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Frequent in a stunted form in Discovery Bay. In flower 

 y 16. Floeberg Beach (H. W. F. and coll. Moss). 

 Sea-level to 750 feet in Discovery Bay. The form T. palnstre, 



DC, occurred in Foulke Fiord. 



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Dist. 1. Lat. 69° 15'. G. 

 Englishman's Bay, Disco. 



C. uniflora, L. 



Dist. 1 2. Lat. 69° 15' to 7 2° 20'. G. 



Frequent at Disco, Eittenbank, and Proven, but nowhere in 



good flower. 



Vaccinea. 



Vaccinium idiqinosum, L. 



Dist. 12 3-567. Lat. 68° 42' to 78° 56'. W. and G. 

 Common as far north as the " Deserted Village " and " Twin 

 Glacier," Hayes Sound. 



Ericacece. 

 Cassiopeia hypnoides, L. 



Dist. 1. Lat. 68° 42' to 69° 15'. G. 



In a glen at the head of Svarte Vogel Bay, near Eittenbank; 

 on Disco ; on the mainland near Disco ; and at Egedesminde. 



C. tetragona, L. 



Dist. 12 3 4 5 6 7. Lat. 68° 42' to 78° 56'. W. and G. 



The most abundant of the heath family, and supplying the 

 want of heather in low grounds in some parts of Disco, to the 

 east of Godhavn, &c. The same range as Vaccinium idiginosum, 

 but more abundant ; both disappear north of Hayes Sound. In 

 Spitzbergen this plant, the most northern of the family, reaches a 

 latitude of 79° 56'. 



Andromeda poli/oUa, L. 



Dist. 1. Lat. 69° 15'. G. 



Sparingly to the east of Godhavn, Disco. 



Diapenmi lapponica, L. 



Dist. 12 3. Lat. 68° 42' to 72° 58'. G. 



I gathered this beautiful flower as far north as Kangitok. 



Loiseleuria procumbens , L. 



Dist. 1 2. Lat. 68° 42' to 72° 20'. G. 

 Disco, Egedesminde, and Proven. 



Rhododendron lapponicum, L. 



Dist. 1 2. Lat. 68° 42' to 72° 20'. G. 



Ledum palustre, L. 



Dist. 1. Lat. 68° 42' to 69° 42'. G. 

 Common at Disco and Eittenbank. 



Gren. & Godr.) 



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Dist. 1 2. Lat. 68° 42' to 72° 20'. G. 



Egedesminde; about Lyngemarken, Disco; and Proven 



common. 



