54 Morten P. Porsiup. 
Very common throughout the whole area. 
Widely distributed in West Greenland, without southern limit; 
the northern limit not known, but lying somewhere north of 73°. 
Ascends the hills following the continuous vegetation. 
Abundantly flowering and fruiting. 
Hibernates covered by snow. 
V 82. Carex stans Dres (C. aquatilis var. stans Boort.; OSTENPELD). 
Character-plant of the Carex-bogs, along lake-shores growing in 
company with Eriophora, Carex pulla, C. rotundata, C. rigida var. con- 
color (Cp. Porsild 1. c. 167 ff. Fig. 10—11 Resumé 280). 
Disko: Very common everywhere, ascending the hills to at least 600 m (P.). 
Hare © (P.); Mainland: Nuigssuaq peninsula and from Torssukatak down 
to the Sydost-Bugt common; evidently somewhat scarcer in the gneiss-domain 
than in the basalt. Egedesminde (V.); the continent at 68°30’ (P. & E.). 
According to OstTENFELD: FI. Arctica these last localities repre- 
sent the southern limit of the species here in West Greenland. 
Thus it is a northern type; knovn from Ellesmereland and is 
likely to be found from the interjacent coast north of the Danish settle- 
ments. 
Often the species is difficult to distinguish from the closely allied 
C. rigida, C. pulla, C. rotundata. 
In addition to the characters already mentioned in the literature 
we may add the colour of the old sheaths of C. stans usually being light- 
brown and dull, while that of the other species is more or less purple- 
coloured and shining. 
Abundantly flowering and fruiting. 
At the beginning of the winter a decided winter-stander;: later 
on thickly covered by snow. 
A 83. Carex subspathacea Wormsks. (C. salina var. AUTT.). 
On strand-meadows and strand-rocks among other halophilous 
vegetation; very small and insignificant and no doubt often overlooked. 
Only exceptionally forming carpets along the brackish lagoons. 
Disko: At Godhavn, Udkiggen 69°12’ on splashed strand-rocks (P.); Mellem- 
fjord about 69°45’ (Rikli!); Hare © 70°20’ (P.). 
Mainland: Kugsinerssuaq 70°15’, forming extensive patches (P.): Augpa- 
lartog north of Kangatsiaq (K.); Ikert6q Fjord at Holsteinsborg (V.). 
A southern type. The above mentioned localities represent the 
northern limit, but it is hardly the real one, the plant in East Green- 
land being found far north of this latitude. 
