GREENLAND. 
to be better suited to vegetation than the surface’ of € 
the land; there is a great variety of fuci, ulve, and = 
conferve. The plants which have been hitherto found, bi. 
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Greenland. The vegetation commences’ very late, not till ‘the’ 
—\— end of May or June, in proportion to the different la~ 
titudes, and is over by the end of August or Septem- 
ber. The bottom of the sea in these climates appears 
I, Monanpria. 
are, 
Rumex acetosella. L 
Stellaria groenlandica. | Vahlii. 
Flora Gro-  Hinpuris vulgaris. Lin. Very sel- Rumex digynus. L. “Rheum digy- lauca. Wither, 
ealandiea. “Yom; only in the 60° num. Wahlenberg. fumifase Rotboll. 
An Uvularia amplexifolia, seu Strep- : cerastoides, L. ‘ 
Il. Hig eke topus ? Arenaria — Pon , 
Veronica alpin : peploides (vari iw 
sree pexatitic: “Ts A FTRREARE LA, trinervia. 7 
Pinguicula vulgaris. L. 
Anthoxanthum odoratum. L. 
III. Trranprra. 
Scirpus ceespitosus. L. 
Eriophorum vaginatum. L. 
VITI. Octranprria. 
Epilobium angustifolium. L. 
Jatifolium. L. 
alpinum. 
fontanum. Wahlenberg. 
Vaccinium vitis idea. L. 
Sedum annuum. L. 
Oxalis acetosella, L. 
Lychnis alpina. Li 
varietas flore albe. 
Cerastium alpinum. L, 3 
hirsutum. Vahlii. 
capitatum. uliginosum, L. viscosum. L, 
angustifolium. pubescens. latifolium. L. 
latifolium. Erica ris: “L. 
polystachium. L, 
Phleum arcticum. Vahlii. 
Alopecurus aritarcticus. 
Agrostis arundinacea. L. 
Aira subspicata. 
Festuca ovina, L. 
If it flourishes plentifully, the 
Greenlanders suppose that the 
following winter will be very ~ 
severe. 
Erica cerulea. Wildenow. 
Polygonum aviculare. L. 
XI. Dopecannria. 
XIT. Icosanprra. 
Sorbus aucuparia. L., This tree is 
only found in the form of small 
shrubs, to the 61°, in the interior 
rubra, L. latifolium. of some firths, and was probably 
Arundo stricta, Timmii. viviparum. L. brought to Greenland by the old 
Elymus arenarius. L, The root is eaten raw by the na- — Norwegians or Icelanders, 
Koenigia islandica. 
tives. 
Rubus chamemorus. L, 
Potentilla aurea, L. 
IV, Terranpria. TX. ENNEANDRIA. hirsuta. Vahlii. 
Alchemilla montana. Rheum digynum. Wahlenberg. (Vide nivea. L, 
alpina. Rumex digynus.  L.) retusa. 
Plantago. (Nova Species.) Only as octopetala, 
in the 60°. X. Decannprra. integrifolia. 
V. Penranpria. 
‘Pulmonaria maritima. L. 
Diapensia lapponica. L. 
Ledum palustre, L. 
: nlandicum. Retzii? 
atifolium. Aiton. 
Andromeda hypnoides. Li. 
Comarum palustre. L. 
- XUL Potyanpria. 
Papaver nudicaule.  L. : 
Primula farinosa. L, eee coerulea. L. (v. Erica radicatum, Rotboll. 
Menyanthes trifoliata. L. coerulea and Menzie- Thalictrum alpinum. L. 
Azalea procumbens. L, sia coerulea.) Ranunculus acris. L. 
apponica, L, t se hederaceo proximus. 
‘Campanula rotundifolia. L. polyfolia. L. nivalis. 
: uniflora. Pyrola rotundifolia. L.  ~ sulphureus. Wahlen- 
‘Gentiana lutea, L. uniflora. berg. 
Angelica archangelica. L. Eaten 
raw by the Greenlanders, and as 
Rumex acetosa. L, 
pickle with oil. used as tea. the 60°. . 
Ligusticum Scoticum. Only found Saxifraga cotyledon. L. Helleborus trifoliatus. L. 
to the 67°. stellaris. Anemone groenlandica. 
en media. oo nivalis. Smith. 
tatice armeria. L. palmata. Smith. XIV. Dipynamia. “a 
Sibbaldia procumbens. L. oppositifolia. Ajuga pyramidalis. Only in the ~ 
bulbifera. L. 60th : ’ ae, 
VI. Hexanpnra. cernua. L. Thymus serpyllum. L. tothe 
Juncus arcticus. Wildenow. rivularis. L, ° of latitude ; it is used as tea 
campestris. Wahlenberg. cespitosa. L. by the natives. q 
pallescens. Wahlenberg. groenlandica. Bartsia alpina. « L. oe 
parviflorus. L. hypnoides. Rhinanthus aa L. . 
pilosus. Wablenberg. a L.—It grows Euphrasia offici L. Very small. 
spicatus. L, to the height of one foot; Pedicularis | etmee pe : 
trifidus. L. and the leaves are used ammea. 
Tofieldia borealis. Wahlenberg. as tea by the natives, hirsuta. a 
(Anthericum caliculatum, L.) — Saxifraga tye % 
Tofieldia alpina. Silene acaulis. L.—Eaten, mixed ia cla ‘% 
secunda. The Jeaves are eat~ 
en by the natives, and also 
with oil, by the Greenlanders. 
pygmeus. Wahlenberg. 
Anemone pratensis, L. Rarelyin | 
