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Commonly distributed in all formations as well near the coast 

 as in the interior, is not cover forming, but appears very frequently 

 and in great quantities in the vegetation. 10 — 20 ctm. high, many- 

 strawed, thickly tufted, always with lots of old stems and leaf 

 rests round the ground. Flowers from the 15*^ of June till the 

 15'^ of August, sets abundant ripe fruit, is often snowless in winter, 

 and the seeds are spread by the wind over the snow. 



Kong Oscars Havn (Berlin) ! Tasiusak (Bay) ! Tasiusarsik kidlek 

 (Knutsen) ! 



ß. major Lge. 1. с 



Rare; on herby slopes. 20—30 ctm. high; with 1—3 ctm. 

 long ears; flowers during the first half of July; sets ripe fruit. 



West side of Kingorsuak, Akiliarisek, Tasiusarsik in Angmag- 

 salik Fjord, Ikerasausak, Elvbakker near Tasiusak. 



Гаш. 36. Cyperaeeae'). 



130. Scirpus caesi)itosiis L. f. austriaca (Palla). 



Palla Bericht d. deutsch, hot. Gesellsch., 1897 p. 468, Ostenf. 

 FL arctica p. 43, Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p. 129 & 286. 



Rare, on the banks of rocky brooks and in humid places, in 

 heath and on rocky steps, grows gregariously and forms cover over 

 small spots. 7 — 10 ctm. high, flowers from the 15*^^ of July. 



Sierak, Misutok, Tunok, Kordlortok Fjæld near Tasiusak 66° — 

 65° 40' lat. N. 



131. Eriophorum Scheuchzeri Hoppe. 



Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p. 129 & 286, Berlin Kärlväxter p. 68, 

 Hartz Fanerog. p. 392, Ostenf. Fl. arct. p. 41. 



Not common, in pools, on river banks and on sandy flats, in 

 the interior. 15 — 20 ctm. high, flowers from the 20*^ of June, sets 

 ripe fruit July — August. 



Eskimo Ö,* Kingorsuak, Ikerasausak, Sierak, Tunok, Ikerasak 

 Fugleholme, Kordlortok So, the valley behind the colony, Kong Oscars 

 Havn (Berlin) ! Tasiusak (Bay) ! 



^) Determined by Inspector C. H. Ostenfeld. 



