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Island containing no less than 67 flowering plants. Dr. Lyall's 

 Wellington Channel herbarium contained 50, all collected north 

 of latitude 76° N. Dr. Anderson and Herr Miertsching obtained 

 108 species on Bank's Land and the adjacent islands, in latitude 

 70°-74°; whilst Dr. Eae detected 78 species on Prince Albert, 

 Victoria, and Wollaston lands, in latitude 66°-69°. On the west 

 coast of Baffin's Bay, between the Arctic circle and Lancaster 

 Sound, 80 have been collected. 



Comparing Dr. Walker's herbarium with those to the north, 

 east, and west, I find the following contrasts : — 



In Melville Island the following species occur which are not 

 found by Dr. Walker at Port Kennedy : — 



Ranunculus hyperboreus,.Ro^i.,var. 

 (Sabini, Br.). 



■ auricomus, L., var. (affinis, 



Br.). 



Caltha palustris, L., var. (arctica, 

 Br.). 



Draba lapponica, DC. 



Parrya Arctica, Br. 



Cardamine bellidifolia, L. 



Stellaria longipes, Goldie (Ed- 

 war dsii, Br.) 



Phaca astragalina, DC. 



Oxytropis Uralensis, DC, var. (arc- 

 tica, Br.). 



Chrysosplenium alternif olium, L. 



Sieversia Rossii, Br. 



Taraxacum officinale, DC. (var. pa- 

 lustre). 



Arnica montana. 



Senecio palustris, L., var. (Cineraria 

 congesta, Br.) 



Nardosmia corymbosa, Hk. 



Antennaria alpina, Br. 



Deschampsia caespitosa, P.B., var. 

 (brevifolia, Br.). 



Trisetum subspicatum, P.B. 



Hierochloe alpina, R. <$' S. 



pauciflora, Br. 



The Port Kennedy plants not found in Melville Island are the 

 following : — 



Pedicularis capitata, Ad. 



hirsuta, Willd. 



Salix reticulata, L. 



Epilobium latif olium, L. 

 Chrysanthemum integrifolium, 



Rich. 

 Cassiope tetragona, Don. 



On the Western shores of Baffin's Bay, between Pond's Bay and 

 Heme Bay, the following Port Kennedy plants appear to be 

 absent : — 



Stellaria humifusa, Rottb. 

 Saxifraga flagellaris, L. 

 Pedicularis sudetica, L. 



Pedicularis capitata, Ad. (Western 



limit). 

 Dupontia Fischeri, Br. 



Lastly, comparing Dr. Walker's Port Kennedy collection with 

 Dr. Anderson's and Herr Miertsching's from the Western Polar 



