Insect Life on the Westei'n Arctic Coast of America 
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Apart from mosses and grasses and Cyperacae whose first new leaves are 
less easily noticed, new leaves and buds were found on plants as follows: — 
CAMDEN BAY TO DEMARCATION POINT, 1914 
May 1-10 
Cerastium alpinum 
Empetrtim nigrum 
Ledum palustre 
Cassiope tetragona 
May 21-31 
Arenaria peploides ] 
Martensia maritima J- buds only. 
Potentilla pulchella j 
Saxifraga decipiens 
Papa vcr nudicau Ic 
Cochlearia groenlandica 
Oxytropis nigrescois 
June 11-20, New leaves : 
Salix pulchra 
S. reticulata 
Ranunculus nivalis 
Anemone parviflora 
Taraxacum lyratum 
Artemisia cotnata 
Papaver nudicaule 
Dryas integrifolia 
Lupinus nootJcatensis (buds only) 
Aloiiccurus alpimis 
Carex stans. 
Prim7da borealis 
Elymus mollis 
Epilobium latifolium 
May 11-20 
Vaccinium caespitosum 
Oxytropisi nigrescens "| 
Betula glandulosa }-leaf-buc!s only. 
Pcdictilaris lanata J 
Saxifraga oppositifolia (new leaves, 
liltle developed). 
S. hieracii folia 
Dryas integrifolia 
June 1-10, New leaves : 
Various Caryophyllacea 
Saxifraga (e.g. S. bronchialis 
S tricuspidata) 
" Compositse 
Pediciilaris lanata 
Pyrola grandiflora 
Ovyria digyna 
Caltha palustris 
Equisetum arvense (buds only) 
Salix piUchra (only buds) 
JCippuris vulgaris (only buds) 
June 21-30, New leaves : 
Eqiuisetum arvense 
Slellaria longipes 
Silene acaulis 
Polemonium boreale 
Petasites frigidn 
Lloydia serotina 
Ri(,hu^ chamaemorios 
Empetruin nigrum 
From Jul}^ onward all the plants have new leaves. 
Flowers of the following plants w^ere found. See also Vascular Plants 
Collected in Arctic North America by the "Gjoa" Expedition (Ostenfeld, 1910). 
June 3-i 
Salix pulchra (female) 
Eriophorum vaginatum 
Saxifraga oppositifolia 
June 11-15 
Snlix pulchra (male) 
Lycopodium sclago 
Ranu/nciihis nivalis 
Anemone parviflora 
Salix Richardsonii (male and female) 
June n-ZO 
Salix rotundifolia (male and female) 
S. ovalifolia var. camdensis (male 
and female) 
Cochlearia groenlandica - 
Oxyria digyna 
Oxyl ropis nigrescens 
Potentilla p^ilchella 
Pedicularis lanata 
Dryas integrifolia 
June 21-2!f 
Draba alpina, D. fladndsensis 
Oxytropis nigrescens 
June 27-28 
Papaver nudicaule 
Cassiope tetragona 
Primula borealis 
Lloydia serotina 
Pedicularis arctica 
Ranunculus sulphureus 
Caltha palustris 
Petasites frigida 
Salix reticulata 
Saxifraga nelsoniana 
June 29-30 
Pedicularis sudetica 
Carex rari flora 
Polygonum viviparum, 
Luzula nivalis 
Alsine arotica 
Silene acaulis 
July 2-7 
Eriophorum angustifolium 
E. Scheuchzeri 
Carex rigida 
Lagotis glauca 
Polemonium boreale 
Cerastium alpinum. 
Ranunc^i,ht,s Pallasii 
Saxifraga hircvAus 
S. decipiens 
Ijupinus nootJcatensis 
Phaca frigida 
Parrya macrocarpa 
