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7. Mount Belcher. 



I use this name for the mountain opposite Devil's Isle, were a cairn 

 was found with a record from the English FRANKLIN Search expedition 

 under BELCHER, as a sign how far east his parties had proceeded. We 

 visited the place, July 25, 1902, in our boat expedition, and I went over 

 the low land below the mountain and along a small river some way 

 inland. It was very poor ground, clay and gravel plains with scanty 

 vegetation. The following plants were noted:- Dryas integrifolia, 

 Saxifraga oppositifolia, S. flagellaris, S. cernua, S. groenlandica, 

 Draba alpina, D. subcapitata, Papaver radicatum, Cerastium alp- 

 mum, Stellaria longipes, Alsine verna, A. Rossii, Salix arctica, 

 Juncus biglumis, Glyceria distans, Catabrosa algida, Alopecurus 

 alpinus. 



With this I have to finish my notes about the flora of Nort Devon. 

 Even were some one or other of the species found in the south-western 

 parts by the earlier visitors to be added, the whole list would not amount 

 to more than about 30 plants. This, of course, cannot represent the real 

 bulk of the flora, but must only be regarded as the result of some short 

 trips, made chiefly in places which are not apt to give rise to a thriving 

 vegetation. Further west towards Arthur Fiord there are, as Captain 

 BAUMANN told me when returning from a trip in August 1900, wide 

 stretches of bogs and grass-grown plains; and, in all probability, the east- 

 ern parts of the island will, some time, turn out to be still richer, as 

 they are built up of primary rocks, and will doubtless present a greater 

 likeness to South-Eastern Ellesmereland with its richer flora. It would 

 be of great interest to get some knowledge of this region, as it forms 

 the natural way of migration from Baffin's Land northward over primary 

 rock uninterrupted by less favorable soil. From this point of view, it is 

 also very much to be regretted that the leader of the expedition did not 

 allow any time for an exploration of Coburg Island, which in other re- 

 spects also would have been of considerable interest. It is to be hoped 

 that these fairly accessible regions will be examined in a not too distant 

 future. 



