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specimens of the different forms were brought, are too numerous to 

 record. 



34. Alsine biflora L. Eare or else overlooked by me. In my 

 collection it appears only from tlie south coast of Waigats, from 

 Neckwatowa, and from Beluga Bay, Lutke Land, at an altitude of 

 100 ft. 



35. A. imbricata C. A. M. An addition to the flora of the Novaya 

 Zemlya group. Found in only one locality, but there in consider- 

 able quantity — the east side of Beluga Bay, Lutke Land, in a broad 

 watercourse at an altitude of 100 ft. This plant has long fibrous 

 roots, stretching several feet amongst the sand and under the stones, 

 and without this faculty of anchoring itself the plant could not exist 

 where we found it, for in the first ^Dart of the thaw the flat of the 

 watercourse must be covered with a deluge of snow and water and 

 hurtling rocks. I noticed that many of the plants had been washed 

 out, in spite of their immense development of root. The flower 

 measures three-quarters of an inch across. 



36. A. RUBELLA Wahlenb. [Arenaria verna L.). A not un- 

 common plant, generally growing on dry and exposed spots. Cape 

 Greben ; Dolga Bay ; Nameless Bay, 200 ft. ; and Beluga Bay, 

 Lutke Land, 100 ft. 



37. Arenaria ciliata L. A common plant on Dolgoi Island, 

 around Habarova, and near the sea-shores of Waigats, especially 

 affecting the summits of wind-tortured islets, where amongst the 

 splintered slates it grows in little bosses covered with white bloom, 

 along with a few scattered plants of Cerastium, Artemisia borealis, 

 Papaver, and Eritricliiiuu. Found on Goose Land of Novaya 

 Zemlya, but not included in my collections from Lutke Land. 



38. A. PEPLOiDEs L. On the sea-shore in the neighbourhood of 

 Habarova, and at Cape Yoronoff, on the north of Waigats. Not 

 included in my collections from Novaya Zemlya or Lutke Land, 

 though found by Mr. Theodor Holm on the south coast of 

 Meshdvsharsky Island. 



39. Sagina nivalis Fries. Only brought by me from one locality* 

 Nameless Bay, 100 ft. ; probably overlooked at other stations. 



40. Hedysarum obscurum L. An abundant plant on Dolgoi 

 Island, equally so on the tundra around Habarova ; generally dis- 

 tributed over Waigats in suitable spots, preferring dry ground and 

 sheltered places under the lee of rocks. Islands in the lake of 

 Neckwatowa ; islands in Kostin Shar. On Aug. 10th I found it 

 growing abundantly and in full flower at Silver Bay, Lutke Land. 



41. Astragalus alpinus L. A very commonly dispersed plant 

 over Waigats, Novaya Zemlya, and Lutke Land. In flower at 

 Ziwolka Fiord, 74° 25' N., on Aug. 7th, 1897. 



42. A. FRiGiDus A. Gray {PhacafriyidaLi.), forma littoralis Hook. 

 Not rare around Habarova, but not met with on Dolgoi Island. 

 Abundant on Waigats, where it grows in dry and sheltered spots 

 from the sea-shore to the summit of the ridges, 250 ft. In Novaya 

 Zemlya, common around the lake of Neckwatowa, and on islands in 



