The Flora of Greenland and its Origin. 



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CONTENTS 



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I. Introduction 3 



11. Previous Investigations 7 



III. The Age of the Flora in Relation to the Ice Age 11 



IV. Piants from the Days of the Norse Colonisation 13 



V. Phytogeographical Districts, and Distribution of the Species into 



phj'togeographical Groups 20 



VI. The Abundance of Species on the West Coast 25 



Vil. The Paucit}' of Species on the East Coast 29 



VIII. North Greenland (N. of 76° N. Lat.) 31 



IX. Relation between the three phytogeographical Elements in the 



diff'crent Districts 32 



X. Endemic Species 33 



XI. Distribution of the Species throughout Greenland 37 



XII. Immigration into Greenland 39 



Summary 51 



List of the Phanerogams and Pteridophytes of Greenland with 



their Distribution (General List) 54 



Literature 70 



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