Simmons, Remarks about the Relations of tlie Floras etc. 
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the east coast of Greenland, point to its being like that of Spitz- 
bergen". But, wben more comprehensive collections were brought 
bome from east Greenland (by Hartz from Scoresby Sound and 
by Bay from Angmagsalik) Rosen vinge who studied tliem 
came to anotber result. He bas given especial attention to the 
question about the relation of the East-Greenland-flora to that of 
Spitzbergen in consequence of the idea of Kjellman, quoted 
above, and he comes to tlie conclusion, that the flora is nearer 
related to that of the western coast of Greenland than to that 
of Spitzbergen (44, p. 154 — 57, 176 — 79). „All in all the marine 
flora of east Greenland seems to show a considerable correspon- 
dence with that of western Greenland“ he says (p. 17S). Not- 
withstanding this, the latest author who has treated the flora of 
east Greenland, Jönsson (28), says: „Thus the latest collections 
from the eastern coast fui'thermore confirm Rosenvinges State- 
ment. as to the difference between the marine flora of East and 
West Greenland“ (p. 2). Indeed Rosenvinge speaks of diffe- 
rences between the east and west coast (as also between different 
parts of the latter) but, as the sentence quoted above Stands to- 
gether with a reflexion about the resemblance of the marine 
flora of east Greenland to that of Spitzbergen, one must get the 
impression, that Rosenvinge thinks the East-Greenland-flora 
nearest related to that of Spitzbergen. Also (p. 3) Ros en vinge 
is quoted instead of Kjellman (cf. above), Rosenvinge in the 
passage referred to (44, p. 154) speaks about the entire Green- 
land flora. 
The easiest method to make a comparison between the floras 
on both coasts of Greenland will be the same as used above, 
and by such a proceeding also the relative resemblance with the 
Spitzbergen-flora will appear: 
East Greenl. Common West. Gr. Total 
Number of species 12 73 41 126 
Per ct of total number 9 58 33 
The 12 East-Greenland-species, not found on the western 
coast are: 
Strebionoma helophorum 
Alarm flagellaris 
„ grandifolia 
Laminaria saccharina 
„ Agardhü 
Scaphospora arctica 
Chantransia efflorescens 
Harvcyella mirabilis 
Dilsea integra 
Petrocelis polygyna 
Lithothamnion investiens 
„ varians. 
Some of ‘these are small algae or such that may on otlier 
accounts easily escape the collector, and which can perhaps still 
be found on the west coast, but for the great Alarm- and 
Laminaria- species at least we must seek anotber way to account 
for their being found only on the east coast. At all events it is 
evident, that the flora of east Greenland is not by far so nearly 
