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XXXVII. Plumbaginaceae. 



I 238. Statice maritima (L.) Mill. var. sibirica (Turcz.) Simm. 



On heath and barrens, lake shores and sometimes near the sea. 



Disko: Cominon everywhere up to at least 800 ni. 



Hare O (P.). 



Mainla ud: Aroiind Disko Bay common; archipelago around Egedesminde 

 scarce (K. P. & E.) Nordre Strømfjord scarce, principally on the northern slopes 

 and on the hills (P. &• E); in the fjords inland from Holsteinsborg not common 

 (P. & E.). 



Widely distributed in West Greenland without northern or 

 Southern hmit. 



Often occurring near the brackish water, but is not restricted to 

 the sea shore. 



Abundantly flowering and fructificating. 



Normally covered by snow during winter. 



XXXVIII. Primulaceae. 



A '239. Primula mistassinica Michx. 



On saline meadows and raised marine clays. 



Mainland: Atå at the Waygat, 70°16' (Rink, re-found 1908 by P., that year 

 forming wide patches. On the very same spot scarched in vain 1913 (P.). From 

 hare not known till Itivneq, 67°; the var. groenlandica Warm. (W. & H., P. & E.); 

 Naujarssuit in Qeqertalik fjord, 66°45' (P. & E.); on the portage between Itivdleq 

 fjord and Søndre Strømfjord, 66°29' (P. & E.) ; Umivik at the head of Søndre Strøm- 

 fjord (Jens.). 



A Southern type without continuous distribution in West Green- 

 land. North of the area collected several times in the North-East Bay 

 where the northern limit is at 70°40', south of our area known from 

 64° and 60—61°. 



Abundantly flowering and fructificating. 



Covered by snow and ice during winter. 



The variety described by Warming (Bih. K. Sv. Vet. Ak. Handl. 

 XII. p. 21. Lange: Conspectus Tillæg p. 260 was found again by u& 

 on the type locality. Here the main form was absent, and we did not 

 find any transitions. 



XXXIX. Gentianaceae. 

 A 240. Gentiana nivalis L. 



In luxuriant herh-mats. 



Disko: near Godhavn, 69°15': Engelskmandens Havn near the springs (Rikli,. 

 Th. P.), at Torskenæs (Th. P.) and near the springs in Østerdalen (Th. P.). 



