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XXI. Some Account of a Collection of Arctic Plants formed by 

 Edward Sabine, Esq., F.R.S. and L.S., Captain in the Royal 

 Artillery, during a Voyage in the Polar Seas in the Year 1823. 

 By William Jackson Hooker, LL.D. F.R.S. L.S. and H.S. 

 Communicated by the Council of the Horticultural Society of 

 London. 



Read April 6, 1824. 



The scientific engagements of Captain Sabine in his late voyage 

 to the Polar Seas, were such as to occupy his time so extensively, 

 that it was scarcely to be expected that other objects could have 

 been attended to : but, ever zealous and active, the departments 

 of zoology and botany are indebted to his exertion and industry 

 for many interesting additions made and collected in the coun- 

 tries which he visited during the last summer. 



Captain Sabine embarked on board His Majesty's ship Griper, 

 commanded by Captain Clavering, in May 1823, for the pur- 

 pose of carrying on a series of observations on the pendulum in 

 the high latitudes of the northern hemisphere. He first visited 

 Hammerfest, situated near to the north cape of Norway ; from 

 thence he went to Spitzbergen ; and afterwards proceeded to the 

 eastern side of Greenland, the coasts of which country were ex- 

 plored during his stay, from the 72d to between the 75th and 

 76th degrees of north latitude. 



The specimens of plants collected by Captain Sabine at the 

 above three stations, were presented by him on his return to the 

 Horticultural Society of London, in whose library they are de- 

 posited, 



