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Widely distributed in all formations as well along the coast 

 as in the interior. Still the specimens rarely attain a considerable 

 greatness (stems of a length of 35 ctm. are rare) and most of 

 them are very small. Tufts of a diameter of 1 — 6 ctm. are most 

 frequent. It flowers from the 15'^ of May till the middle of June, 

 but delayed flowers are found. Even minimal tufts of a diameter 

 of 5 mm. or creeping specimens of the length of 1 ctm. bear 1 — 2 

 flowers, that are often covered with snow or are exposed to -^ 4 

 — 5° С without interrupting the flowering. Fruit is found already 

 in the first week of June, and the seeds are most often spread 

 before the end of June. The two forms mentioned by G. An- 

 dersson and H. Hessel m an (Bidrag t. Kännedomen om Spets- 

 bergen о. Beeren Eilands Kärlväxtflora. Bih. t. K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. 

 Handl. Bd. 26. Afd. III. No: I, p. 23), f. reptans and f. pulvinata, 

 with numerous forms of transition are found almost equally fre- 

 quently within the district, in the way, that f. reptans is preferably 

 found in steep and sloping places and very humid localities, and 

 f. pulvinata prefers plane field and such localities where the soil 

 during some time of the summer is totally dried up. Both of 

 them belong to the most common plants on areas of sand-drift, 

 especially where the sand-grains are large ( — 1 ctm. diameter) ; and 

 they are often so totally covered, that nothing but the flower rises 

 above the sand, but this does not apparently seem to hurt them. 



Fam. 12. Crassulaeeae. 



66. Sedum ßhodiola D. С 



Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p. 67 & 258, Hartz Fanerog. p. 392, 

 Rhodiola rosea L. Berlin Kärlväxter p. 37. 



Rather commonly distributed on herby slopes, on steep rocks, 

 steps and in fertile heath, but nowhere numerous and bearing but 

 a slight part of the vegetation. 20 — 30 ctm. high; flowers from the 

 10*^ of June til August, sets abundant fruit, hermaphroditic flowers 

 were not observed. 



Кар Wandel, Nigertusok, Kangerdlugsuatsiak, Sten Ö, Moræne 

 О, Grus Ö, Kangerdluarsikajik, Sarfak, Kingorsuak, Amagâ Sermilik, 

 Ikerasausak, Tunok, Anava and Aluit near Kap Dan, common near 

 Tasiusak, Kong Oscars Havn (Berlin)!, Tasiusak (Bay)! 



