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C. sci?*poidea, Mx. (C, Wormskioldiana, Horn.). 



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



Frequent at Disco ; gathered two plants at Proven. 



C. alpina, Sw. (C. holostoma, Drej.) 



Dist. - 2 7. Lat. 72° 20' to 78° 50'. W. and G. 



Proven ; Hayes Sound (H. W. F.) 



C. fuliginosa, St. & Hoppe. 



Dist. 1 2 3 - - 6 7 8 - - - 12 13. Lat. 69° 42' to 82° 27'. 



E. ( W., and G. 



Rittenbank, Proven, and Upernavik; "Deserted Village," 

 Hayes Sound, covering the drier sod about the iglus ; but a stunted 

 form, and not luxuriant, as on inorganic soil at Discovery Bay. 

 Franklin Pearce Bay, east side (coll. Moss); Floeberg Beach 

 (H. W. F.) Except for occasional patches of moss, this is the 

 only plant forming a bright green sward in Discovery Bay. In 

 Musk Ox Fiord, seven or eight miles inland, amongst a chain of 

 trout lakes, there are several small oval plains, three to five hundred 

 yards in length, and having a fresh green surface entirely due to 

 this sedge. I saw nothing so refreshing for the eyes as these 

 oases in tbe Arctic Regions. These had been small glacially- 

 formed lakes, now silted full with mud, and such sedge-meadows 

 were rich pasturage for the musk-oxen. Floeberg Beach (H. W. F.) 



Sea-level to 650 feet in Discovery Bay. 



C. rarijiora, Sm. 



Dist. 1. Lat. 69° 15'. G. 

 Near Lievely, Disco. 



C. capillaris, L. 



Dist. - 2. Lat. 72° 20'. G. 



C. riaida, Good, (et vars.) „ _, . _ 



Dist. 12 3-567 12. Lat. 69° 15' to 81° 52'. E.,W. &G. 



Lievely Island, Disco, &c. ; Discovery Bay and Musk Ox Bay ; 

 near Shift Rudder Bay. 



Sea-level to 500 feet in Musk Ox Fiord. 



G. stans, Drej. (C. aouatilis, Wahl.) 



Dist. - 2 - - - -7 - --- 12. Lat. 72° 20' to 81° 42'. W. and G. 



Proven ; Deserted ViUage to Ptarmigan Hill, Hayes Sound ; 

 Discovery Bay to the north of the harbourage, by the sea. Ibis 

 sedge was always near the sea-shore, usually amongst shingle at 

 the water's edge, or just inside the ice-foot. At the Deserted 

 Village : lat. 78° 50', it attained a height of close on two feet, by 

 f ar a greater growth than that of any other herbaceous plant seen 

 north of Disco. 



Scirpus cmpitoaus, L. 



Dist. 1. Lat. 69° 15'. G. 



Common in patches about Godhavn, Disco. 



Eriophorum cavitation, Host. , _ 



Dist.12-454 12. Lat. 69° 15' to 81° 42. \ 



Disco, common, appearing through the snow at 2o00 feet. 



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