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Fain. 5. Empetraceae. 



12. Empetrum nigrum L. 



Lge. Consp. p. 18 & 240. Buchenau & Focke 1. c. Hartz 

 Fànerog. p. 324. Dusén Gefässpfl. p. 16. 

 Here and there. 



Northern coast-part: Kuhns Ö (C. & P.) ! Sabine Ö (H. & K.) ! 



Mackenzie Bugt (G. & P.) ! Glavering Ö (D.) ! 

 Northern inlet-part: Scott Keltic Ö (D.) ! Forsblad Fjord (D. H.&K.)! 



Röhs Fjord (D.) ! Kap Parry, Antarctic Havn (D.) ! 

 Scoresby Sund: Here and there, but not common (H.)! Jameson 



Land common (H. & K.) ! Hurry Inlet common (D. H. & K.) ! 

 Kap Dalton-part: Kap Dalton, Turner Sund rather rare (H. & K.) ! 



It is collected in all visited localities south of 69°30'. 



It is nowhere except in Jameson Land formation or cover-forming 

 north of 69° and seeches most often shelter against the predomi- 

 nant winds. It is most often hermophroditic and is in several places 

 observed with ripe fruit. 



Fam. 6. Caryophyllaeeae. 



13. Silène acaulis L. 



Lge. Consp. p. 19 & 241. Buchenau & Focke I. c. Hartz 

 Fanerog. p. 324. Dusén Gefässpfl. p. 17. 



Common everywhere between 75° and 66°20', observed by all 

 travellers and in all localities. The tufts reach a diameter of 

 30 — 40 ctm. and a height of 7 — lOctm., but the wind- ward is often 

 eroded or dead, so that the tuft has the form of a horse-shoe. 



f. albiflora Lge. 

 Not rare in humid localities in Scoresby Sund (H.) 1 



14. Viscaria alpina (L.) Don. 

 Lge. Consp. p. 19 & 241. Hartz Fanerog. p. 324. 



In thickets and herby slopes, snowcovered in winter, up to 

 15 ctm. high. Common in the interior of Scoresby Sund: Dan- 



