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same majestic scenery appears in Lutke Land, the interior mountains 

 rising from seas of ice, with glaciers descending to the ocean, but 

 tliere is very little difference between the floras on the north and 

 south shores of tiie Matyushin Shar. Farther north, on the Pach- 

 tussow Islands and the mainland m the zone of 74-75°, I gathered 

 some fifty phanerogamic plants, a serious falling off from the 

 number recorded from the shores of the Matyushin 81iar, in the 

 zone of 73-74'\ There now remains for the botanical explorer 

 the examination of the shores of Barents Land, in the zone of 

 75-77°, which, so far, has only been credited with some sixteen 

 species. 



I will now give a few details in regard to the flora. 



1. Ranunculus Pallasii Schl. Eare on Dolgoi Island ; found 

 in one lake only. Common in lakes around Habarova. Abundant 

 in lakes and meres all over Waigats, perfuming the air in their 

 vicinity with its delicious scent. Not met with by me in Novaya 

 Zemlya proper, but abundant near the Notschujew River, Lutke 

 Land, north side of the Matyushin Shar, near entrance to the 

 Kara Sea. 



2. R. LAPpoNicus L. Only met with by me at Cape Matiusela, 

 island of Waigats, where it grew in abundance on sphagnum-covered 

 swamps. 



3. R. HYPERBOREus Rotli. A vcry common plant growing in 

 swamps. Found on Dolgoi Island, in the neighbourhood of Habarova, 

 all over Waigats, in Novaya Zemlya, and Lutke Land; specimens 

 from Beluga Bay, 73° 20' N., being of the same character as 

 the plant in North Russia. After an examination of scores of 

 specimens, I cannot separate R. ScDuojedorum Rupr. from this species. 

 Plants agreeing in every respect with Ruprecht's description of R. 

 Samojedorunr' were brought from Dolgoi Island ; and Cape Greben, 

 Waigats. 



4. R. PYGM^us Wahlenb. Avery generally dispersed plant, and 

 variable in growth ; on bleak and exposed situations the blossoms 

 are minute and resting on the ground ; in sheltered and moist spots 

 this plant attains a height of 4 in. Cape Greben ; south shores of 

 Waigats ; Cape Matiusela ; Dolga Bay, 150 ft. ; Neckwatowa ; 

 Islands Kostin Shar ; Nameless Bay ; Beluga Bay, Lutke Land. 

 Ziwolka Fiord, 74° 25'. 



5. R. NIVALIS L. A common species, extending from the shores 

 of the Russian mainland to the extreme point visited in Lutke Land. 

 Still, out of more than a hundred examples of this and the following 

 plant gathered at many stations, R. sulphiireus appears in the col- 

 lection in the proportion of five to one. Habarova ; south shores 

 of Waigats ; Dolga Bay ; Neckwatowa ; Islands, Kostin Shar ; 

 Gubina Bay ; Beluga Bay, Lutke Land ; Ziwolka Fiord ; Pach- 

 tussow Islands. 



* Symb. Hist. Plant. Boss., F. J. Euprecbt, St. Petersburg, 1846, p. 18. 

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