List of Vascular Plants. 17 



Caryophyllaceae. 



Melandrium Röhl. 



41. Melandrium apetalum (L.) Fenzl, in Ledeb., Fl. Ross., I, 



1842, p. 326; Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenl., 1880, p. 19. 

 Kruuse, East Greenland, p. 154. 



The specimens collected belong to f. arctica Th. Fries (Öfv. К. 

 Sv. Vet. Akad. Förh., 1869, p. 133) with petals projecting beyond 

 the calyx. 



Loc. Bjørneskærene; Germania Land, rattier common. 



Flow. June 29tli 08. 



Note. Grows by preference in liumid places near lake-margins or run- 

 ning water; snow-covered during winter. 



42. Melandrium affine J. Vahl, Fl. dan., fasc. 40, 1843, p. 5; 

 M. involucratum (Cham. & Schltd), /9, affine Rohrb.; Lange, Consp. 

 Fl. Groenl., 1880, p. 20. 



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Kruuse, East Greenland, p. 154. 



Due d'Orleans, Cape Bismarck (Ostenfeld, 1908, p. 5). 



This species appears always to be easily distinguishable from 



M. apetalum and M. triflorum, and its white petals and more or less 



white calyx (with dark veins and teeth) are very characteristic. 



Loc. Germania Land, rattier common. 

 Flow. Beginning of July. 



43. Melandrium triflorum (R. Br.) J. Vahl, Fl. Dan., fasc. 40, 



1843, p. 5, tab. 2356; Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenl., 1880, p. 20. 

 Kruuse, East Greenland, p. 154. 



Petals mostly pink or rose-coloured; calyx with a dense cover- 

 ing of long glandular hairs. 



Loc. Germania Land, common; Maroussia Ist. 



Flow. June 22nd 08. 



Note. Grows on rocky-flats where high, vigorous specimens mark the 

 burrows of lemmings. 



Silène L. 



44. Silène acaulis L. Sp. pi., ed. 2, vol.1, 1762, p. 603; Lange, 

 Consp. Fl. Groenl., 1880, p. 19. 



Kruuse, East Greenland, p. 153. 



Loc. Germania Land, common everywhere. 



Flow. July 3rd 07; June 24 Ih 08. 



Arenaria L. (ex pte). 



45. Arenaria ciliata L., var. humifusa (Wahlenb.) Hartm. Handb. 

 Skand. Flora, ed. 11, p. 243, 1879; Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenl., 1880, 

 p. 27. 



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