184 А. EL POoRSILD. 
IL. IT. ИТ. VE Ve VI. Mile VIT, 1% 
— 16.9 18.8 Woe 9:4. 0546 6.1 1.3 
X. lo XII. mean for the year 
— 93.3 6.5 12.7 — 0.0 
On the Danish "Hekla Expedition” observations were made during | 
101/, month at Danmarks © in Scoresby Sund about 160 km. beyond 
the entrance. The monthly mean temperature resembles those recorded 
at Upernavik at 72°47’ on the W. Coast viz. 
IR IUT TIT. IW Ve WIL VIE YA DK 
— 20.9 23.4 22.7 14.9 4.4 + 1.5 5.0 4.5 0.4 
xe le XII. mean for the year 
—42 9.8 17.0 — 8.8 
or are even still lower. WILLAUME JANTZEN (32, р. 173) writes: “Nov. — 
April low temperatures, mean — 17 and — 25.5 C., last part of Sept., 
Oct. and May — 3.0 to — 7.0 and June and July 1.0 and 4.5 respectively. 
During June several days without frost, and during July the mercury 
only once went below the freezing point’. 
The annual precipitation is supposed to be nearly the same, — 
about 250 mm., but owing to the numerous Föhns in Scoresby Sound 
during winter the snow is partially blown off and in part evaporated. 
According to Hartz the plants suffer much from drought and even in 
places where snow always accumulates, the vegetation has generally a 
xerophile character. 
The flora. 
As already pointed out, since Hartz published his paper several 
additions have been made to the flora of both the West and East regions 
of Greenland. Thus from the Nordost Bugt we now recognize 186 indi- 
genous species and from Scoresby Sound 176 or totally 212 species of 
indigenous vascular plants. Only ten are peculiar to the east coast while 
23 are western species not found on the east coast. The largest number 
— 150 species — are common: 16 species are known from Scoresby 
Sound, but, although found on numerous places on the west coast they 
do not occur in the Nordost Bugt. Thirteen species common to both 
coasts are recorded from the Nordost Bugt but have not yet been found 
in Scoresby Sound. 
As already stated by Hartz the flora of Е. Greenland is nearer 
related to America than to Europe and of the flora of Scoresby Sound 
10 species only are eastern types. The flora of Greenland is generally 
considered to be a very young one, which reached Greenland subsequent 
