474 



THE FLOWERING PLANTS OF NOVAYA ZEMLYA, ETC. 



In the above table, 195 phanerogams and four vascular crypto- 

 gams are admitted as the known flora of Waigats, Novaya Zemlya, 

 and Lutke and Barents Lands. In the excellent paper by Herr 0. 

 Ekstam* on the flora of Novaya Zemlya, he includes in his list 

 200 plants, but I have deemed it expedient to deduct from that 

 enumeration the following, viz. : — Ranunculus affinis, for the reasons 

 advanced in the text ; Fgrola minor, its presence not having been 

 satisfactorily established; Draha oblongata, D. altaica, D. lactea, 

 and D. corymhusa as synonyms (0. Gelert,f "Notes on Arctic 

 Plants ") ; Salix Brownei, which is here included as a variety of 

 S. arctica ; Catabrosa concinna as = Phippsia algida ; and Calama- 

 grostis Holmii, included under the head of C. neglecta. On the 

 other hand, eight names are added to this list : — 



Ranunculus auricomus. 

 Alsine imbricata. 

 Potentilla nivea. 

 Gentiana tenella. 



Empetrum nigrum. 

 Veratrum album. 

 Poa abbreviata. 

 Koeleria cristata. 



Bringing up the number of plants enumerated in the accompanying 

 table to 199. 



It is to be observed that the zones of 76-77° and 75-76° are in 

 a botanical sense uninvestio-ated. 



* Botanische Jahrbilcher, xxii. 185, Leipzig, 1896. 

 t Scertryk af Botanisk Tidsskrift, Kjobenhavn, 1898. 



