112 Morten P. Pohsili>. 



is far easior than tli;il of any ol lier piants, a tnislAvorthy information, 

 as to its occurrence or absenco, can be had in any locality. 



li) thi' foHowing account 1 havo used, besides litoratnre and per- 

 sonal invest i^'ations, a Cfood deal of information, mostly verbal, from 

 natives of the dilTerent localities. Most complete and most reliable are 

 the informations relating to the Disko-fjord whioh all are duo to Isak 

 Danielsen, an Eskimo, who is conspicuoiis for his remarkable aptitude 

 for geop:raphy. On a map, drawn by himself, of those parts of the Disko 

 island known to him, he has on my reqiiest, among other things, marked 

 the occurrences of Archangclica known to him. — In the enumeration 

 of the occurrences, an (!) indicates that 1 have seen the spot myself, 

 or, at any rate, the plant from there. 



To facilitate the comprehension of some of the place-names in the 

 foUovving account 1 will just point out, that the Scandi navian word for 

 Archangelica: Kvan already in the olden times was adopted into the 

 language of the Greenland Eskimos in the form of kiiåneg, plur. kudnit. 

 From this the folio wing forms are f urther derivations: kuåninguit i. e., the 

 small (or few) Kvans, kuånerssiiit i. e. the large (or many) Kvans, kiid- 

 nikasit i. e. the poor Kvans, kuåniårssait i. e. the extraordinary (or re- 

 markable) Kvans etc. etc. 



Disko. 



I. .MuUfiiiljord. 



On tlie norttiern shore, at Kuånit, 69°44'(!) in a rich and luxurianl lK'rl)-mat 

 at the outflow of several springs together with Cystopteris, Polystichum Lonchitis, 

 Poa alpina, Luzula parviflora, Sibbaldia, Alcheniilla gloincrulans, Potent itla alpeair is, 

 Stellaria borealis, Epilohium lactifloruni, E. Ilornenianni, Pirola niinor, Barlsckia, 

 Veronica alpina, Tara.racuni croceuni etc. — FurtluT at the head of the fjord, as 

 well as on the southern shore near the hot springs (K. J. V. Steenstrup, Medd. 

 om Grl. 24, p. 287). 



II. Nordre Laksebugt (Eqaluit). 



In the Valleys some kilometers away from the coast near tiie foot of the moun- 

 tain Igdlorssuaussaq, 09^38', also in luxurianl iKTl)-mats (P.). 



III. iJisko Fjord. 



1) The north coast of the northern branch at 69°34' — 35', in fmir spots, the 

 two westernniost ones near the small islet Qeqertårssuk, tlic largest and eastmost 

 opposite the north point of the big island Qoqertaq. Mere together with the same 

 as above and with Drynpteris Linnarana, Ilnhrnnria hyprrborra, Linnaea borealis, 

 Hieraciuin grocnlanitiruin{\) — 2). In the norlhward direclcd branch are tw(j loca- 

 lities on the eastern shore, at ca. 69°32', one of them is named Kuånikasit( !). In 

 the Valley leading from this branch to Mellemfjord are 4 or 6 localities on the north- 

 ern side of the valley^ r)0°38'. — 3) In the branch Kangerdluarssuk, inland from Eqa- 

 lunguarqat, H9°3r ( !) as well in the valley Eqaliinguit llivnerit leading from this 

 branch lo the fishing place Eqaliinguit, in numerous spots (!). Along Ihe foot of the 

 hill 8125' of the map, on its southern side, is a widely extended occurrence of Archan- 

 gelica, the western end of which is cailed Mam ar tu t /the well-tasting), the eastern 

 Qitcrdlitfthe middle ones i. e., in proportion to the following). — 4) At the inner branch 



