Contributions to the Flora of West Greenland. 193 
extent, and at any rate this consideration may be neglected as the 
information is still very meagre. 
The numbers are given below in tabular form showing, as might 
be expected, that a very strong contingent of southern types follows 
the isotherm of July which evidently does not follow the parallels of 
latitude but runs in the N.S. direction parallel to the inland ice: 
Distribution of plants in У. Greenland 70°—71°30 М. Lat. 
peculiar to | peculiar to 
mm ] 
outer area | inner area | COMMON tota 
number | р. е. | number | p.c. number p.c. |Inumber| р. с. 
species widely distributed in 
West Greenland........ 2 1 7 4 | 74 40 83 45 
northermktypes EE EE EEE EC CE 8 4 4 2 || BB 18 45 24 
SOLLEN WOO > 00000000060 2 1 30 16 27 14 59 31 
totale 112 
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Of the 59 southern species the following 27 are common to both 
areas: Lycopodium annotinum, Calamagrostis neglecta, Роа alpina, Fe- 
stuca rubra, Elymus arenarius var. villosus, Heleocharis acicularis, Carex 
lagopina, C. alpina, C. scirpoidea, Juncus arcticus, Luzula spicata, L. 
frigida, Minuartia biflora, Cerastium trigynum, Ranunculus lapponicus, 
Thalictrum alpinum, Arabis alpinum, Sibbaldia procumbens, Potentilla 
alpestris, Hippuris vulgaris, Phyllodoce coerulea, Veronica alpina, Eu- 
phrasia arctica, Pedicularis lapponica, Pinguicula vulgaris, Antennaria 
glabrata and Taraxacum groenlandicum while two, Carex subspathacea 
and Taraxacum croceum, are peculiar to the outer area only, and, not 
less than 30 to the inner area: Botrychium Lunaria, Sparganium sub- 
muticum, Potamogeton filiformis, P. groenlandicus, Triglochin palustre, 
Alopecurus aristulatus, Agrostis borealis, Agropyron violaceum, Scirpus 
caespitosus, Carex capitata, С. Maclowiana, С. microglochin, Juncus tri- 
fidus, Rumex acetosella, Viscaria alpina, Montia lamprosperma, Ranun- 
culus confervoides, R. reptans, Arabis Holboelli, Draba aurea, Saxifraga 
Aizoon, Sedum villosum, Potentilla Egedii, Callitriche autumnalis, Myrio- 
aioli albescens, Primula mistassinica, Veronica fruticans, Boris 
alpina, Utricularia ochroleuca, Antennaria intermedia. 
Of the 43 northern types the following 33 are common to both 
areas: Alopecurus alpinus, Arctagrostis latifolia, Puccinellia Vahliana, 
P. angustifolia, Carex ursina, C. stans, C. ustulata, C. rupestris, C. mis- 
andra, Luzula nivalis, Tofieldia coccinea, Arenaria ciliata subsp. norve- 
gica, Melandrium apetalum, M. affine, M. triflorum, Lesquerella arctica, 
Draba alpina, D. magellanica subsp. cinerea, Saxifraga tricuspidata, S. 
LVIIT. 13 
