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The ^real iiiajority (209) ol" Ihc species are comprised in 

 (iroup (i, the r i re u ni polar species, and Iheir distribution 

 oulside Greenland ^ives us no direct indiealion as lo the 

 route hy \vhich they lound their way to Greenhind. To 

 these \ve shall reliirn hilcr on. 



Groups A and B contain species which nuist have 

 conie Ironi America. Group JJ consists ol l)ut 2 species 

 (Epilobinm latij'olium and tUihenaria hijperborea), wliich are 

 widely distributed in America and have aj^ain lound their 

 way from Greenland larther east, viz. lo Iceland, but not 

 lo the continent ol" Europe; bolh have seeds easily carried 

 bv Ihe \vind. Tliev are doubtless of as prononnced western 

 origin as the 53 species of Group A: 



Drvoptcris fragrans. 

 Alnus crispa. 

 Hetula fjlandulosa. 

 Callilric'he anceps. 

 Melandryuni triflorum. 

 Minuartia groenlandica. 

 (^ornus canadensis. 

 Aralis arenicola. 



— Holboellii. 



— Ilookcri. 

 Braya huniilis. 

 Draba aurea. 

 Lesquereila arctica. 

 Anemone Richardsonii. 

 Coptis Irilolia. 

 Ranuncuhis Sabinei. 

 Dryas inlcjirifolia. 

 Potentilln Pedersenii. 



— Haiiunculus. 



— tridenlata. 

 Vaiiliaiia. 



Sorbus decora. 

 Salix chloroclados. 



Salix uva ursi. 

 Parnassia Kotzebui. 

 .Saxifraf^a triciispidala. 

 Viola labradorica. 

 Antennaria groenlandica. 

 Artemisia tjorealis. 

 Krigeren conipositus. 

 Taraxacuni groenlandicum. 



— hyparcticuni. 



— i)umiluni. 

 Andromeda glaucophylla. 

 Ledum groenlandicuni. 



— decumbcns. 

 Pirola grandiflora. 

 Primula egalikcnsis. 



— farinosa groenlandica. 

 Pedicularis arctica. 



— capitata. 



— eu|)lirasioides. 



— groenlandica. 

 Galium Hrandcgei. 

 Carex aquatilis stans. 



— dcflexa. 



