386 



Morten P. Porsild 



d. Widel}^ distributed Arctic plants with, however, a 

 northern limit in West Greenland north of 7 3° and south 

 of Melville Bav. 



Car ex rar i flor a. 



— supin a. 

 Jiincus triglumis. 

 Tofieldia palustris. 

 Salix glauca. 

 Koenigia islandica. 

 Sagina caespitosa. 

 Alsine biflora. 

 Cardamine pr(densis. 

 Arabis alpina. 



— arenicola. 



Saxifraga Aizoou. 

 Hippuris vulgaris. 

 Phyllodoce caerulea. 

 Loiseleuria procumbens. 

 Cassiope hypnoides. 

 Drapeusia lapponica. 

 Campanula rotundifolia. 

 Antemaria glabrata. 

 Taraxacum croceum. 



— groenlandicum. 



e. Southeru types. Species whose northern limit falls 

 within the district of 71°— 73°. 



The present northern Previously 



limit of the species known as 



in West Greenland far as 



Equisetum variegatum 72° 48' 



Lycopodium annotinum 72° 48' 



Agrostis borealis 72° 30' 70° 25' 



Calamogrostis arundinacea var. pur- 



purascens 72° 30' 70° 41' 



Calamogrostis neglecta 71° 22' 70° 40' 



Poa alpina (?) 72° 30' » 



Festuca rubra 72° 3' 70° 40' 



Elymus arenarius var. villosus 71° 29' 70° 47' 



Carex lagopina 72° 30' 71° 47' 



— alpina 72° 23' 



— pulla 72° 30' 



Scirpus acicularis 71° 42' 70° 30' 



— caespitosus 72° 30' 70° 8' 



Juncus arcticus 71° 14' 70° 40' 



— castaneus 72° 3' 70° 45' 



Luzula multiflora 72° 30' ca. 71° 



— spicata 72° 23' 71° 



Ammodenia peploides 72° 30' 72° 4' 



Viscaria alpina 72° 23' 70° 25' 



Ranunculus lapponicus 72° 30' 72° 22' 



^ possibh' 74° 15' (Rowlee & Wiegand). 



