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tions known from the coast of West Greenland are here poorly 
developed, some of them totally absent. 
Halophytie Formations are зсап у. On projecting cliffs used 
by sea-birds as resting places, one may find scattered specimens of 
Cochlearia, Mertensia, Carex glareosa, Phippsia, Potentilla pulchella, 
Stellaria longipes and St. humifusa. Behind the projecting points, 
where the action of the currents is not felt, a narrow strip of sandy 
beach is seen (ef. fig. 3), often so narrow that during winter it is 
quite covered by the ice-foot and is then without a single plant. On 
other places some Carices, Glyceriae, Ammodenia and Cochlearia form 
Fig. 6. Surface of the islet near Niaqua. Glyceria distans, angustata, maritima 
Г. reptans and Carex glareosa form a dense carpet, manured by nesting ducks | 
(Somateria mollissima and Harelda glacialis'. 
a narrow border outside the land-vegetation or intermingled with it. 
The small, low islet near Niaqua consists partly of cliffs without 
vegetation, partly of sand-covered flats, on which is seen a carpet 
of Glyceriae and Carex glareosa suffering from dryness and from 
over-manuring by birds. Here the ducks (Somateria mollissima and 
Harelda glacialis) have numerous nests. The characteristic dark 
green spots consisting of manured grass-carpets of Alopecurus alpinus, 
which are to be found along the coasts of Greenland, do not occur 
on Hare Island, as human dwellings are wanting. 
The principal part of the surface of Hare Island belongs to the 
formation called by Warning fell-field (“Fjeldmark”). Large 
