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The 108 species belong to the families included in the above 
table, of which each is represented by the number of species mentioned 
in the column for N. W. Greenland. The corresponding figures for N. E. 
Greenland and Ellesmereland are added to facilitate comparisons. 
Already from the above table it appears that there is a consider- 
able conformity between the floras of the three districts here compared. 
The genera with the greatest number of species, are also nearly the 
same in N. W. Greenland as in Ellesmereland; viz. Sawxifraga (11) 9, 
Carex (11) and Ranunculus (6) 6, Pedicularis (4), Draba (5) and Poten- 
litla (4) 5, Glyceria (4) 4. The figures in () represent the number of 
species in Ellesmereland, where also Poa has 5 species (only 3 in 
N. W. Greenland). Carew indeed appears to be far less represented in 
the flora of N. W. Greenland, than in that of Ellesmereland or of 
N. E. Greenland, where it reckons 13 species; but that most probably 
is accounted for by the less accurate exploration of the first-mentioned 
region, rather than, as Harr thinks, by a more arctic climate (Bot. Br. 
Pol. Exp., p. 9). 
Before, however, I go into further detail, I think it will be best to 
facilitate the survey of the floras of N. W. Greenland and the neigh- 
bouring lands by the following tabulated statements of the distribution 
of the species (Table IIf). All the species found with certainty, either 
in N. W. Greenland, N. E. Greenland, or Ellesmereland, are inserted 
here; and further, their appearance in Danish West Greenland, in the ; 
Arctic American Archipelago, or in the arctic parts of the American 
Continent indicated. In the first column, that of Danish West Green- 
land, a“—” before the figur of the approximative degree of limit, signifies 
that the species is spread so far south; alter the figure, it signifies the 
northern limit of the plant so far as known; the sign ‘““—” by itself, signifies 
that it is spread along the whole coast. In the N. E. Greenland 
column, the signs are used in the same manner. The distribution, how- 
ever, south of Scoresby Sound is left entirely out of consideration as 
being of no interest here. An “S” signifies that the species is not found 
north of Scoresby Sound. As previously mentioned, I have only taken 
up in the list, such E. Greenland species as are found from Cape Hold 
with Hope (Broer Ruys) northward if they are not already entered as 
N. W. Greenland or Ellesmereland plants. 
In the column for N. W. Greenland, “‘S” signifies occurrence south 
of the Humboldt Glacier, “N” northward from there. A “1” is used 
for species found only in a single place. In the Ellesmereland column, 
“S” ig used as the sign for occurrence in the southern, “N” in the 
