List of Vascular Plants. 17 



Caryophyllaceae. 



Melaudrium Röhl. 



41. Melandrium apetalum (L.) Fenzl, in Ledeb.. Fl. Ross., I, 



1842, p. 32(k Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenl., 1880, p. 19. 

 Kruuse, East Greenland, p. 154. 



The specimens collected belong to f. arctica Th. Fries fÖfv. K. 

 Sv. Vet. Akad. Förh., 1869, p. 133) with petals projecting beyond 

 the calyx. 



Log. Bjorneskærene; Germania Land, rather common. 

 Flow. June 29th 08. 



Note. Grows b\- preference in liumid places near lake-margins or run- 

 ning water; snow-covered during winter. 



42. Melandrium affine J. Vahl, Fl. dan., fasc. 40, 1843, p. 5; 



M. involiicratiim iCham. & Schltdj, ß, affine Rohrb.; Lange, Consp. 



Fl. Groenl., 1880, p. 20. 



Kruuse. East Greenland, p. 154. 



Due dOrleans, Cape Bismarck (Ostenfeld, 1908, p. 5). 



This species appears always to be easily distinguishable from 



M. apetalum and M. trißorum, and its white petals and more or less 



white calyx (with dark veins and teethj are very characteristic. 



Loc. Germania Land, rather common. 

 Flow. Beginning of July. 



43. Melandrium triflorum iR. Br.i J. Vahl, Fl. Dan., fasc. 40, 



1843, p. 5, tab. 2356; Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenl., 1880, p. 20. 



Kruuse, East Greenland, p. 154. 



Petals mostly pink or rose-coloured: calyx with a dense cover- 

 ing of long glandular hairs. 



Loc. Germania Land, common; Maroussia Isl. 



Flow. June 22nd 08. 



Note. Grows on rocky-flats wliere high, vigorous specimens mark the 

 burrows of lemmings. 



Silène L. 



44. Silène acaulis L. Sp. pi., ed. 2, vol. I, 1762, p. 603; Lange, 

 Consp. Fl. Groenl., 1880, p. 19. 



Kruuse, East Greenland, p. 153. 



Loc. Germania Land, common everywhere. 



Flow. July 3rd 07: June 24th 08. 



Arenaria L. lex pte). 



45. Arenaria ciliata L., var. humifusa (Wahlenb.) Hartm. Handb. 

 Skand. Flora, ed. 11, p. 243, 1879: Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenl., 1880, 

 p. 27. 



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