88 MOKTKN V. l'l.USIl.l.. 



T 177. Draba subcapitata Si mm. 



riii.'^ vcry .-^iiiall .•^[)('(•i('s ol Ihf liiirli riortli lias nol Ijeeii kiiowii 

 Willi t'orlainly till aftor Ihc iiivostii]jalioii l»y Si.mmons (EIlcsnuMoland, 

 |». H7 fT. ); it has l)«'on foiiiKi a l'ow times al tlic norlli limit ol llie area. 



hisko: 'I'Ih' nortli-ca.st coa.sl a lilllr iiurlli ol Kugaiigiia(i 70 lU' (P.)- 



Main land: I-'roin Ihc moiith of tlic greal river of \ug.s.suaq and soiilhward 



sovt-ral plarp.s 7o'20' — 26' (IM: in tlicso plarcs ^M'owing (Ui ver.v harnii rocks of 



lra|i-l)n'»rit'. 



Till' im'iitioMt'd [ilacfs i'cpresonl Ihc soullicrii liiiiil ol' tlie 

 spocies in Grpcnland. 



l'MoNvers and ii'uils ahuiidantly. 

 No doiiltl sno\vl(^ss diirinu' winter. 



! I 7S. Draba hirta L. (IikI. f)r. ni/x'slris H. Hn.i. 



In all sorts ol' sod ironi Ihc most ha'icn l'cll-lifld and locks to vi- 

 ^'orons heatli, litM'h-mats, copsos and grass-fiolds of llic Iowland; oft(M) 

 in manwri'd soil. 



Very common thronohont the wholc area. 



Widt'ly i-any;ini^ in Wfst (iroonland. luil parlicnlarly a iio il li cin 

 type. Tilt' "•oiiliiioiis distribution stops at about (34^ according to Ho- 

 sknaimjk; soiitli liereoi' very rare, no doubt alpine. 



Varies very mneli, most of the varieties hfing ol' (>roloi,n(al natiirc. 



Vt-ry ahundantly llowering and fi'iiitinu. 



t)l"t('n snowless diirinu- winter. 



V I7!i. Draba arctica .1. \ Mii. {'^ l)r. iiid^cUanica Lam. Kk\i\n: 

 .NoiiM'nf'latiin' fd' soiiic .\orl li-Ruropean nrahac Aik. 1. liot. \'l. 



.\(.. 7 Ht|-2 p. 2). 



In plaees siinilar lo I hose (d the preceding spccii^s. 



iJisko: li art- l) aml lin- Mainlainl dnwii to tlir ici'-i'ioid of .lakidtshavi), 

 roniiiioii lnil ii(d in llit- samr dc^rcc as the lorfj^niiiiu South ol' tlic !(< -fjord rallicr 

 scarcv: al <;« 30' (!'. &: E.); Ivaiigcrdluar.ssuk at Agio 07 ."):')' | K. I'.); .\. Sir irntjord, 

 IJnKoriartik (Korn.), not soen l)y us anywlicrf in the fjord; i^'rom llu' neighbourhood 

 of tlolstcinsl)org and thi- a<lja(»'nt fjords rfcordcil hy iiiaii.v i (ittictoors. 



\ Il o ri li c III type. liaving its so ii I hc in li mit ol' contiiiiial di- 

 st rihntion in W'i'sl (irccnland at ca. <)7 . Init occiirs isolalrd at (il ID'. 



I caniKtt acct'pt Ihc opinir)n expressed by Si m mons and olhcr aii- 

 thors, thai hr. (trclini is to he considercd a variety ol />/■. /iirhi. 1 will- 

 ingly admit the difticnlly of i-cfciiino ccrtain speciincns lo onc ol' I he 

 species, but jiidging hy Iheir ocf-nrrencc in nature I lia\e the decided 

 impression lliat they are dilTerent; and the most important nmrk : the 

 pubeseence is heredilahly eonstant. 



