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was revealed by the loose hairs found in them. This association 

 of P. nivea was pure; only at the outer edge a single P. emarginata 

 was found. Some exceedingly vigorous tufts of Poa abbreuiata proved 

 that the latter also throve in the neighbourhood of the fox-hole. 



Between Stormkap and Snenæs the ground is fairly level and 

 only slightly elevated. There are many small lakes and small bogs 

 of Eriophorum polystachym of the usual monotonous composition, 

 i. e. with Carex pulla and Arctagrostis latifolia. Where the ground 

 is drier, Salex, Cassiope and Hierochloë dominate. Also the following 

 occur scattered — Papaver, Polygonum, a small-leaved Dryas, Luzula 

 confusa, Cobresia Bellardii, Carex nardina, C. rupestris, Poa abbreuiata, 

 P. glauca, Melandrium affine, Silène, Stellaria lougipes, Saxifraga 

 oppositi folia, S. cernua and Potentilla emarginata. 



During an excursion from Lille Snenæs to Trekroner on June 

 27, 1908, I found the first and only plant belonging to N. O. Liliaceæ 

 in these regions, viz. Tofieldia coccinea, whose northern limit was 

 thereby removed above 4 degrees of latitude further north. It was 

 not exactly what I had expected to find. It formed very compact 

 and dense tufts, sometimes alone, and sometimes together with 

 Cassiope or Dryas. The roots twined so closely together that they 

 could scarcely be separated without being torn. Neither Cassiope 

 nor Dryas was flowering as yet, so the snow must have been lying 

 a long time. Tofieldia's nearest neighbours were Vaccinium, Poly- 

 gonum, Silène, Juncus biglumis, Pedicularis hirsuta, Salix and a spe- 

 cimen of Carex {rupestris '1); also a small poor-looking Papaver which 

 did not appear to thrive in these surroundings. These are without 

 doubt the plant-growth of a heather-moor, but they occur here 

 under such modified conditions that they do not constitute a for- 

 mation which can be included in the definition of a heather-moor, 

 with the significance that the word has when used in connection 

 with West Greenland. The whole of this small locality consisted 

 of a depression about 70 metres above sea-level. 



In the dry sandy deserts north of Lumskebugten the vegetation 

 consisted of only Saxifraga oppositifolia, Carex nardina and a few 

 specimens of Sa/za\ Further north there was quite a flat area covered 

 almost exclusively with Dryas which had here very narrow leaves 

 with revolute margins so that it closely resembled Dryas integrifolia. 

 Below the snowdrifts at the foot of the small hills occurred the 

 largest and flattest bogs of Carex and Eriophorum that I ever saw. 

 The ground being so flat, these bogs looked exceedingly pleasant 

 when seen from a distance, but, viewed nearer they did not appear 

 to such advantage. To a certain extent they were reminiscent of 

 the tufted bogs in Denmark, only the tufts here were very low and 



