Collection of Arttic Vlanti} SI 5 



Labrador and the north-west coast of Aftierica (Pursh) ; shores 

 of the Arctic Sea. Found previously on the east coast of Green- 

 land by Scoresby. Lyon Inlet, &c. {Captain Parry). 



COMPOSITE. 



■14. Leontodon. ,w. i 



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31. L. patusire. 

 a. floribus luteis. 

 /S. floribus purpurascentibus. 



Common as this plant appears to be in the arctic regions, it 

 is by no means peculiar to them, but is extended over various 

 parts of Europe ; as Carniola, Caucasus, Hungary, France, 

 Bohemia, Germany and Great Britain. In the wooded country 

 of North America, lat. 54° N. to the shores of the Icy Sea. 

 Probably, too, it is the species mentioned by Mr. Brown, 

 but not described, as differing from L. Taraxacum, and in- 

 habiting wet shady woods. Baffin's Bay ? Melville Island , 

 Duckett Cove, Captain Parry. 



The variety /S. above mentioned has its flowers strikingly 

 .tinged with purple ; and the lesser scales of its involucre more 

 u reflexed than in «. 



14. Arnica. 



32. A. angustifolia. Vahl. in Fl. Dan. v. ix. t. 1524. 

 A. montana 0. Linn., JVahl., Br. 



A northern plant ; native of Sweden, Lapland and Green- 

 land, in which latter country it was first found by Gieseck6 

 near the colonies of Osnenak and Godhaon. .u, ; . 



Mr. Brown does not consider this as specifically distinct 

 from A. montana a., Linn. ; a plant which is found in the south 

 as well as in the north of Europe and America, and of which 



3 c 2 Mr. 



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