1 he present investigation is carried out with the aid of 

 material from the herbaria belonging to the Botanical Museum 

 at the University of Copenhagen; it is brought from many 

 different localities by several investigators. Besides this, 

 material from Denmark, preserved in spirit has also been 

 used. All material from Greenland was dried , which 

 has caused difficulties, especially as regards the leaf ana- 

 tomy; some material was also collected by Warming in 

 Northern Scandinavia. Linnaea being a plant about which 

 many investigations have been made and many papers written, 

 especially Giger's monograph, a more complete treatment is 

 superfluous, and in this general statement it has only been 

 necessary to mention the main points. 



As regards the distribution of the plant the above 

 named paper may be referred to. 



As to the localities in Greenland in which Linnaea is 

 found, the following are represented in the herbaria : 



1. Præstefjeldet near Holsteinsborg, in a thicket of Salix 

 glauca, Empetrum and Vaccinium uliginosum, collected by 

 Warming and Th. Holm. 



2. Ivnarsuak in Tasermiut Fjord, leg. F. Benj. Petersen. 



3. Ivigtut, leg. Aug. Berlin. 



4. Kvannit Sarok in Diskofjord (Lat. 69° 33' N.), copiously 

 flowering in the outskirts of willow thickets; leg. Morten 

 P. Porsild; this being the most northern locality in which 

 Linnaea has been found in Greenland. 



