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confounded with R. nivalis, for instance by HAYES who has only the 

 latter in his list. In Foulke Fjord it grew fairly abundantly both in 

 grassy slopes and in moister places. 



Occurrence. S. Ivsugigsok (NATHORST); Wolstenholme Sound 

 (INGLEFIELD); Smith Sound localities (KANE); Foulke Fjord (HART), at 

 Reindeer Point and Etali (204, 1503). 



Ranunculus nivalis, L. 



R. nivalis, SIMMONS, Fl. Ellesm. [R. nivalis, DICKIE, Not. fl. pi., 

 in INGLEFIELD, Summer Search; DURAND, PI. Kan., ex p.; HART, Pot. Br. 

 Pol. Exp., ex p.; NATHORST, N. W. Gronl.; WETHERILL, List 1894; R. 

 niv. var. Freiligrathi, BESSELS, Exp. Pol. Arner.]. 



This species is stated for many more places than the preceding. 

 Notwithstanding that I did not myself find it at Foulke Fjord, and that 

 I arn rather inclined to think that several of the records should by 

 rights be transferred to R. sulphureus or should even include both, I 

 think it best to enumerate the localities as they are given in the differ- 

 ent lists, as it is impossible to make sure of the identifications of the 

 specimens of the american collectors. 



BESSELS, in Exp. Pol. Amer., gives a list of the vascular plants found 

 during the expedition of HALL in the district afterwards called Hall Land. 

 In this list, stands as the first "Ranunculus nivalis (L.) var. Freili- 

 grathi (BESSELS)". No description, however, of the variety is given, and 

 when in his later work (Amer. Nordpol-Exp.) BESSELS gives a new list 

 of the plants (p. 304), which had meanwhile been examined by ASA GRAY, 

 he there speaks only of "R. nivalis var." The name Freiligrathi, as 

 far as I know, has never been validly published and consequently must 

 be left out of consideration. 



Occurrence. S. Gape York (HART); Ivsugigsok (NATHORST); Wol- 

 stenholme Sound (INGLEFIELD); Northumberland Island (WETHERILL, STEIN); 

 Smith Sound stations 1 (KANE); Foulke Fjord (HART), (at Etah (MEE- 

 HAN)?) 3 . N. Lafayette Bay (KANE); Bessels Bay and Hannah Island 

 (HART); Hall Land (BESSELS). 



1 When KANE speaks of "Ranunculus" without farther specification, he may 

 mean either R. nivalis or R. sulphureus. Such vague statements he has for 

 Mary Minturn River. Rensselaer Bay, between Capes Atholl and Dudley Digges. 



2 Most probably MEEHAN has here confounded R. nivalis and R. sulphureus, the 



latter being common and abundant at Etah. 



