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of Etah, Aug. 8 n>. [908, Goodsell 37; Grant Land, July, mod, 

 Wolf. In Goodsell 75, the calyx is more or less white-villous. 



Cerastium alpinum L. An arctic-alpine species, the range of 

 which extends from Greenland to Quebec, the Canadian Rockies, 

 and Alaska; also in Europe and Asia. 



Grant Land, July, [906, Wolf; vicinity of North Star Bay, 

 Aug. 3 6, [908, Goodsell 8; vicinity of Cape Saumarey, Aug. 8, 



1908, Goodsell tj; ravine on Caribou Island, Bank- Harbor, 

 Aug. [5, 1909, Goodsell jq; vicinity of Cape Sheridan, Grant 

 Land, June 15 to July 17, 1909, Goodsell 54. (The latter is a 

 depauperate form answering to var. 3 of Simmon's Vascular 

 Plants of Ellesmereland.) 



Cerastium alpinum lanatum Lindebl. An arctic variety, con- 

 fined to Greenland and neighboring islands. 



Vicinity of Cape Saumarey, Aug. 8, 1908, Goodsell 14. 



Wahlbergella apetala (L.) Fries (Lychnis apetala L.). An 

 arctic-alpine species, distributed through the colder pails of 

 Europe, Asia, and North America, in the latter extending south 

 to Labrador and in the Rockies to Utah and Colorado. 



Grant Land, July, 1906, Wolf. 



Wahlbergella Iriflora (R. Br.) Fries (Lynchnis trifiora R. Br.). 

 An arctic species, apparently confined to Greenland. 



Vicinity of North Star Bay, Aug. 3-6, 1908, Goodsell 10; 

 vicinity of Etah, Aug. 6-18, 1908, Goodsell 41 (poor and doubtful 

 specimen). 



Ranunculus nivalis L. An arctic-alpine species, distrib- 

 uted over parts of Europe, Asia, and North America, in the 

 latter extending from Greenland and Labrador to the northern 

 Rockies and Alaska. 



Vicinity of Cape Sheridan, Grant Land, June 15 to July 17, 



1909, Goodsell 51. 



Papaver radicatum Rottb. {P. nudicaule Lange, not L.; 

 P. alpinum Am. auth.; not L.). The so-called "Iceland poppy" 

 is one of the most showy arctic spee'es and in many places is 

 the characteristic plant of the arctic flora. It is common in 

 the whole arctic region of North America and Europe, less so 

 in Asia, where P. nudicaule L., a related species, is more common. 



