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GEAAH, PLANTS FROi^I EAST GREENLAND. 



XCIX. — Plants from East Greenland, collected by Capt. 

 Graah, and determined by Prof. Hornemann. 1832. 



[Narrative of an Expedition to the East Coast of Greenland, &c., 

 under command of Capt. W. A, Graah, &c., translated from 

 the Danish by G. G. Macdougall, &c., 1837, Appendix II., 



pp. 177-8.] 



I. Plants found in Queen-Maria's Valley, N. Lat. 63° 38', 

 W. Long. 41° 3o'. 



Hippuris vulgaris, Linn., var. 



High up 



High up 



and var. 



High 



tetraphylla. 

 Veronica saxatilis, L. High up 



among the cliffs. 

 Elymus arenarius, L. 

 Alchemilla alpina, L. 

 Polygonum viviparum, L. 

 Epilobium origanifolium, L. 



High up among the cliffs. 

 E. latifolium, L. 

 E. angustifolium, L., var. denti- 



culata. Less than on the 



West Coast. 

 Erica coerulea, Willdenow. 

 Vaccinium uliginosum, L. The 



leaves larger than on the 



West Coast. 

 Saxifraga stellaris, L. 

 Cerastium alpinum, L. 

 Potentilla nivea, L., var. Per- 

 haps a new species ; the 



under surface of its leaves 



not white. Not yet found on 



the West Coast. 

 P. retusa, Retz. High up 



among the cliffs. 



II. Plants found at the Island of Kemisak ; N. Lat. 63° 35' 

 W. Long. 41° 35'. 



Rubus saxatilis, L. 



among the chffs. 

 Euphrasia officicalis, L- Eight 



inches : one to three inches 



on the West Coast. 

 Bartschia alpina, L. 



among the cliffs. 

 Arabis alpina, L. 

 Erigeron alpiuus, L. 



uniflora, Spreng. 

 Gnaphalium alpinum, L. 



up among the cliffs. 

 G. sylvaticum, L., var. furcata, 



Wahleub. High up among 



the cliffs. 

 B etui a nana, L. Pligh up 



among the cliffs. 

 Carex, sp. Without flower. 

 Salix glauca, L. 

 S. herbacea, L. 

 Equisetum arvense, L. 

 Aspidium fragile, Swarts. 

 Lycopodium alpinum, L. 



Veronica saxatilis, L. 



Alchemilla alpina, L. 



Campanula rotundifolia, L., var. 

 uniflora. 



Epilobium latifolium, L. 



Polygonum viviparum, L. 



Saxifraga caespitosa, var. groen- 

 landica, Retz. 



S. stellaris, L., var. pygmaea. 

 Not yet found on the West 

 Coast. The flower and fruit 

 are, as in many Greenland 

 plants, large in proportion to 

 the stalk and leaves. 



Stellaria humifusa, Rottboell. 

 Cerastium alpinum, L. 

 Lychnis alpina, L. 

 Ranunculus hyperboreus, L. 

 Larger than on the West Coast. 

 Thymus serpyllum, L., var. 



prostrata. 

 Bartschia alpina, L. 

 Draba muricella, Walhlenb. 

 Leontodon taraxacum, L., var. 

 Erigeron alpiuus, L. ; and var. 



uniflora. 

 Hieracium alpinum, L. 



