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In West Greenland known from Cape Farewell to 70°30', but being 

 found at 77° on the east coast, this place can hardly be tbe northern 

 Jimit. 



Usually abimdantly flowering, but not all the fruits ripen; where 

 the pond is frozen up with oarly uight- frost all the shoots, protruding 

 above the ice, are killed. 



Does not vary much. The form var. niarUiina (Hellenius) Hartm., 

 siipposed to be identical with tetraphflla L. fil., is recorded the most 

 common in Greenland. Typical forms of var. tetraphijUa with few short 

 and broad leaves are, however, rather scarce. Well developed specimens 

 coUected towards the termination of the summer seems to me not much 

 deviating from the European form. 



The same is said by Ostenfeld of specimens from East Greenland 

 (Medd. om Grmild. 43) and by Agnete Seidelin of the great majority 

 of the investigated arctic specimens (ibd. 36, p. 302). The latter author 

 refers it to f. litoralis Lindb. fil. 



Cornus siiecica L. 



Recorded from Egedesminde as collected with ripe fruits Sept. 

 28. 1893 by P. H. Sørensen; on the label is noted that the plant also 

 occurs at Godhavn. In both piaces I have searched for it during many 

 years, but in vain; and it is very difficult for me to believe that such 

 a conspicuous rare plant, vvhose fruit, moreover, is a berry, might really 

 be overlooked in this place where I have lived and collected for 13 years. 



In West Greenland it is only known from 60°— 62° and 64° 65°47'. 



Neither is it met with in the southmost part on the outer islets (Ros.). 



XXXI. Umbelliferae. 

 A 221. Archangelica officinalis Hoffm. 



On luxuriant grassy slopes where the cover of snow is constantly 

 recurring, but early disappearing and, where during the period of vege- 

 tation, there is an abundant supply of pure running water; on Disko 

 only near the hot springs and their outlets. The most prominent repre- 

 sentative of the southeru types and always found together with se- 

 veral others. 



Archangelica is the largest and most conspicuous herb in Green- 

 land and would, if only for this reason, easily be recognized by anybody. 

 But as it, moreover, is much coveted by the natives who eat its young 

 stems and leaf-stalks raw, often untertaking long journeys and trouble- 

 some excursions to gather it, the determination of its area of distribution 



