Jay. 1908] FLORA OF PRINCE CHARLES FORELAND. 315 
and Dr. Bruce notes the fact that on Middle Edinburgh Isle 
a week after the thick snow had disappeared Saxifraga 
oppositifolia was in full bloom. This is the earliest species 
to flower in the Foreland, while Cardamine pratensis is the 
latest, being in full flower at the end of August and beginning 
of September. In early September, when the first falls of 
snow take place, many plants are still in flower, though 
fruiting is then general. Saxifraga aizoides, Potentilla emar- 
gunata, and Cardamine pratensis were all gathered in flower 
at this time, and “grasses in fine condition showed their 
delicate heads through the snow.” 
My thanks are due to Professor J. W. H. Trail, F.R.S., for 
much valuable help; and I must also express my indebtedness 
to Dr. C. H. Ostenfeld, especially in reference to the species 
of Poa and certain other grasses, to Dr. H. Dahlstedt for his 
opinion on a species of Zaraxzacuwm, and to Professor I. Bayley 
Balfour, F.R.S., for facilities in the herbarium of the Royal 
Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Dr. W. 8S. Bruce, who entrusted 
the collections to me, has earned my further obligations by 
the excellent state of the specimens and the many valuable 
notes he took in regard to them. 
REFERENCES. 
G. ANDERSSON and H. HEessELMAN, “Spetsbergens Karlviixtflora,” K. 
Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handlingar, Band xxvi. afd. ILI. 1 (1906). 
O. GELERT and C. H. OsteNnreLp, Flora Arctica, pt. 1. Copenhagen, 
1902. 
O. GELERT, “ Notes on Arctic Plants,” Botanisk Tidsskrift, xxi. 3. 
Copenhagen, 1898. 
W.S. Bruce, “ Prince Charles Foreland,” Scottish Geographical’ Maga- 
zine, xxill. 1907, p. 141. 
TuHorILD Wutrr, Botanische Beobachtungen aus Spitzbergen. Lund, 
1902. 
RANUNCULACEA:. 
Ranuneulus Pallasii, Schlecht. Several specimens from 
swampy places on the west coast towards the north; in 
full flower in August. 
Ranunculus hyperboreus, Rottb. In very wet places near 
Vogel Hook and at Cape Cold. 
Ranunculus pygmeus, Wahlenb. A few specimens from the 
north end of the Foreland. It is apparently not common, 
but being very inconspicuous might easily be overlooked. 
