310 APPENDIX. No. XIV. 



that the reindeer moss (Gladonia ranc/iferina), so common in 

 other Arctic regions, appears to be absent from Grrinnell Land. 



6 The nature of the lichen flora between the parallels of 81° 

 and 83° North by no means indicates that the northern boun- 

 dary of the lichen flora has been reached. On the contrary, 

 many circumstances combine to show that, if there be land at 

 the North Pole, lichens will be found there. The majority 

 of the lower lichens brought from Grinnell Land appear to 

 be as well developed as those found in regions farther south ; 

 and even from a height of 1,200 feet Captain Feilden has 

 brought home several normally and well-developed species. 

 The most luxuriant specimen of the leaflike genus Gyrophora 

 which is brought home by the Expedition is, strange to say, 

 from lat. 83° 6' N. 



( The remaining, and considerably smaller, part of the 

 collections was obtained partly at more southern stations in 

 Smith Sound, partly during short visits to some of the Danish 

 colonies in Greenland. The former (about forty species) 

 undoubtedly give welcome assistance to our knowledge of the 

 lichen flora of Arctic America ; naturally these are of a sub- 

 ordinate interest, as gathered in localities previously subjected 

 to the careful search of lichenologists : however, my exami- 

 nation of this material is too little advanced to permit me 

 to report on them in detail.' 



LIST OF FLOWERING PLANTS, 

 From Ellesmere Land and Grinnell Land. 



By Professor D. Oliver, F.R.S. 



Ranunculus nivalis, L. ; and 



„ „ var. floribus minoribus, pilis calyci- 



nis p allidiorib us . 

 Papaver alpinwm, L. (P. nudicaulf^ auct.) 



