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dioea, var. parvijiora ; and of Gluinac€<E, Carex gynoaratea, G. stylosa, C. 

 podocarpa, C. GmeUnijSHid C .cryptoeiirpa., with JiJriophor urn poly stachyuni. 

 Alopecurus alpinus, Phleum alpinum, Festuca rubra^ Poa (/lumaris, 1\ 

 cwsia, and Uierochloa borealis. 



The liigher Cryptogams are few: Lycopodium annotinum^ Botrychium 

 lunm'ia, Aspidiuni Lonchitis, A. aeuleatum, too young for certain deter- 

 mination, PliegopteriH polypodloides in the same condition, Equisetum 

 hyenialej and E. arvense. 



The Mosses collected it is not in our way to name. 



B. Additional notes on the plants of the commander islands. 



A few remarks concerning the vegetation of the Commander Islands 

 will be found in the letter to Professor Baird, forming ''■ No. 1 " of these 

 " Contributions " (Pr. IT. S. ^^at. Mus.VL 1883, p. 63-69). Unfortunately 

 for my botanical collection, my time was too much occupied by other 

 studies and occupations during the short flowering season. Mai>y more 

 plants, however, than those named in the preceding and the following 

 notes were actually collected, but I had to deplore the total ruin of a 

 large portion on account of the humidity of the climate. My collection 

 would have been still smaller had it not been for the kind zeal of Mr. 

 Nicolai Bjorkquist, cand. phUos.. to whom 1 am greatly indebted for val- 

 uable additions to my herbarium from Copper Island. 



The names and the sequence of the species adopted in the following 

 list are very nearly those of Dr. J. T. Rothrock's '' Sketch of the Flora 

 of Alaska" (Smithsonian Institution Annual Report 1867, p. 433-463),^ 

 in order to facilitate comparison with the flora of the American islands 

 of the Aleutian chain. The figures following the names refer to the 

 \olumeand jjage of Ledebour's " Flora Rossica," the nomenclature of 

 which has been given in parentheses whenever differing from the one 

 here employed. 



A few species whicli were not brought home have been included. They 

 are distinguished by an asterisk in front of the name. 



Finally, I wish to express my obligations to our venerable botanical 

 Nestor, Prof. Asa Gray, for his kindness in identifying the specimens 

 and commenting upon thorn. 



• ranunculace^. 



Anemone Richardsonii Hooker. — I, 16. Copper Island, Karabelnij, 

 ,7uly 11, 1883. On the mountains, about 400 feet above sea-level. 

 Not common. 



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