4G2 J)R, G. DICKIE OK AIOSSES ETC. FBOM; DAVIS STKAITS. 



Disco Island to the southern part of Melville Bay ; and on the 

 west side, from Cape Enderby to Pond's Bay. On the east side 

 the excursions were chiefly along the coast, rarely exceeding two 

 miles inland ; on the west side also the coast-line alone was ex- 

 plored, excepting at Cape Searle and Cumberland Sound, where 

 explorations were made as far as five or six miles inland. With 

 more time and better arrangements for penetrating further, a 

 much more extensive collection might have been made. 



The variety of surface is very considerable ; lofty hills, valleys, 

 and deep ravines abound ; in some districts are extensive plains 

 covered with shingle, where Conostomum horeale and Sacomitrium 

 lanuginosum are in the greatest profusion ; again, there are large 

 tracts where Ceratodon purpureus and Fsilopilum arcticum are 

 plentiful. Elsewhere, at various elevations, there are morasses 

 and peat-bogs, where species of SpTiagmim and other aquatic 

 mosses find a suitable habitat. In other quarters we meet with 

 steep cliffs, in the crevices of which, along with Perns and other 

 plants, there grow various species of Bryum and Hi/pnum ; the 

 numerous boulders of various sizes are covered with tufts of An- 

 drecea^ &c." 



MUSCI. 



Andresea petrophila, Ehrh. East and west sides of D. Straits, 

 common. 



A. Blyttii, ScJiss, Dark Head ; Wilcox Point ; Cape Searle. 

 Sphagnum acutifolium, EhrJi, East and west sides; common. 



Sound, 



I, WiU. Associated with the last. 

 Wils. TJpemavik; Cape Searle; 



Voitia hyperborea, Gr. ^ Am. Dark Head ; TJpernavik ; Cape 



Searle ; and Cumberland Sound. 

 Anccctangium compactum, 8chl, Disco ; Prau Islands ; Wilcox 



Point. 



Weissia crispula, Bedw. Frequent on both east and west sides. 

 Cynodontium polycarpum, Bhrli. Disco ; Dark Head ; Uper- 

 navik; Scott's Bay; and Cumberland Soimd. 



C. virens, Hedw. Hassen Island ; Dark Head, &c. &c. 



Var. /3. Wahlenbergii. Cape Adair ; Cape Searle ; and Cum- 

 berland Sound. 

 Dicranum elongatum, Schio, Frequent on the west side. 



D. fuscescens, Turn. Cape Adair and Home Bay. 

 Var. y. plexicaule. Wilcox Point ; Cape Searle. 



