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Commonly distributed in all formations as well near the coast 
as in the interior, is not cover forming, but appears very frequently 
and in great quantities in the vegetation. 10—20 ctm. high, many- 
strawed, thickly tufted, always with lots of old stems and leaf 
rests round the ground. Flowers from the 15% of June till the 
15% of August, sets abundant ripe fruit, is often snowless in winter, 
and the seeds are spread by the wind over the snow. 
Kong Oscars Havn (Berlin)! Tasiusak (Bay)! Tasiusarsik kidlek 
(Knutsen)! 
BP. major Lge. 1. c. 
Rare; on herby slopes. 20—30 ctm. high; with 1—3 ctm. 
long ears; flowers during the first half of July; sets ripe fruit. 
West side of Kingorsuak, Akiliarisek, Tasiusarsik in Angmag- 
salik Fjord, Ikerasausak, Elvbakker near Tasiusak. 
Fam. 86. Cyperaceae ». 
130. Scirpus caespitosus L. f. austriaca (Palla). 
Palla Bericht d. deutsch. bot. Gesellsch., 1897 p.468, Ostenf. 
Fl. arctica p. 43, Lge. Consp. FI. Groenl. p. 129 & 286. 
Rare, on the banks of rocky brooks and in humid places in 
heath and on rocky steps, grows gregariously and forms cover over 
small spots. 7—10 ctm. high, flowers from the 15 of July. 
Sierak, Misutok, Tunok, Kordlortok Fjæld near Tasiusak 66° — 
65° 40’ lat. N. 
131. Eriophorum Scheuchzeri Hoppe. 
Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p. 129 & 286, Berlin Kärlväxter p. 68, 
Hartz Fanerog. p. 392, Ostenf. Fl. arct. p. 41. 
Not common, in pools, on river banks and on sandy flats, in 
the interior. 15—20 ctm. high, flowers from the 20% of June, sets 
ripe fruit July— August. 
Eskimo Ö, Kingorsuak, Ikerasausak, Sierak, Tunok, Ikerasak 
Fugleholme, Kordlortok Sö, the valley behind the colony, Kong Oscars 
Havn (Berlin)! Tasiusak (Bay)! 
1) Determined by Inspector C. H. Ostenfeld. 
