The Flora of Disko Island and Adjacent Coast of West Greenland. / 
Grinnell Expedition ete. vol. I] Philadelphia and London 1856) some 
25 species are recorded from Disko. However it has been pointed out 
by several authors! that some confusion must have arisen as to the 
statement of provenience of the different specimens, southern plants 
being recorded from northern localities, the latitude of the stations 
not given exactly etc. To an error in the opposite direction the record 
of Saxifraga flagellaris from Disko, is due. As no erroneous determina- 
tion of such an easily recognizable high-arctic species seems possible, the 
specimen in question must have been collected at some station near 
Smith Sound. As to the described new variety of Ranunculus aquaticus 
I shall refer the reader to my list, and leaving the Drabas out of dis- 
cussion, the remaining species from Disko are all very common plants. 
During whaling cruises 1856—61 J. Taytor several times visited 
the southern coast of Disko and collected plants there. He published 
in 1862 a list of his collections from both sides of Davis Strait and from 
Baffins Bay. (Trans. Bot. Society of Edinburg vol. XVI p. 76—87). Besides 
21 very common species of which no special localities are named, 19 
species are recorded especially from Disko. Two of his statements are 
erroneous, viz. Andromeda polifolia and Colpodium latifolium of which 
the author says that they are »common on both sides« (see my list 
No. 32 and remarks on Andromeda). 
Dr. WALKER, surgeon to M’ Ciintock’s expedition, collected plants 
from the following places in Danish West Greenland: Frederikshaah, 
Godthaab, Disko (0: Godhavn), Fiskemeer and Upernivik. The loca- 
lity »Fiskemer« is unknown to me; although its position is stated to 
be north of the polar circle, | should be inclined to believe that the 
name is a misreading of that of the settlement of Fiskernes at 
63°5’, And this supposition is supported also by the record of Poten- 
tulla tridentata and Thymus Serpyllum from »Fiskemer«, both being 
common in South Greenland, but very scarce north of the polar circle. 
The list published by J. D. Hooker (Journ. of the Proc. of the 
Linn. Soc. Botany vol. V 1861 p. 79) records some 47 species found on 
Disko, of which: Poa nemoralis and Equisetum silvaticum are especi- 
ally interesting, their occurrence on Disko not having been verified 
by later collectors. 
Ros. Brown (of Campster) published 1868 his well-known »Flora 
Discoana« (Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburg vol. IX) and mentions about 
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* for instance see A. J. Manmcren: Botaniska Notitser 1865 p. 169; A. G. 
Natuorst: Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Férh. 1884 Nr. 1. 
