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Polygonum viviparum - 35, H4. 

 Oxyria digyna - 31, HS. 

 Salix herhacea - 38, Hi 7. 

 S. reticulata - 5. 



Diapensia lapponica L. - 1 (not mentioned in F.B.I.) 

 Armeria maritima s.l. - 82, H27. 



Matricaria maritima s.l. (M. inodora L. s.l.) - 112, H40. 



Juncus castaneus - 9. 



J. higlumis - 5. 



J. triglumis - 25. 



Kohresia simpliciuscula - 6. 



Carex capillaris s.l. - 20. 



C. saxatilis - 14. 



C. glacialis - 1. 



C. atrofusca - 2. 



C. higelowii - 39, Hi 5. 



C. rupestris - 6. 



Festuca vivipara - uncertain but indicated as widespread and locally common. 



Poa alpina - 17, H2. 



P. glauca - 14. 



P. pratensis s.l. - 112, H40. 



Deschampsia cespitosa - 112, H40. 



D. aZpina - 17, H3. 

 Alopecurus alpinus s.l. - 7. 



TOTAL = 47. 



(b) occurring northward at least to the middle-arctic zone and found in at least three sectors (cf. 

 Polunin 1951, 1954). 



Woodsia ilvensis - 9. 

 Thalictrum alpinum - 80, H5. 



Draba norvegica s.l. (incl. D. rupestris at least of some authors) - 6. 

 D. incana - 32, H9. 



Cardaminopsis petraea (L.) Hiit. (Arahis petraea (L.) Lam.) - 20, H2. 

 Viscaria alpina (L.) Don (Lychnis alpina L.) - 3. 

 Cerastium cerastoides - 8. 

 Arenaria ciliata s.l. - Hi. 



Montia lamprosperma - widespread in the British Isles. 



Chamaenerion angustifolium (L.) Scop. (Epilohium angustifolium L.) - 108, Hll (Hl7 according 



to Druce, 1932). 

 Rumex acetosella - " widespread and common." 



R. graminifolius Georgi ex Lambert (if incl. R. tenuifolius (Wallr.) Love) - " probably wide- 

 spread." 



Arctous alpinus (L.) Niedenzu (Arctostaphylos alpinus (L.) Spreng.) - 9. 



Veronica alpina s.l. - 10. 



Pinguicula vulgaris - 100, H38. 



Thymus serpyllum s.l. - widespread. 



Plantago maritima s.l. - 86, H29. 



Gnaphalium supinum - 16. 



Juncus trifidus - 21. 



Luzula spicata - 21. 



Carex bicolor - 1 (by some considered an introduction). 

 C. microglochin - 1. 



C. capitata s.l. - 1 (by some considered doubtful). 

 TOTAL = 23. 



(c) limited to the low-arctic zone or otherwise of restricted distribution in the Arctic. 



Asplenium viride - 49, Hl2. 

 Athyrium alpestre - 14. 

 Dryopteris filix-mas - 112, H40. 

 Polystichum lonchitis - 30, H6. 



