BUCHENAU, PLANTS, EAST GREENLAND. 577 



K.-Fr.-J. Fjord. Another form, P. grandiflora,'Rsi^.., 

 Auct., abounds in W. Greenland. 



XIV. Empetracea. 



51. Empetrum nigrum, L. Coal I. ; Mackenzie Bay. Found 



by Scoresby. W. Greenland, 60°-72° 48'. 



XY. Folexuoniacea. 



52. Folemonium humile, Willd. (P. acutijlorumy Willd., 



P. 'pulchellum^ Bung., P. capitatum, Eschsch., P, 

 Pichardso9ii,}look. et Arn., P.pulcherrimum,IlookeY), 

 Very characteristic for East Greenland, where it is 

 general ; but it is not known in S. or W. Green- 

 land. 



XVI. Scrophulariacea. 



Vero?iica alpina was gathered by Scoresby, but not by 

 this Expedition. 



53. Euphrasia officinalis, L. . Rare, at one spot under the 



Biirgermeister Crags, in Jackson Isl. 



54. Pedicularis hirsuta, L. Common. Found by Sabine. 



Common also in W. Greenland. 



XVn. Flumbaginacea. 



66, Armeria maritima, Willd. {A. Sibirica, Turcz. in DC. 

 Prod., XII., 678 ; Flor. dan. t. 2769). Rare. 

 Sabine Island ? Found by Sabine also. 



XVIIL Pclygonacea. 



54. Oxyria digyna (L.), Campd. A very wide-spread Arctic 

 plant and very gregarious ; at nearly all places visited. 

 Also Scoresby and Sabine. 



Kcenigia Islandica, L., found by Sabine in E. 

 Greenland, and more common in W. Greenland, 

 was not collected by this Expedition. 



XIX. Betulacea. 



58. Betula nana, L., var. genuina, Regel. Forming a thick 



bush on the edge of the moraine, 800-1,000 ft., on the 

 slope of the K.-Fr.-J. Fjord. 



XX. Salicacea. 



59. Salix arctica, Pallas. At all the localities visited. Also 



observed by Scoresby (" Salix aff. glaucce et limoscB "), 

 Sabine, and Graah. 



XXI. Juncacea. 



60. Luzula hyperborea, R. Br. A characteristic Arctic 



plant, found at most of the localities. Also by Scores- 

 by (" Luzula arcuata, Hooker "), and Sabine. 



61. Juncus biglumis, L. Sabine Isl. ; Cape Broer-Ruys ; the 



Fjord. 



62. J. triglumis, L., var. Copelandi, Buchenau. Moraine 



at the K.-Fr.-J. Fjord. 



63. J. castaneus, Sm. K.-Fr.-J. Fjord. 



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