THE FLOWERING PLANTS OF NOVAYA ZEMLYA, Etc. 

 By Colonel H. W. Feilden. 



This paper gives the botanical results of two visits to Novaya 

 Zemlya and adjacent regions during the summers of 1895 and 

 1897. During the summer of 1895 I passed ten days on Novaya 

 Zemlya ; my investigations that season were confined to the shores 

 and inlands of Kostin Shar, and on the mainland around Rogatchiva 

 Bay, Neckwatova, aud South Goose Land. The excursion of 1897 

 was on a more extended scale. Dolgoi Island, a very inaccessible 

 spot, and, as far as I know, not hitherto botanized over, was visited. 

 More than a fortnight was passed on the island of Waigats ; its 

 northern, southern, and eastern areas were examined. The neigh- 

 bourhood of Habarova, on the Russian mainland of the Yugor 

 Straits, received some attention. In Novaya Zemlya proper. South 

 Goose Land was revisited ; Besemannya or Nameless Bay on its 

 western coast was examined ; the Matyushin Shar separating 

 Novaya Zemlya from the North Island, or Lutke Land, was 

 traversed ; considerable botanical collections were made from 

 various stations on both sides of that strait, and finally, favoured 

 by an exceptional open ice-season, the Kara Sea was entered, and 

 the eastern shores of Lutke Land examined as far north as the 

 Pachtussow Islands. 



To save repetition of latitudes in the notes that accompany 

 this paper, I give the parallels of the different stations where 

 botanical collections were made. It may be borne in mind that 

 several days were passed at many of these stations, and the sur- 

 rounding country botanized over : so that the latitudes given are 

 not absolutely correct, but are intended to convey only an approxi- 

 mation of .the localities from whence collections were derived : — 



Dolgoi Island . 



Habarova 



South shores of Waigats . 



Cape Greben ,, 



Cape Matmsela ,, 



Dolga Bay „ 



Cape Voronoff ,, 



Islands in Kostin Shar 



Neckwatova 



Rogatchiva Bay 



Beluga Bay, South Goose Land 



South Goose Land . 



Besemannya Bay (Nameless Bay) 



Cairn Harbour (Pomorsky Bay) 



Farassowa Valley, Matyushin Shar 



Gubina Bay ,, 



Beluga Bay, Lutke Land 



Silver Bay ,, 



Pachtussow Islands 



Ziwolka Fiord 



N. lat. 69° 

 69° 

 69° 



15' 

 40' 



40' 



69° 41' 

 70° 7' 

 70° 15' 

 70° 20' 

 71° 15' 

 71° 15' 

 71° 24' 



71° 

 71° 

 72° 

 73° 



30' 

 30' 

 55' 

 15' 



73° 11' 



73° 12' 

 73° 15' 



73° 25' 

 74° 24' 

 74° 25' 



