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L. arcuata var. confusa was a very common plant, growing in 

 very different localities, but preferring a dense vegetation. It flowered 

 from the end of June. 



Occurrence. North coast: Flocberg Beach and Feilden Peninsula 

 (Feilden!). Grinnell Land: Discovery Harbour (Hart, Greely). Hayes 

 Sound region, common, specimens from: Skraling Island (1370), Cape 

 Viele (862, 1343), Cape Rutherford (1896, 1897), Fram Harbour (284, 

 1109, 1165), Cocked Hat Island (1215), Bedford Pirn Island (259, 440, 

 1248). South coast, common, especially in the archaean district; spe- 

 cimens from: Fram Fjord (1608); Harbour Fjord, Seagull Rock (2588), 

 Sir Inglis Peak (2167, 2655); Goose Fjord (2994, 3266, 3301, 3499, 3581). 

 West coast: Lands End, Braskerud Plain. 



Distribution: The variety as already mentioned represents the 

 species in nearly all arctic localities, generally alone. Further south it 

 is found together with the main species, especially in Europe and Asia, 

 in America it reaches as far south as the mountains of New England 

 and the Rocky Mountains. True L. arcuata from America, I have 

 only seen from the single locality in British Columbia mentioned above. 



Luzula nivalis, (Laest.) Beurl. 



L. campestris /S nivalis, Laestadius, Bot. Anm., 1823; L. nivalis, Beurling, Luz. 

 Scand. consp., 1853; Gelert, in Cstenfeld, F1. Arct. ; Kruuse, List E. Greenl.; 

 Anderssox & Hesselman, Spetsb. karlv. ; non Sprexgel, Syst. veg. (?); L. 

 arctica, M. N. Blytt, Norg. Fl. ; Buchenau, Mon. June. ; Lange, Consp. Fl. 

 Groenl.; Nathorst, N. W. Gronl. ; Kjellman, Sib. Nordk. Fan. Fl.; Kjellman 

 & LuNDSTROM, Fan. Nov. Semi.. ; L. hyperborea, R. Browx, Chlor. Melv., ex p. ; 

 Hooker, Fl. Bor. Amer., ex p. ; Fries, Sum. veg. Scand. ; Lindeberg, Resa i 

 Norge ; L. arcuata f. latifolia, Kjellman, As. Beringss. Fan. ; L. cotifusa var. 

 laUfoUa, Buchenau, 1, c; Macoun, PI. Pribilof; Juncoides nivale, Brixton & 

 Brown, 111. Fl. 



Fig. Fl. Dan., T. 2952. 



As appears already from the long list of synonyms, there has been 

 a great difference in the opinions of different authors about this plant. 

 That it forms part of the L. hyperborea of R. Brown has already 

 been mentioned under the last species, where I have also given my 

 reasons for not adopting that name for either of them. The oldest 

 available name, is that of Laestadius, 1. c, which applies to our plant, 

 as appears from the rather good description as well as from specimens 

 in the Stockholm herbarium. For the transmitting to the genus Luzula, 

 Beurling must be quoted, as it is impossible to make out what Spren- 

 gel (1. c.) meant. 



