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to have collected the same species, 1875, on “S. Disko, E. of Godhavn”. 
(Journ. Bot. London 1880). According to H. G. Simmons, who studied 
the plants of Tayror and Harr in the herbaria of the British Museum, 
there are, however, no Andromedas among them. The identifications 
must consequently have been erroneous, as was often the case with 
the said authors. As to the last locality the present writer may remark 
that, after twenty years of botanizing “E. of Godhavn, S. Disko”, he 
has found no Andromedas there. 
In 1878, an Andromeda was picked up by the geologist A. Kor- 
NERUP, at the head of the small fiord Tiningnertôq, 62°20’, just south 
of the great Frederikshaab glacier. The plant was identified by Jon. 
LANGE as A. polifolia and the specimens were preserved. They were 
dwarfish, growing in Sphagnum, showing barely two years growth 
overtopping the moss, each year’s growth 15—20 mm. long and with 
3—4 leaves. Young flowers are present, but no fruits. Later this section 
of Greenland — not the locality itself — has been investigated by the 
very experienced collectors L. K. Rosenvince and N. Hartz, but 
without adding new stations for Andromeda. 
In 1925 I had made a collecting trip to the southernmost parts 
of Greenland, accompanied by my son, A. E. Porsitp. On our return 
we stopped for two hours at the settlement of Neria, 61°33’ N. to visit 
the native catechist J. EuGenius, who for some time has been collecting 
herbarium specimens for me. In looking over his harvest, we noticed 
a fine set of a dwarfish Andromeda, matching very well the plants of 
Kornerup of which I have a small duplicate from LanGe’s herbarium. 
Eugenıus’ plants were taken on moist, boggy ground on the island 
of Narssalik, 62°38’ N. Since, I have twice got specimens from the same 
locality. 
A week later we arrived at Egedesminde where we met the or- 
nithological expedition of Mr. E. Lenn Scuioier, of which Mr. Jo- 
HANNES LARSEN, well known to all for his artistic skill and his thorough 
knowledge of bird-life, was a member. But he is also known to his friends 
as having a great knowledge of Danish plants. He told me that he had 
seen an Andromeda on the small island of Manitsoq, 68°47’ N. the day 
before. Mr. Larsen took no specimens but only wondered why he had 
not seen that plant before in the different sections of South Greenland 
the expedition had visited. I rather doubted the identification of his 
find, as it seemed surprising to me to get two new stations for a genus 
only found once before, and this station was so far north; so I proposed 
a few other names, as Loiseleuria, Phyllodoce, etc. These were unknown 
to Mr. Larsen, whereas he would not let himself be saddled with the 
suspicion of having made a mistake about Andromeda. So we started 
at once to see the plants in doubt. 
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