252 MortEN Р. Ровзи. 
on account of the tertiary plant-fossils of the carboniferous layers. 
К. L. GIESECKE studied the minerals and coal-layers in 1811, J. С. 
SCHYTHE the coal in 1838, Dr. К. J. V. STEENSTRUP and Mr. J. G. 
ВонрЕ studied the geography and geology in 1872; in 1880 Com- 
mander R.R. J. HAMMER of the Royal Danish Navy mapped the 
island, and lastly Prof. A. G. NATHoRsT investigated the fossils. 
The first botanical contribution was made by J. TAyLor who 
served as a physician onboard whaling vessels during 1856—61. 
He enumerates 14 species from Hare Island of which however two: 
Alsine Rossii and Pedicularis Kanei are due to error (cf. H. G. 
70°30° 
Marrad 
Niakornarstl’ 
| Urnioik 
à ue tigsat 
70°15' 
55° 30° 54° 
Fig. 1. Hare Island and adjacent coasts of Disco and Nugsuaq. 
(Copy from а map by В. В. J. HAMMER in Medd. о. Gr. Ш.) 
SIMMONS IV). Also Prof. NATHORST during his short stay collected 
plants near Aumarutigsat and published a list of some of the more 
interesting specimens collected, 16 species are there mentioned. With 
the exception of one species, Aira, I have refound all the species 
given by Тлугов and NATHORST, and my list now comprises 112 
species of vascular plants. | 
Geography. Soil. Hare Island extends from 70° 19' to 70° 28' 
N. Lat. and from 54930' to .54°56’ W. Long. (see accompanying map) 
and covers an area of about 66 square miles (112 km? according to 
STEENSTRUP III. р. 167). The shortest distance to the coast of Disco 
is about 6 miles, to that of Nugsuaq about 12. In the Greenland 
