1 l{'t Mult TEN P. l'nllSll.l). 



slop«>s, nppan'iitly cqiuilly liixuiimis ami iiiidci' »'(jually favourable 

 oonditions, parallel and close to (nkIi otluT. (nic ol' llicni contaiiiiiii^ 

 Kvans, the otlitT not. 



Archans.clicn hilxM-natcs iindci- lliick layors of snow, ol'lon, l)iil 

 prohaltly not always. willi ils ruol in soil that ncver froozes. ()n lari^f 

 root-spt'c'inuMis the tt'iiniiial bud is lavijci- than a clenched hånd and 

 contains a coniplete iiillorcsrence. A lit I le lartiuT down several smaller 

 buds are to be lound in the axils of former leaves. Kruuse stat es I. c. p. 

 246: »the specimens die after havinj^^ set fruit", licncc il miuhi to be 

 hapaxanthic. Another common appearance here is: an nid cool, thai 

 wilhont any apparent cause, is decayed right down. Itiit hence the axil- 

 larv buds are set free, and the plant consequently i)erennial, being 

 also ordinarily indicated as such in Ihe Scandinavian Floras. 



XXXII. Pirolaceae. 



J. 222. Pirola minor L. 



In copses and vigorous herb-mals, on Disko usually m shade; not 

 in the heath. 



Disko: I^are, porhaps somotimes overlookcd ; in the vicinity of dodhavn 

 69^15', for instance in lMij,n'lskiiiaii(lt'n.s Havn. (P.); Mclk-infjord at Ivuanil ()'J°44' 

 (P.); Muddorbugten 69°45' (Htz.). 



Ma inland: Found once at Holsteinsliorg 66°55' (Tti. Fr.); Jakobshavn 69°13' 

 (Sor.), in vain si-arctied for liere (P.). 



A decided sonllicrn type, not common lill soiilli (»f 64^ (Ros). 

 ()nly knowii from the Iowland. 



Late llowering, bnl fnidilicates at leas! In \v;ir-ni siinimers. 

 Ililifinates abnndanlly coveiMMJ hy snow 



X 22;). Pirola secunda L. \ar. obtusata Tircz ( - v. pumihi 



(ai. I.V: .Scni,.: \ai'. horralis L\N(;i-;). 



In Ihe shadf under copses and lall lirih vegetal ion. no donht often 

 ovt-rlooked because of its diminutiveness. 



iJisko: Ncar fiodhavn 691.5' in .several piaces and gathered by several col- 

 lectors. Br.'d." Dal 09^8' (Nygaard!). 



Mainland: Pnrstcfjæld ncir IIi.Isl.iiisl...rg m^'n'V (\V. \- II.; I'. .V E.). 



\ decided soiillirrri Ivpc in ( ii'ci'nia nd. only known Ironi Ihe 

 menlioned placcs. 



Tilis form. known fiom sub-arctic ,\meri<a and Asia, but not 

 from iMU'opt', is rathcr deviating from the main-species, amI as its 

 ecological variations in Greenland do not srcni lo ajiproach Ihe European 

 plant, it had probably better be considered an indt'pcndeni species. 



