20 *- "• OsiiM 1 I.I) and Andii. Lindagkii. 



Ik'sidi's Ihc i)rint'i|)al lonn the cmioiis sleiile glal)rous, small- 

 leaved, densely eæspilose Ibriii which Simmons (Sec. Arc. Exp. Fram 

 1898—1902, No. 2, 190«, p. 122) has named t pulvinata Simm., and 

 which has erroneously been taken for C. Edmondstouii, var. caespito- 

 snm Malnii^r. (el". Kruuse. I.e., p. 109) was found around Danmarks Havn. 



Loc. Miiileimikfjeld; HjoriieskaM"; Ymers \im;il;ik; ('ienii:ini;i Liiiid: 

 v;illcy l)elwoen .\nnexs() ;ui(l S;elsø; Danmarks Havn, common everywhere; 

 .St. Koldewey. 



Flow, .huie 2()th 07; June 21 si OS. 



Nole. In low-lyinj^, humid soil it oecurs as larj^e lulls with decumhenl 

 flowerinf^ stems, i)ressed close to the {ground. When the llowerinj^ j)lant in 

 the autumn is suddenly eovered with snow which remains durinj^ the winter, 

 all the parts of it are so well preserved, that in the sprin{> when the snow 

 has melted, they appear a^ain and ai)|)arently are as fresh as if the}' had 

 quite recently unfolded themselves. 



Ranunculaceae. 



ßaininciilus L. 



53. Ranunculus glacialis L. Sp. pi., 1753, p. 553; Lange, Consp. 

 Fl. Groenl., 1880, p. 54. 



Kruuse, East Greenland, p. 1(57. 



Loc. Germania Land, common. 



Flow. June 22nd 07, June 18th 08. 



Note. Around small i)onds where the snow has melted early, it is one 

 of the sprinj^ flowers. On the other hand, where the snow-drifts are peren- 

 nial and irrigate the lower-lying, evenly sloping ground, it follows the drifts 

 as they melt and llowers here till the frost hegins towards the end of August 

 or in the beginning of September. 



54. Ranunculus sulphureus Soland. in Phipps, Voy. N. Pole, 

 London 1774, p. 202; R. altaicus Laxman; Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenl., 

 1880, p. 56. 



Kruuse, East Greenland, p. 168. 



Due d'Orleans, Cape St. Jacques (Ostenfeld, 19Ü8, p. 6). 



The Expedition has brought home very rich material of this 

 species, while R. nivalis L., which has been recorded as far north 

 as Little Pendulum Isl., is completely absent from the collection. 



Loc. Bjørneskærene; (iermania Land: Danmarks Havn, common. 

 Flow. June 18th 07, June loth 08. 



55. Ranunculus pygmaeus Wahlenb., Fl. Lappon., 1812, p. 157; 

 Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenl., 1880, p. 55. 



Kruuse, East Greenland, p. 167. 



Loc. Germania Land: Danmarks Havn, rather common. 



Flow. July 9th 08. 



Note. Prefers sheltered localities with clayej' soil. 



