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b. Very small, richly branched and densely matted. Flowers 
solitary or geminate on very short, 0.5—4 mm. long, glabrous, 
curved peduncles. Fruits very small, 0.8—1.0 mm. in diam. 
Wet swamps in Coniferous woods in E. N. America: Minn., Me. and Quebec. 
G. brevipes FERN. & WIEG. 
Fig. nostra 4, 5b. 
C. Stems, peduncles and leaves glabrous. 
a. A form of G. trifidum, from which it only differs in the glabrous 
stems, peduncles and leaves. Fruits slightly larger, 1.50—1.75 
mm. in diam. 
Brackish marshes in E. Atl. N. America, from Me. — Québec. 
G. trifidum var. halophilum Fern & Wiec. 
b. Sparingly branched, suberect, 5—15 cm. high. Flowers 
lateral, solitary or geminate, on arcuate pedicels, as long 
or longer than the leaves, (10 mm.). Fruits 1.”—2 mm. in diam. 
Springy places and wet moss in New Mexico, alpine; bor.-atl. America: 
Gaspé, Newfoundland and Labrador; 8. Greenland. 
G. Brandegeet GRAY. 
Fig. nostra 1—3, 5a. 
JØDE 
THE GENUS ANDROMEDA IN GREENLAND 
During his extensive travels throughout the settled coast of West 
Greenland, Jens VAHL found no Andromeda. The first to report it was 
J. TAYLOR, surgeon on whaling ships, who states A. polifolia for Disco, 
69°10’ N. and Wilcox Point 74°18’ N. (Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinb. Vol. 
VII. Part II, 1862). H.C. Hart, botanist on the NARES expedition, claims 
Abbreviated titles used in the key. 
FI. D. Icones Florae Daniae, Hauniae 1761—1880. Not seen. 
Rchb. Reichenbach: Icones Florae Germaniae, 1834—67. Not seen. 
Gray Man. Robinson & Fernald: The Gray Manual or Handbook of Flowering 
Plants and Ferns . . . N. U.$. and Canada. 7. 1908. 
Hegi: Illustrierte Flora v. Mittel-Europa, Vol. I—VI. not finished. 
Lindman: Svensk Fanerogamflora, 2. uppl. 1926. 
Neuman & Ahlfvengren: Sveriges Flora, 1901. 
