THE FLOWERING PLANTS OF NOVAYA ZEMLYA, ETC. 421 



Kostin Shar. In Lutke Land, around Beluga Bay, from shore-line 

 to 100 ft. 



43. OxYTROPis CAMPESTRis D.C. var. sordida Willd. A uni- 

 versally distributed plant over Waigats, Novaya Zemlya, and Lutke 

 Land. It affects dry situations. Plentiful and in flower on the 

 Pachtussow Islands, Aug. 6th; and in Ziwolka Fiord, Aug. 7th. 



44. EuBus Cham^morus L. Common on peaty soil around 

 Habarova, also on Dolgoi Island. Grows in profusion in peaty 

 ground on the tundra of Waigats. Obtained in South Goose Land, 

 but not observed by me in Lutke Land. 



45. CoMARUM PALusTRE L. Neighbourhood of Habarova. Com- 

 mon around meres on the island of Dolgoi ; also on Waigats, but 

 not observed by me in Novaya Zemlya or Lutke Land. 



46. PoTENTiLLA FRAGiFORMis Willd. TMs is a widely spread and 

 common plant, extending from the shores of the mainland of Arctic 

 Russia to the farthest north reached in Lutke Land. Habarova ; 

 Dolga Bay ; Neckwatowa ; Rogatcheva Bay ; islands in Kostin Shar ; 

 Nameless Bay ; Beluga Bay, Lutke Land ; and Ziwolka Fiord. 



47. P. PULCHELLA R. Br. (P. sericea Graham non L.). Only 

 appears in the collection from Beluga Bay, Lutke Land ; altitude 

 100 ft. 



48. P. NivEA L. An addition to the flora of Novaya Zemlya ; 

 only identified and gathered at one station, namely, Gubina Bay, 

 where it grew abundantly at an altitude of 300 ft., the plants 

 attaining a height of eight inches. 



49. Dryas octopetala L. One of the most common of plants, 

 and generally distributed. Very abundant on Dolgoi Island ; all 

 over Waigats, from the sea-shore to the highest ridges ; common 

 around Habarova ; all over Novaya Zemlya and Lutke Land ; found 

 flowering on the Pachtussow Islands, 74° 24' N., on Aug. 6th, 1897. 



50. HippuRis VULGARIS L. Commou in meres on Dolgoi Island ; 

 also at Cape Voronoff, Waigats, but not observed by me in Novaya 

 Zemyla or Lutke Land. 



51. Saxifraga oppositifolia L. This universally distributed 

 arctic plant is not so abundant as in some parts of the Polar world, 

 notably Grinnell Land. However, it shares with three other plants, 

 viz. Papaver niidicaule, Cerastium alpinum, and Dryas octopetala var. 

 integrifulia, the position of growing in the most northern land yet 

 reached by man, having been obtained at Lockwood Island, 83° 24' 

 N., by Lieut. Lockwood, of the Greely Expedition. By no means 

 common on Dolgoi Island ; found in the neighbourhood of Haba- 

 rova ; generally distributed over Waigats, among rocky areas ; the 

 same in Novaya Zemlya ; not uncommon about Beluga Bay, Lutke 

 Land, where it reached an altitude of 850 ft. ; on the Pachtussow 

 Islands, 74° 24' N. 



52. S. flagellaris Willd. Not observed on Dolgoi Island, nor 

 on the tundra of the mainland of Russia around Habarova. Though 

 carefully looked for, not observed by me on the island of Waigats. In 

 Novaya Zemlya it is a commonly distributed plant, likewise over 



