«:;. C l't'fcrstii : Arsuk leg. Lindliard; Qcqerlalik al llulslein- 

 liori: leg. Porsild). Iml I lia\e also seen it on speciinens from the Alps 

 willi iiitloresrences from tlie [»receding year (Scarl., leg. lir.AUN-Bi.AN- 

 QiKT) and from Seanilinavia (Visby, leg. K. Johansson). 



<Mlier specimens from Greenland and elsewhere do not llowci- lill 

 afti'r a strenglitening of several years. Specimens flowei'ing iu the se- 

 cond year I have seen from the sonthmost i)ail ol Greenland (Pamiag- 

 dliik, leg. 1'^. Lundholm) aud this was also the case willi piants culti- 

 vated liere on Disko from seeds brought from Kigi-Scheidegg in the 

 Alps. (Cfr. also Ef.isabeth Ekman, Arkiv f. Bot. 12. No. 7. p. 15). 



To be sure covered by snow during the winter. 



A 172. Draba aurea M. Vahi.. 



Un spots lavourabiy exposed to the sun, sandy and gravelly slopes. 



|)isl<o: Vory rare; Diskoijonl: Ikineq r39°25' (P.) and Kuånerssuit 69''35' (P.). 



Mainland: Rare at Disko-Bay: Sarqaq about 70° (V.); Jakobshavn (V.); 

 in surroundings of Sydost-Bugten several piaces, Sofiehavn (Bl.); Simiutarssuaq 

 in the district of Egedesminde (K.); N. Stromfjord, several piaces (P. &: E.), U>v 

 instance, at the tenting-place Ugssuit it was characteristic of clayey-gravclly .slopes. 

 Becoming more fn'(]uiMit southwards; commnn in thf fjords inland from Ilolstoins- 

 borj,' (P. & E.). 



A sontherii ty|M'. the mentioned piaces represent the north-limit 

 .Abnndantly llovering the seeds are often only partially devcloped. 

 ilibernates covered by snow. 



V 1 7H. Draba alpina L. 



On new moraine, in open spots on heath and geiitrally to be found 

 in waste tracts. 



Uisko: The riortldand especially along VVaygat, ratlu-i- (.•omnion (P.); in llir 

 southland ran-, most freqijenlly washed or blown down from the hills. 



Diskofjonl: KiiåncrsKuit i'yU'ib' (P.); Maligiaq (Sor.); from several piaces near 

 Ondhavn (I'.). 



Mare (Nalh.; P.). 



Mainland. lialhcr comMum fiom the coast iiii<i iiili'pior uf Nugssua(| |Miiiii- 

 lula (P.); from several piaces near Torssukåtak. South of the ice-fjord of .lakobs- 

 havn very rare: Lerbuglen about Wf' (Bg.); Akiiii.Mi .ibont GH 40' (Sor.): Simin- 

 tarssiiaq about fiS^lO' (K.). 



A nortiicrn typf, the above mentioned piaces represent the 

 south limit of its coiitinual distribution. Ouite isolated it has been found 

 on Jensen's Nnnataq fi2 .'lO' at an altitude of 1250 m. 



