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Lange, in ' Kink's 



Abundant with the following two Orchids at Englishman's 

 Bay, Disco. Kemarkably sweet-scented. 



Listera cordata, Br. 



Dist. 1. Lat. 69° 15'. G. 



"With the last, in flower at Disco, July 13. 

 Gronland,' gives 64° 10' as the northern limit of this plant ; its 

 discovery here is therefore an addition to the Flora of Arctic 

 Greenland. 



Platanthera hyperborea, Linde. 



Dist. 1. Lat. 69° 15'. G. 



Luxuriant with the last two, at sea-level and close to the sea, 

 forming dense beds of rich foliage. No Orchis is included in B. 

 Brown's ' Florula Discoana.' 



JitncacecB. 

 Luzula spadicea, DC. (var. parviflora, Desv.) 



Dist. 1 2. Lat. 69° 15' to 72° 20'. G. 



A very handsome plant at Englishman's Bay, Disco ; Proven. 

 Not recorded north of Disco by Lange. 



L. campestris, Sm. (var. congesta), L. multiflora, Lej. 



Dist. 12 3 11 12. Lat. 69° 15' to 81° 42'. 



E., W., and G. 



Frequent at the earlier stations; again at Polaris Bay and 

 Discovery Bay. Lange gives 70° its north limit in Greenland. 



L. arcuata, Sw. (L. hyperborea, Br.) 



Dist. .-3-567 12. Lat. 72° 48' to 81° 49'. 



E., W., and G. 



This form occurred more commonly northward, and became 

 more glabrous. Between St. Patrick's Bay and Shift Rudder Bay 

 at 800 feet. 



Juncus triglumis, L. 



Dist. 1. Lat. 69° 15'. G. 

 Near Lievely, Disco. 



J. biglumis, L. 



Dist. 1 7 8 -.- 12 18. Lat. 69° 15' to 82° 27. 



W. and G. 



Muddy soil near the sea. Common at Discovery Bay, St. 

 Patrick's Bay, and near Shift Kudder Bay. Appearing late in the 

 season. Floeberg Beach (H. W. F.) 



Cyperacea. 

 Carex mpestris, All. 



Dist. 1. Lat. 69° 15'. G. 

 Disco, frequent. 



C. nardina, Fr. 



Dist. 1 2 3 - 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13. Lat. 09° 14' to 82° 27'. 

 E., W., and G. 



Common everywhere; especially at Foulke Fiord and at 

 Norman Lockyer Island, where it formed nearly the whole vegeta- 

 tion. Floeberg Beach (H. W. FA 



