156 Morten P. Porsitp 
ranging in North America and Eastern Greenland. On Iceland the 
European form occurs. 
Flowers abundantly. The occurrence at Godhayn has been care- 
fully observed through half a dozen years, but it never fruited. About 
the Sydostbugt great quantities of berries are, as a rule, collected every 
year for sale to European households around Disko Bay. The fruits are, 
however, sometimes so scarce that it does not pay to collect them. Thus 
principally after winters rich in snow and cold springs. About Egedes- 
minde the berries do ripen, but not in such quantities that it will 
pay to collect them. Around Iginiarfik in the Ataneq-fjord, 68°70" ber- 
ries are collected every year for local demand, and more could easily be 
supplied if the conditions of transport to other places were better. The 
natives do not collect the berries for themselves as they cannot afford 
the extra sugar which is needed to make them palatable. By Danish 
housekeepers the berries are considered much better than introduced 
Danish or Norwegian berries. 
Oxycoccus palustris PERs. 
was reported from Hunde Ejland, 68°52’ (Sor.) and the specimen exists 
in H. H. Otherwise the plant is found several times between 60° and 
62° and from the Godthaab-fjord-region, 64°. On Hunde Ejland it has 
been searched for several times, by Kruuse as well as by us, but in 
vain, and as the island is but small and the suitable localities easily 
surveyed, we are inclined to suppose that the statement is due to con- 
fusing of material. 
XXXVI. Diapensiaceae. 
I 237. Diapensia lapponica lL. 
On open sunny spots in heath and barrens. 
Disko: Common in the gneissic parts, scarce in the basaltic and absent in 
the northern parts of the island, also in the luxuriant valleys leading into the interior. 
Mainland: Common on gneissic rock throughout the area, however, scarcer 
in the lowland around the big fjords of the southern part. 
Widely distributed in West Greenland, without southern limit, 
the northern limit is still unknown, but may be searched for north 
of 74°. 
Ascending to high altitudes. 
Abundantly flowering and fructificating. 
Normally covered by snow during winter, but sometimes snow- 
bare tufts are found. 
