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be rewritten later. Only in a few instances therefore do I here 

 give particulars, for which in all other instances I must refer 

 to the treatises that will appear later on the flora, and vegetation 

 of the regions visited. 



Apart from some planktonfishing during the journey across 

 the Atlantic, the botanical work began after the arrival at E g e- 

 des minde in Danish Greenland, July 28, 1898, but as this 

 place as well as G o d h a v n and U p er n i v i k which were after- 

 wards visited are naturally among the best known in the coun- 

 try, there is very little of interest to record as a result of the 

 short trips I made there. At Lyngmarken near God havn 

 however I may mention Pedicularis lapponica L. and Sibhal- 

 dia procumhens L., which, as faj' as I have found in the litera- 

 ture I had at hand, have not before been noticed in this locality ; 

 further Hippuris vulgaris L. approaching to var, maritima 

 Hellen., which grew abundantly in a pool in the vicinity of the 

 colony. At Lyngmarken I also observed a tall Alchemilla 

 with large rather glabrous leaves, probably A. glomerulans Bus. ; 

 the plant was however to young to allow of an exact identi-. 

 fication. Possibly dredging in these places would have given a 

 better result than did the landexcursions, but as I had no boat 

 or crew at my disposal, my collection of algae was reduced 

 to a few literal forms that could be collected without any 

 special outfit. 



In the evening of Aug. 15th we dropped anchor in 

 Foulkefjord, where I devoted the night to an excursion along 

 the northern side of the fjord over Reindeer Point to the old 

 Eskimo-encampment of Etah. But as I had also an opportunity 

 in the following summer of visiting the northern shore of Foulke- 

 fjord, I will in connection with the other excursion later give 

 an account of what I saw and collected there. An attempt at 

 dredging yielded only a few mostly loose laying and bad speci- 

 mens of Laminariae and other algae. 



On Aug. 17th the first landing was made on the west side 



