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Sagina, intermedia, Fenzl. 



S. intermedia, Fenzl, in Ledebouk, F1. Ross. I, 1842; Neuman & Ahlfvengren, Sv. 

 Fl. ; Spergula saginoides /? nivalis, Lindblom, Bot. Ant., ex p. (?), 1838 ; 

 Sagina nivalis. Fries, Mantissa 3, ex p.; Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenl. ; Krhuse, 

 List E. GreenL; Simmons> Prel. Rep. et Bot. Arb.; Kjellman, in Vegaexp. ; 

 Andehsson & Hesselman, Spetsb. kSrlv. ; Hartman, Skand. Fl.; Kruuse, Jan 

 May.; Spergula saginoides, Hooker, Fl. Bor. Amer., ex p.? 

 Fig. Fl. Dan., T. 2961. 



The name which is generally used for the plant here in question 

 is <S'. nivalis, (Lindbl.) Fr., but I think the light course to adopt, is to 

 use Fenzl's name for it, as there can be no doubt about what he has 

 meant. An examination of what is understood by the names quoted 

 above of Lindblom and Fries, leads to the conclusion that the S. nivalis, 

 Fries at least includes both what is usually referred to it, and also the 

 S. caespitosa, (Vahl). The original plant of Lindblom perhaps, is 

 identical with the latter, as the description seems to imply, perhaps 

 also it includes both species. The locality Knudsho in Dovre is the 

 same (?) where Baenitz's specimens in Herb. Europ. are collected, but 

 as both species grow in those mountains there is no conclusion to be 

 drawn from that fact. In using Fenzl's name for my plant, I must, 

 however, let it stand as an open question whether the other should be 

 called nivalis, (Lindbl.) or caespitosa, (Vahl), the latter indubitable name 

 being published two years later than the former. 



In its only EUesmereland locality, the plant grew at the edge of 

 a little pool among grass and moss. Both flowers and fruits were seen 

 July 30th, 1899. 



Occurrence. Only on Cocked Hat Island at the East coast (1273). 



Distribution: East Greenland, West Greenland (not found North 

 of Melville Bay), Arctic America (one specimen, probably from Boothia 

 Felix, from Ross' second expedition 1829—33, seen in the Nat. Hist. 

 Mus., besides several specimens of S. nivalis), Land of the Chukches, 

 Arctic coast of Asia, Novaja Semlja, Spitsbergen, Northern Scandinavia, 

 Faeroes, Iceland, Jan Mayen. 



