94 Morten 4'. I'"Iimi i>. 



I l!i|. Saxifraj^a cernua I.. 



hl nol tn(» (Iry soil, in l)o^s, hent li. In rliiii;il s .iiiii copses, very ofleii 

 in inaminMl soil. r;itrly in Irll-licUls. 



\ »TV ronimon lliroiiijhoiil llif wliolr aroa. 



Wiijily (listril)iitocl in Greenland willioni northern or soutlicin 

 limit. Ihouuli more scarce on tlie soutlinn pari ol' tlic West coast beiiiir 

 liere defeated in the competition witii dense vegetation (Hos.)- 



From llie sliore ascending to tlie snow-fields. 



In Inxnriant habitats flowering ahundantly. Ripe frnits were never 

 described, oidy J.im)M.\hk reeords unripe eapsules fdled witli ovules. 

 \ very prodnetive dispersal is eiTectcd by means of the small dark-red 

 bulblets on the stem. 



As a rule rovered b\ snow in winter. 



V 192. Saxifraga tricuspidata Hottb. 



On rocks and coarse gravel, sometimes in dry heal li or Icll-licld. 



\'ery common tliroughout the wliole area. 



A northern type, in West Greenland common to ca. 04 witlioul 

 northern limit. Ascends from the shore to the limit of snowless land, 

 occurring even on the Nunataq's above widely extended snow-fields. 



Ahundantly flowering and frniting except in extremely unfavour- 

 ablr plaees. I have never seen yrllow tints in tlif corolla, only white 

 ones wilh orange-coloured spots. 



Usually snowless during winter. .\ot much varying; in the shade, 

 for instancc in crevices, lengthened green forms occiir. 1lic j)lant, as a 

 tiilf having an intense red colour; they are usually sterile. ()ften forming 

 t'xtcnsive patches. 



XXV. Rosaseae. 



A li'-). Sibbaldia procunibens L. 



In IhTh-mats and on llir fd^c (»!' w illow-copses. 



Disko: \'fry common on Ilif soutlicoasl iiinl in tlir viilicvs Iicit juid in ltisl<u- 

 fjord; rathcr common on Ihc northern side of Melieinljdnl. liiir aml tlnrr nn tlir 

 wi'.st coa.sl and in the valleys liere up to ca. 7(P10' (I'.); nul ol)sei-vc(l in tiir .■,'rtal 

 valh'vs of Ihc Ndrdfjord nor at the hol sprinj^s on the Waygat-coasl. 



Mainjand: In the .soiithern jiart of th<' area in the dislrict of Holsteinsborg 

 rather rommon; also fonnd norlhwarfis, Init not continiiously. Thus it is common 

 alf>nj,' Ihe coasl and rather common in Ihe sonlhern [)art of the archipeiago of Ege- 

 dcsmind)- (with exception (»f the .small barren outsiflc-jslets). On fhe contrary. rare 

 in N. Stmmfjord, where it is has heen recorded hy KoriNEFU r-; fonnd liy ns in a single 

 place: on the north coast opposite E(|aluarssuil. In the sourroundings of the Syd- 

 oslbugt and along the east coast of Disko-Bay up lo Tor.ssukåtak. ralher common, 

 but decreasing in fre<pieney northwards. North of Torssukåfak oidy known from 

 Sar.|;.i| (V i; Major<|arssuaisia(j (Bg.); Hare O (F.): and the settlement Nugssuaq (P.|. 



