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Vv 278. Arnica alpina (L.) OLIN. 
In herb-mats and luxuriant spots in the heath and on rock shelves. 
Common throughout the area, especially at some distance from the 
coast. 
A northern type without northern limit, south of our area ranging 
to the fjord district at 64° (Ros.). 
From the shore to considerable altitudes. 
Abundantly flowering and fructificating. 
Covered by snow during winter. 
On sunny spots, rich in mould a luxuriant form occurs: 
f. pluriceps HaGLunp in herb. Described but not named by Ro- 
SENVINGE: Andet Tilleg p. 701 as follows: Ramosa, calathiis 3—5 bene 
evolutis; scapi laterales 1—2 foliis parvis, non opposttis muniti. 
This form was observed, for instance, at Godhavn (P.), Paotdt 
(Th. P.), Orpigssuit (Htz.), N. Stromfjord (P. & E.). 
yi 279. Taraxacum phymatocarpum J. VAuL. 
DautsteptT: Studier 6fver arktiska Taraxaca. Ark. f. Bot. 2. N. 8. 
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p. 22. 
In dry morainie and stony soil, on gravelly banks in river deltas. 
Disko: From 70°10° on the west coast northwards and on the coast towards 
Waygat down to ca. 70°. gathered by several collectors and rather common. Other- 
wise only on the top of a hill near Mudderbugt, 69°50’, 875 m above the sea (P.). 
Mainland: on Nuigssuaq peninsula on the west coast and the coast towards 
Waygat down to about 70° as well as in the big valley, rather common (P.). 
Obs. Some of the specimens were determined by H. Dau.stepr. 
A high-aretie type, the localities mentioned above are the south- 
ern limit. 
Abundantly flowering and fructificating. 
Probably covered by a thin layer of snow during winter. 
280. Taraxacum groenlandicum DaAutsrepT: 
Arktiska och alpina arter inom formgruppen Taraxacum cerato- 
phorum (Led.) D. C. Arkiv f. Bot. 5. N. 9. p. 23. tab. 14—15. (T. 
officinale ceratophorum LANGE pro maxima parte Consp. fl. Grl. p. 84.) 
In sandy and gravelly soil, often on downs along the shore consisting 
not only of quartzic but also of basaltic sand. 
Disko: hardly rare, most of the localities known are on the south coast, but 
also observed on the north coast and in the interior (P.). — Hare © (P.). 
Mainland: Nigssuaq peninsula on the coast and in the big valley common 
(P.). From Torssukatak southwards observed in numerous localities to the fjords 
inland from Holsteinsborg (P. & E.). 
