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no time to visit this comparatively rich field. Similar 

 verdant patches, brilliant with the flowers of poppies, 

 saxifrages, etc., are characteristic of many raised beaches 

 in Franz-Josef Land, Spitzbergen, and other lands in the 

 Arctic. 



From the summit of the island were obtained the Eed- 

 Snow Alga {Sphwrella nivalis), a ]\Ierismopedium (one of 

 the Schizophyceai), Desmids (of the Cosmarium and 

 Calocylindrus types), various Diatoms, and a Zygnema 

 (one of the Conjugataj). 



From the rocks and soil, generally, were gathered five 

 lichens, several mosses, and eight flowering plants. The 

 lichens were Cdraria islandica, L. (Iceland Moss) ; Platysma 

 nivale, L. ; Stereocaiilon paschale, Ach. ; Spharophoron cor- 

 alloides, Pers. ; and Solorina crocea, L. The mosses probably 

 belong to the genera Bryum, Hypnum, and Bartramia, but 

 as none were in capsule, their species have not been 

 determined. 



The flowering plants were Fapaver nudicaule, L. (Iceland 

 Poppy), in a very densely-tufted form, clothed with dark 

 brown hairs ; SteUaria humifusa, Eottb., which usually 

 grows close to the shore : Saxifraga ojjpositifolia, L., in 

 smaller tufts than usual in other parts of the Arctic ; S. 

 cernua, L. ; S. cccsjoitosa , L., var. decijnens, Ehrh. ; S. kieraci- 

 folia, W. et K. ; S. Hircidus, L. ; and a grass, Phiptpsia 

 cdgida, R. Br. 



All were in flower, except SteUaria humifusa, Saxifraga 

 hicracifolia, and S. Hircidus. All the plants in the 

 collection are well known in other parts of the Arctic 

 regions. 



I am indebted to Colonel H. W. Feilden, who examined 

 and named the flowering plants for me. Speaking of 

 Saxifraga oppositifolia. Colonel Feilden says : " It shares 

 with three other plants, viz. Papiaver midicaule, Cerastiiion 

 alpinum, and Drijas odopictala, var. integrifolia, the position 

 of growing in the most northern land yet reached by man, 

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

 Lieutenant Lockwood, of the Greely Expedition." ^ 



1 "The Flowering Plants of Novava Zeinlya," etc., by Colonel H. W. 

 Feilden, in the "Journal of Botany," October to December 1808. 

 London : West, Newman, & Co. 



