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On rocky steps above the herby slopes; rare. 
2—10 ctm. high with up to 10 flowering branches, flowers in 
July, sets abundant ripe fruit. 
Kap Wandel, Nigertusok, Kakasuak near Kingorsuak, Akiliarisek, 
Misutok, Sierak, the bottom of the Sierak Dal, Ikerasak, Tunok, 
Tasiusarsik in Angmagsalik Fjord, Kordlortok Fjæld, Kong Oscars 
Havn (Berlin)! 
84. Gentiana tenella Rottb. 
Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p. 265. 
On rocky steps above herby slopes, very rare. 1—10 ctm. 
high, divided from the ground in one erect main stem and 3—4 
ascending branches, ending each with one flower. Flowers in the 
end of July; the corolla pale bluish purple, sets fruit, but the ripening 
was not observed. 
Found but on the humid: steppy side, exposed to the south, of 
the mountain Kakasuak c. 700 mt. above the level of the sea, where 
numerous specimens were found. Kingorsuak. 
*Malva neglecta Wallr. 
On refuse-heaps near the colony, sterile, introduced. 
Fam. 21. Diapensiaceae. 
85. Diapensia lapponica L. 
Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p. 83'& 265, Berlin Karlvaxter p. 55, 
Hartz Fanerog. p. 392. 
Common every where. Kong Oscars Havn (Berlin)! Tasiusak 
(Bay)! 
Commonly distributed in table-land, heath, on rocky steps and 
on herby slopes. Forms tufts of as much as 35 etm.s’ diameter 
and 7 ctm.s’ height above the ground; the tufts are often dead 
at the top or in spots. Seedlings and small specimens of 
3—10 mm.s’ diameter are common in table-land. Flowers from 
the 15% of June till the 15 of August, sets abundant ripe fruit. 
The peduncles are 0,5—4 ctm. long. 
