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viduals are very vigorous and it is but little probable that this con- 

 spicuous plant might have avoided our attention in the numerous 

 ruins we have visited; it is therefore not likely that it appears 

 within the district visited by us, and its appearance in the above- 

 named place is very difficult to explain, the more so, because it is 

 only found in few places in West Greenland between 60° 1 5' and 

 60° 55' lat. N. . 



Fam. 23. Polygonaeeae. 



101. Koenigia islandica L. 



Lge. Consp. Fl. Grœnl. p. lOi & 277. Hartz Fanerog. p. 339. 

 Dusen Gefässpfl. p. 48. 



Northern coast-p. : Sabine Ö (all travellers) ! Кар Borlase Warren 



(H. & K.)! Mackenzie Bugt (К. A. Gr.) ! 

 Northern inlet-p. : Antarctic Havn (A. G. N.) ! 

 Scoresby Sund: Hurry Inlet (H. & K.) ! Jameson Land 



(H. &K.)! Danmarks Ö, Gaaseland (H.) ! 

 Кар Dalton-p.: Turner Sund, Кар Dalton (H. «fc К.) ! 

 Southern coast-p.: Nuahk (К.)! 



102. Polygonum viTiparum L. 



Lge. Consp. Fi. Grœnl. p. 105. Hartz Fanerog. p. 339. 

 Dusen Gefässpfl. p. 48. 



Common everywhere in East Greenland between 74° 30' and 

 66° 20' lat. N. 



103. Oxyria digyna (L.) Campd. 



Lge. Consp. Fl. Grœnl. p. 105. Hartz Fanerog. p. 340. 

 Dusen Gefässpfl. p. 49. 



Common everywhere in East Greenland. 



104. Rumex acetocella L. 



Lge. Consp. Fl. Grœnl. p. 106. Hartz Fanerog. p. 340. 

 Dusen Gefässpfl. p. 49. 



