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very closely together, among others I have seen a piece of the 
covering, ca. 3 square centimeters, from where 11 stems issue. 
Two of these stems show the peculiarity, that they are separated in 
their lower part, while in the upper half part the two stems are 
completely coalesced. 
L e \ i n s e n lecoids the species from Godthaab, Holstensborg 
and Store Hellefiskebanke; Vanhoffen found it in Little Karajak- 
fjord; Jaderholm records it from Upernivik and Lat. 70V 2 0 _ 
73V2 0 N. on the east coast. Also taken at North East Green¬ 
land (Krarnp). 
Arctic, probably circumpolar. 
Lafoéa fruticosa M. Sars. 
Campanularia fruticosa M. Sars 1851. 
Lafoea — — 1862. 
— — Levinsen 1892. 
— — Vanhoffen 1897. 
— — Jaderholm 1909. 
— — Kramp 1911. 
Common along the west coast as far north as Umanak. — 
Taiven b) the Tjalfe on lyllas Banke off Godthaab, Stat. 40 c 
(fairly common, a. o. on Bonneviella and Bryozoans), in Godthaab 
Fjord, Stat. 52 (faiily common), near Eiskenæs, Stat. 465 (many, 
not very large colonies on Ascidiæ, Balani etc.), on Store Hellefiske¬ 
banke off Holstensborg, Stat. 100 and 397 (common, on Ascidiæ, 
Halecium muricatum, Thujaria etc.), 45 miles WSW. of Egedes¬ 
minde, Stat. 199 (a few small colonies), off the south coast of Disco, 
Stat. 180 (common, a. 0 . a very big colony with coppiniæ), and 
near Ritenbenk in the inner part of the Disco Bay (one colony, 
7 cm. with a coppinia). — Levinsen records it from several 
places between Frederikshaab and Umanak, Vanhoffen found it 
in Little Karajakfjord. Jaderholm records it from about Lat. 
60° and 70° N. on the west coast and from Lat. 73° N. on the 
east coast of Greenland. North-east Greenland (Kramp). 
The species is widely distributed on the northern hemisphere. 
Vidensk. Meddel, fra Dansk naturh. Foren. Bd. 66. o 
