112 Morten P. Porsitp. 
is far easier than that of any other plants, a trustworthy information, 
as to its occurrence or absence, can be had in any locality. 
To the following account | have used, besides literature and per- 
sonal investigations, a good deal of information, mostly verbal, from 
natives of the different localities. Most complete and most reliable are 
the informations relating to the Disko-fjord which all are due to Isak 
Danielsen, an Eskimo, who is conspicuous for his remarkable aptitude 
for geography. On a map, drawn by himself, of those parts of the Disko 
island known to him, he has on my request, among other things, marked 
the occurrences of Archangelica known to him. — In the enumeration 
of the occurrences, an (!) indicates that I have seen the spot myself, 
or, at any rate, the plant from there. 
To facilitate the comprehension of some of the place-names in the 
following account | will just point out, that the Scandinavian word for 
Archangelica: Kvan already in the olden times was adopted into the 
language of the Greenland Eskimos in the form of kudneg, plur. kudnit. 
From this the following forms are further derivations: kudninguiti. e., the 
small (or few) Kyans, kudnerssuit 1. e. the large (or many) Kvans, kud- 
nikasit 1. e. the poor Kvans, kudnidrssuit i. e. the extraordinary (or re- 
markable) Kvans ete. ete. 
Disko. 
I. Mellemfjord. 
On the northern shore, at Kuanit, 69°44’(!) in a rich and luxuriant herb-mat 
at the outflow of several springs together with Cystopteris, Polystichum Lonchitis, 
Poa alpina, Luzula parviflora, Sibbaldia, Alchemilla glomerulans, Potentilla alpestris, 
Stellaria borealis, Epilobium lactiflorum, E. Hornemanni, Pirola minor, Bartschvia, 
Veronica alpina, Taraxacum croceum etc. — Further at the head of the fjord, as 
well as on the southern shore near the hot springs (K. J. V. Sreenstrup, Medd. 
om Grl. 24, p. 287). 
Il. Nordre Laksebugt (Eqaluit). 
In the valleys some kilometers away from the coast near the foot of the moun- 
tain Igdlorssuaussaq, 69°38’, also in luxuriant herb-mats (P.). 
Ill. Disko Fjord. 
1) The north coast of the northern branch at 69°34’—35’, in four spots, the 
two westernmost ones near the small islet Qeqertarssuk, the largest and eastmost 
opposite the north point of the big island Qeqertaq. Here together with the same 
as above and with Dryopteris Linnaeana, Habenaria hyperborea, Linnaea borealis, 
Hieracium groenlandicum(!) — 2). In the northward directed branch are two loca- 
lities on the eastern shore, at ca. 69°32’, one of them is named Kuanikasit(!). In 
the valley leading from this branch to Mellemfjord are 4 or 4 localities on the north- 
ern side of the valley, 69°38’. — 3) In the branch Kangerdluarssuk, inland from Eqa- 
languargat, 69°31'(!) as well in the valley Eqalanguit Itivnerit leading from this 
branch to the fishing place Eqalinguit, in numerous spots (!). Along the foot of the 
hill 3125’ of the map, on its southern side, is a widely extended occurrence of Archan- 
gelica, the western end of which is called Mamartut (the well-tasting), the eastern 
_ Qiterdlit(the middle onesi. e., in proportion to the following). —4) At the inner branch 
