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



FestuCci rubra., L. 



This species is entered in the hst of Greely, Rep.. 2. p. 15, but 



as the common F. ovina is missing in his Hst. I am most inclined to 



refer his statement to F. ovina var. hrevifolia, which was already 

 recorded Irom Discovery Harbour by Hart. 



Glyceria Vahliana, (Liebm.) Th. Fries. 



Foa Vahliana, Likbmanx, FI. Dan., Fasc. 41, 1845; G. Vahliana, Th. M. Fries, 

 Till. Spetsb. Fan. FI., 1869; Gelert, in Ostenfeld, FI. Arct.; Lange, Consp. 

 Fl. Groenl.; Kruise, List E. Greenl.; Kjellman, in Vegaexp. ; Andersson & 

 Hesselm.w, Spetsb. kiirlv. ; Gr. Kjellniani, Lange, in Kjellman & Luxdstrom, 

 Fan. Nov. Semi.; Kjellman, in Vegaexp. 



Fig. Fl. Dan., T. 2401, Kjellman & Lund.strom, 1. c, T. 7. 



Found very sporadically in wet, clayey localities. 



Occurrence. Hayes Sound region, sparingly, perhaps overlooked ; 

 Rutherford Vallies (320), Bedford Pim Island on the Rice Strait side 

 (4239). South coast, not quite so rare; Fram Fjord in the Western 

 valley (1604); at the anchorage in the Harbour Fjord (1800), and at the 

 Barren Vallies (2393), valley on the east side of Sir Inglis Peak (2188); 

 Goose Fjord, east of 3rd quarters (4244), Midday Knoll (3502). West 

 coast; Lands End (2849). 



Distribution: East Greenland (Scoresby Sound), West Greenland, 

 (Umanak), Arctic America (a specimen from Ross's voyage 1829—33, 

 probably from Boothia Felix, in the Nat. Hist. Mus., was the only 

 american one I could find). Siberian coast (Dickson Harbour) Novaja 

 Semlja, Spitsbergen. In all probability the plant must have been over- 

 looked by the travellers in many other places. 



Glyceria angustata, (R. Br.) Th. Fr. 



Poa anyustata, R. Brown, Cblor. Melv., 1823; Hooker, Fl. Bor. Amer. ; G. angu- 

 statu, Th. M. Fries, Till. Spetsb. Fan. Fl., 1869; Gelert, in Ostenfeld, Fl. 

 Arct.; Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenl.; Kruuse, List E. Greenl. (?); Hart, Bot. Br. 

 Pol. Exp., ex p.; Macoun, PI. Pribilof; Andersson & Hesselman, Spetsb. 

 karlv. : G. maritima var. arenaria, Berlin, Kiirlv. sv. exp. Gionl., non Fries; 

 Gr. vayinata var. contracta, Lange, in Kjellman, Sibir. nordk. fan.; Kjell- 

 man & Lundstrom, Fan. Nov. Semi.; G. Vahliana, Th. Holm, Nov. Semi. 

 Veg.; Atropis angustata, Ledebour, Fl. Ross. (?). 

 Fig. Fl. Dan., T. 3006. 



It is only with great hesitation that I uphold this as a species; 

 there is much that tells in favour of its being reduced to a form of the 



