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



and by others in several places in the Arctic Archipelago, might occur 

 also in Ellesmereland, I kept a constant lookout for it in all ponds and 

 lakelets, that were visited in my excursions. In the Hayes Sound 

 district, however, my search was in vain, but in P'ram Fjord it was 

 found, and later on in several places in the south-western corner of 

 the land. 



It appeared in two forms, one growing in the water of pools and 

 lakelets and having long floating leaves like those of Ghjceria fliiitans 

 and another which grew in furrows of the soil or other places, where 

 it had doubtless been flooded early in the summer but stood perfectly 

 dry when flowering. This f. terrestris had a culm only 4 — 6 inches 

 high, and leaves which were only a couple of inches. The panicle also 

 had fewer and smaller spikelets. It could, however, be hardly anything 

 but a form due to less favorable conditions of growth. The figures of 

 the plant that exist in the literature apply most nearly to this form, 

 whereas the f. aquatica with the longer culm, of which only the upper- 

 most part and the panicle rise above the surface of the water, on which 

 the long basal leaves float, has never been figured. 



Occurrence. South coast: Fram Fjord, both forms rather com- 

 monly spread, the f. aquatica both in lakes and pools in the Western 

 valley (1600) and in the valley at the bottom of the fjord; the f. ter- 

 restris also in several places along the west side (1666); Goose Fjord: 

 east of 3rd winter quarters (3434, f. terrestris); in lakelets on the low 

 land between the Goose Fjord and the bottom of the Walrus Fjord ; 

 here also f. terrestris; Walrus Fjord, f. aquatica abundant in the great 

 valley on the west side. 



Distribution: Northern East and West Greenland (in a few 

 localities only), Arctic American Archipelago (several localities besides 

 the original one in Melville Island), Arctic America (a specimen from 

 Ross's voyage, 1829—33, probably from Boothia Felix, in the Nat. 

 Hist. Mus.), Arctic Siberia, Altai, Novaja Semlja, Franz Joseph Land. 



Catabrosa cilgida, (Soland.) Fr. 



Agrostis algida, Solander, in Phipps, Voy. N. Pole, 1774; Wahi.exberg, F1. Lapp.; 

 Catabrosa algida. Fries, Mantissa 3, 1842; Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenl. ; Nat- 

 HORST, N, W. Gronl. ; Simmons, Prel. Rep. et Bot. Arb. ; Kjellman, in Vegaexp. ; 

 Ledebour, Fl. Ross. ; Andersson & Hesselman, Spetsb. karJv. ; Phippsia algida, 

 R. Brown, Chlor. Melv. ; Gelert, in Ostenfeld, Fl. Arct.; Kruuse, List E. 

 Greenl.; Hart, Bot. Br. Pol. Exp.; Hooker, Fl. Bor. Amer. ; Britton & Brown, 

 111. Fl.; Macoun, pi. Pribilof; Feilden, Fl. pi. Nov. Zeml. ; Kruuse, Jan May.; 

 Ph. monandra, Hooker. 1. c. 



Fig. Fl. Dan., T. 1505; Sv. Bot., T. 545; ^VAHLENBERG, 1. c, T. 1. 



