Stray Contributions to the Flora of Greenland I—V. 5 
a very sturdy and reliable boat, giving her crew safe transportation 
under all conditions, and cosy quarters and working room when an- 
chored. 
The southernmost region, especially the district of Julianehaab 
60°—61° N., is one of the best botanically explored sections of Green- 
land. We owe our knowledge of the flora to a long line of well-trained 
experts: M. WORMSKJOLD, 1813; F.C. Rasen, 1823; J. Vani, 1828—-30; 
A. BERLIN, 1883; P. EBERLIN, 1883—85; Tu. Horm, 1886, (Frederiks- 
haab district only); L. K. ROSENVINGE, 1888; N. Hartz, 1889; and to 
a still larger number of skilful amateurs, geologists and surveyors or 
officials residing in the country, among whom may be mentioned: 
A. KorneErup, C. Petersen, P. L. P. SyLow, N. O. Host, L. SCHIØDTE, 
A. Jessen, and Mrs. ELEONORA LUNDHOLM. All results so far are, for 
the flora of the vascular plants, incorporated in L. K. RosEnvinGe’s 
"Andet Tillæg til Grønlands Fanerogamer og Karsporeplanter”, Medd. 
om Grl. III. Forts. III. 1892, in which paper, besides additional localities 
for other sections of Greenland, there is the best list of plants occurring 
in the southern part. The same author has published an elaborate 
study on the geographical and ecological conditions of the flora: “Det 
sydligste Grønlands Vegetation”, (with a resumé in French), Medd. 
om Grl. 15., 1898. Since the issue of these two important papers, large 
collections have been made by Dr. J. Linpuarp (Ivigtüt-distriet) and 
by Dr. H. DEICHMANN, and especially by Dr. G. MeLporr (Julianehaab- 
distriet), which are deposited in the herbarium of the Botanical Museum 
at Copenhagen, but which have not been published. 
There was thus no great probability that new researches would 
yield results worth the expenses nor had we any ambition in that 
direction. Our aim was simply 
“these wonders to behold” 
and to obtain research material for comparison with plants from other 
sections. And when, nevertheless, we can add some additional localities 
for some of the rarest species, it only shows how difficult it is to obtain 
a complete knowledge ot the flora of so vast a country as Greenland. 
Here follows a list of the localities visited by us, and their geo- 
graphical latitude. 
Frederikshaab district. 
Frederikshaab, 62°5’. 
Eqaluit in Kuanersôq, 62°5'. Thickets of Salix and Betula. 
