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also in the flowers of another dwarf-form of Luzula arcuata collected 
in Torne Lappmark by Hicerstrém. Var. Kjellmani thus is shown 
to be merely a pathological deformation and the name must be with- 
drawn. Moreover, the plant in question belongs not to L. spicata but 
to L arcuata. The former species must, consequently, be excluded from 
the flora of the area. 
Occurrence. S. Bushnan Island (SuTHERLAND); Ivsugigsok (Nar- 
Horst); Wolstenholme Sound (Ineterietp); Inglefield Gulf: Burdin Bay: 
(IncLeFtELD), Northumberland Island (Stet); Glacier Valley at Robertson 
Bay, Fan Glacier (WeTHERILL); Foulke Fjord (Hart), at Etah (Stem) and 
other places (237, 1481, 4254); Fog Inlet (Kang). N. Polaris Bay (Hart) 
Luzula nivalis, (Larst.) BEURL. 
L. nivalis, Simmons, FI. Ellesm.; Ostenretp, Plantes N. E. Gronl. 
As in Ellesmereland, this species seems to be a rather rare and 
sporadic one in North-Western Greenland from whence it is only men- 
tioned by Duranp, Pl. Kan. It may, however, have been found in Foulke 
Fjord by Hart, even though I have seen no specimens to prove it, and 
Naruorst, as previously mentioned, has also brought it home. 
Occurrence. S,. Ivsugigsok (NaTHoRST); Foulke Fjord (1514, 1895); 
Bedevilled Reach (Kang). 
Luzula spicata, (L.) DC. 
As mentioned above, the plant of Natuorst referred to this spe- 
cies, really belongs to L. arcuata, but still [ cannot unreservedly deny 
the possibility that L. spicata may grow in our area. In the Kew her- 
barium I saw a specimen, collected at Whale Sound, Aug. 25, 1852, 
which I have noted as collected by Taytor! and belonging to L. spi- 
cata. It was called L. campestris congesta, but I have noted that the 
long, pointed sepals and the hairiness at the mouth of the leaf-sheaths, 
place it under spicata. Not having the specimen at hand for another 
examination, | am now very doubtful about it. It might be the same 
deformed L. arcuata as the plant of Natuorst, the real nature of which 
I first found out in 1906, two years after my visit to London; or it may 
also be supposed, that Taytor, whose collections were made in different 
places—among them Danish Greenland and Baffin Land where L. spi- 
1 I know nothing, however, about Taytor having visited these regions, as no plants 
from there are included in his Fl. pl. Baffin B. 
