148 H. G. SIMMONS. [sec. arct. exp. fram 



from: mouth of Flagler Fjord (491), "Fort Juliane" (676), Cape Ruther- 

 ford (300, 1135), Fram Harbour (1398, 1894), Bedford Pirn Island (448). 

 Weyprecht Islands, leg. Ste[N, according to Th. Holm. South coast, 

 common in the archaean territory. Specimens from : Fram Fjord (1606, 

 1663), Harbour Fjord (2523). Further westward seen at the Muskox 

 Fjord and at several places in the Goose Fjord (3498); lacking as it 

 seemed in the limestone tracts. West coast: Bay Fjord (477, leg. Bay). 

 Distribution: East and West Greenland, Baffin Land. Arctic 

 America, Labrador, Hudson Bay region, Rocky Mountains, Spitsbergen, 

 Northern Finland and Scandinavia, Iceland. 



Kobresia bipartita, (All.) D. Torre. 



Carex bipartita, Allioni, FJ. Pedem., 1785; Kobresia bipartita, Dalla Torre, Best. 

 Alpenpfl., 1882; Ostenfeld, F1. Arct.; Kruuse, List E. Greenl.; Britton & 

 Brown, III. FJ.; K.caricina, Willdenow, Sp. plant.; Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenl.; 

 Simmons, Prel. Rep. et Bot. Arb. ; Kjellman, Fan. Vestesk. land; Elyna cart- 

 cina, Merfexs & Koch, Deutschl. Fl.; Ledebour, Fl. Ross.: Hooker, Fl. Bor. 

 Amer. 



Fig. Sv. Bot., T. 527 ; Fl. Dan., T. 2426. 



The Ellesmereland localities are about 3° north of its hmit as 

 formerly known; not previously found in Arctic America. It grew in 

 grassy slopes and rock ledges. 



Occurrence. South coast, Harbour Fjord: "green patch" at the 

 anchorage (2240, 3994), Lake Valley (2654, 4252), Barren Vallies (2402). 



Distribution: East Greenland (71°— 73° 20'), West Greenland 

 (64° — 73°), Rocky Mountains, Alaska, Caucasus, Central European 

 mountains, Scandinavian mountains (not far northwards). Great Britain. 



Elyna, BelJardi, (All.) Koch. 



Carex Bellardi, Ai.lioni, Fl. Pedem., 1785; Elyna Bellardi, Koch, Beitr. Fl. Orient., 

 1848; OsTENFELD, Fl. Arct.; Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenl.; Kruuse, List E. Greenl.; 

 Britton & Brown, 111. Fl. ; E. spicata, Schrader, Fl. Germ. ; Hooker, Fl. Bor. 

 Amer.; Ledebour, Fl. Ross.; Simmons, Prel. Rep. et Bot. Arb.; Kobresia 

 scirpina, Willdenow, Sp. plant.; Greely, Rep.; Kjellman, Fan. Vestesk. land. 

 Fig. Fl. Dan., T. 2427; Sv. Bot., T. 527. 



The very great resemblance between this plant and Carex nardina 

 may have caused me to overlook it in the Hayes Sound region during 

 the first year of the expedition. I became aware of its occurrence first 

 on finding it mixed in among specimens of tbat plant collected at Foulke 

 Fjord, 1899. Later, when looking for it, I found them together in 



