18 f^- H. Ostenfeld and Andr. Lundager. 



Kruuse, East Greenland, p. 157. 



Lo C. Germania Land, common. 



Flow. June 29th 08. 



Note. Grows on gravelly, rather flat ground near the shore. It forms 

 dense and large tufts with numerous flowers which attract the observer by 

 their snow-white colour and by their strong odour, — so rare in arctic regions. 



Alsine Wahlenb. 



46. Alsine verna (L.) Wahlenb., Fl. Lappon., 1812, p. 128; Lange, 

 Consp. Fl. Groenl., 1880, p. 24. 



Kruuse, East Greenland, p. 156. 



Most of the specimens collected may be referred to f. rubella 

 Wahlenb. (1. c, p. 128, pro sp.), but the forms seem to be indistin- 

 guishable. 



Loc. Ymers Nunatak; Germania Land, rather common on table-lands; 

 snow-covered during winter. 

 Flow. June 21st 08. 



47. Alsine biflora (L.) Wahlenb., Fl. Lapp. 1812, p. 128; Lange, 

 Consp. Fl. Groenl., 1880, p. 23. 



Kruuse, East Greenland, p. 155. 



Loc. Germania Land: Danmarks Havn, in only one place. 

 Flow. July 17th 08; no flowers in 1907. 



Note. It was found on a sheltered, humid slope facing south, near the 

 sea-shore. 



48. Alsine Rossii (R. Br.) Fenzl, Verbr. d. Alsin., Wien, 1833, p. 18; 

 Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenl., 1880, p. 25: Simmons, Medd. Grönl., vol. 

 26, 1904, p. 470; Simmons, Sec. Arcl. Exp. Fram 1898—1902, No. 2, 

 1906, p. 116, tab. 6, figs. 4—6; Arenaria Rossii R.Br., Chloris MelvilL, 

 1823, p. 14. 



As Simmons (1904, 1. c.) had proved that Taylor's records of 

 A. Rossii from West Greenland were improbable, it was a find of 

 great phyto-geographical importance when the Danmark Expedition 

 brought home a specimen of this species from N. E. Greenland, thus 

 giving the first certain record of it as a Greenland plant. 



The small bits collected are sterile (see fig. 1), but by comparison 

 with Ellesmere Land specimens not the slightest doubt as to its 

 identification remains. 



Loc. Germania Land; Hvalrosodde. 



Sagina L. 



49. Sagina intermedia Fenzl, in Ledeb., Fl. Ross., I, 1842, p. 339; 

 Simmons, Sec. Arct. Exp. Fram 1898—1902, No. 2, 1906, p. 119; 

 S. nzfa//s(Lindbl. ) Fries, Mantissa 3, 1842, p. 31 ex pte; Lange, Consp. 

 Fl. Groenl., 1880, p. 22. 



