INTRODUCTION. 



The flora of East Greenland north of 76° N. Lat. has hitherto been 

 very little known. The only paper dealing with the flora of 

 that part of Greenland is a short list, compiled by one of us, of the 

 tew plants gathered by Mr. E. Koefoed during the Océanographie 

 Expedition of the Duke of Orleans in 1905 (see the list of literature, 

 p. 5). 



On the other hand, the flora of the north of East Greenland, 

 south of 76° N. Lat., is well known through the researches of Sco- 

 RESBY, JUN., E. Sabine, Clavering and Pansch, N. Hartz, A. G. Nat- 

 horst, P. DusÉN, C. Kruuse, etc. Mr. C. Kruuse has compiled 

 a list of all the data concerning the flora of East Greenland between 

 75° and 66° 20' N. Lat., and in this paper that list will be quoted 

 under each species, provided that the species occurs therein. 



On comparing our list with that of Kruuse it appears that 

 only one species is quite new to the flora of East Greenland, viz. 

 Alsine Rossii, which is new to the flora of the whole of 

 Greenland. Another species, Draba siibcapitata Simm., has not 

 previously been recorded from East Greenland, but specimens 

 of it are contained in Kruuse's collection under other names. 



Our list contains 92 species, which is a rather poor number, 

 but several more species will undoubtedly be found by further 

 investigations. 



The material collected originates mostly from the district around 

 Danmarks Havn (Harbour), 76° 46' N. Lat. and 18° 48' W. Long., 

 on Germania Land. The area thoroughly investigated extends 

 from 76° 43' N. Lat. to 77° N. Lat. and from 17° 30' W. Long, to 21° 

 W. Long. From outside this area small collections have been brought 

 home from different points along the coast northwards to Hyde 

 Fjord on Peary Land and from some places more landward, 

 especially from Ymers Nu na tak in the land-ice. 



The greater part of the material has been collected by one of 

 the authors, A. Lundager, but we are indebted to the sledge-expedi- 



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