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XIV. Observations on the Lichens collected by Dr. Rone Brows, M.A., F.R.G.S., 
in West Greenland in 1867. By W. LAUDER LiNpsaY, M.D., F.R.S.E., F.L.S. 
(Plates XLVIII.-LIT.) 
Read February 4th, 1869. 
I. Introduction. 
THE lichens on which the following ** Observations " were made were collected between 
June and September, 1867, by my friend Dr. Robert Brown, F.R.G.S.* They were 
gathered mostly in the following localities, on, or in the neighbourhood of, Disco Island, 
between 67? and 70? N. lat., in an area of country not differing much in its different parts 
as respects its cryptogamic vegetation :— 
1. Jakobshavn (in English, Jacob's Harbour or Haven), lat. 67 13° 11" N., long. 50° 
56 30" W.+; period June to August. 
This was the chief centre and locality of collection. Most of the muscicolous lichens, 
and of the common species (e. g.) of Cladonia, Stereocaulon, and Collema, from Jakobs- 
havn, were specially labelled “ shady places, north end of harbour near Mr. Fleischer's 
house;" July. 
2. Egedesminde (English, Egede's Memory), lat. 68” 42 39" N., long. 52° 43' 48” W.; 
June. 
3. Godhavn f, the * Lievely " of British whalers (English, Good Harbour), on Disco 
Island, lat. 69 14/ 58” N., long. 53” 24' 40" W.; perhaps the best-known botanical 
locality in Greenland. : | 
4. Illartlek ; entrance to inlet, head of inlet, and at the glacier. About 69° 27 N. lat. . 
July. 
5. Ounartok, lat. 70° 30” N., long. 52° W.; August. 
6. Kudlesæt, lat. 70° 5’ N., long. 52° 32’ 35" W. (approx.) ; August. 
7. Lyngemarken, on Disco, opposite Godhavn ; September. 
8. Atanakerdluk § (English, ‘ the Rocky Promontory ”), on Waigatz Strait (= Waj- 
* [We have been requested to state that the collection of lichens described in this paper is the property of Mr. 
‘Edward Whymper, and that the plants were collected by Dr. Robert Brown during a visit to Greenland, undertaken 
at the expense of Mr. Whymper, in 1867.—Szcs. L. 8.] 4 » 
T “The longitudes and some of the latitudes which I have given for Greenland places, are only approximate 
(says Mr. Brown, in writing me), “ as I have. not fully wrought out my astronomical observations for positions." 
Those cited are from Mr. Brown's * Florula Discóana," Trans. Botan. Society of Edinb., vol. ix. p. 435, where full 
descriptions of all the localities are given. m: , 
+ Not to be confounded with Godthaab, a very different locality—a Danish “‘ Colonie ” in lat. 64° 8’ N., and 
long. 51° 37’ W. : 
$ ing the spelling of Greenland names of places, vide author's paper on the ** Lichen-Flora of Greenland." 
Trans. Botan. Soc. Edinb., vol. x. p. 292. 
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