PHANEROGAMIC FLORA OF SPITZBERGEN. 143 
feet above the sea; on the north-east, lat. 80°, and at Treurenburg Bay, 
in flower 6th July ; at Brandywine Bay, 27th July; and still in flower, 
lst September, in Smerenburg. Specimens from Advent Bay are 10 
inches high.— 5S. nivalis, v. tenuis, Wbg., Augusti Bay, 600 feet above 
sea, and Wide Bay. 
44. S. foliolosa, R. Br., Hook. ; 8. stellaris, v. comosa, De Cand. ; 
Ledeb. Fl. D. 2354; Hrtm.—On the west coast rather rare, on the 
north very rare ; Treurenburg Bay, Hecla Cove, Parry ; Smerenburg, 1st 
September, without a flower; King’s Bay, Cross Bay, Ice Sound, and 
Bellsund. It is not found high above the sea-level, but prefers mossy 
terraces sheltered by the mountains, 
e true S. stellaris, L., is not found in Spitzbergen. 
45. S. oppositifolia, L.—-Abundant, in small tufts, on sand and 
gravel ; Walden Island, Parry ; Seven Island, Nordenskiöld ; it is also 
found on the mountains in the north as high as 1000 feet above the 
sea, at which height eternal ice and snow generally begins. 
. Y first gathered it in flower at Treurenburg Bay on the 25th of June, 
aud Lobserved it still in flower in September. Before leaving Fin- 
marken, I found this Saxifrage in flower on the 9th of May, at 
Carlsó, lat. 70° N. 
46. S: flagellaris, (Sternb.), R. Br. ; Fl. D. 2353; Fl. B. Am. i. tab. 
87, fig. B.—Sparingly up to Brandywine Bay, on. clayey sand and 
gravel, mostly at the base of the mountains, but also some 700—800 
feet above the sea, near the snow-line, at Augusti Bay. The first 
flowers were seen, 7th July, at Treurenburg Bay and on the north-east, 
lat. 80°. Like the other Saxifrages, this species was in flower to the 
end of August. 
4T. S. Hirculus, L.—Rather scarce on the west and at Hinlopen 
Strait (Lomme Bay and Augusti Bay), but not yet found on the north. 
Found chiefly on the lowest terraces near the sea, which are washed by 
snoiv-water from the mountains. Hinlopen Strait, in flower all August, 
and at Ice Sound in September. 
48. S. aizoides, L.—Rare, but growing further north and higher on 
the mountain-sides than S. Hirculus. . Treurenburg Bay, Hecla Cove, 
Parry. Grows, like the last species, in tufts on mossy spots on the moun- 
tain-sides, which are always kept damp by the snow-water. Cross Bay, 
in flower 31st July; Lomme Bay 24th August, 2-300 ft. above the sea. 
49. S. cernua, L.—Very common wherever the ground is free from 
