PHANEROGAMIC FLORA OF SPITZBERGEN. 167 
depauperata, Torr., described and figured in Hooker's Fl. Bor. Amer. 
It ean however be readily distinguished by the glumes, which are of 
different sizes and considerably shorter than the flower, and by the 
spikelet, consisting of two fully-developed flowers. These characters, 
as well as the general appearance of the inflorescence, show that it is 
nearly related to the section of Glyceria, which, from its few-flowered 
spikelets, has been separated under Catabrosa; and among the mem- 
rs of this genus it is nearest to the North Scandinavian C. algida, 
Fr., but this species has a denser and more tufted growth, broader and 
blunter leaves, larger panicle, one-flowered spikelet, shorter glumes, 
and differently-formed pales. Our species, from its reduced spikelets, 
forms a connecting link between Glyceria and Poa, and shows also 
that Colpodiwm forms with these genera so connected a series, that 
genera can only be separated by artificial characters, and with the. 
greatest difficulty.” Andersson. 
91. Festuca hirsuta, Fl. D. 1627; F. rubra, var. arenaria (Osb.), 
And, Wbg.; F. rubra hirsuta minor, Blytt.—Sparingly along the 
coasts on sandy ridges. Lomme Bay, Norse Island, Cross Bay, King’s 
Bay, and Ice Sound. 
92. F. ovina, L., var. vivipara, Horn.—On the west coast and about 
Hinlopen Strait; general at Lomme Bay, but elsewhere somewhat 
rare. Var. violacea, Gaud.; var. alpestris, And.—Hinlopen Strait, 
Lomme Bay. 
93. F. brevifolia, R. Br.—Treurenburg Bay, Heclaj Cove, Parry ; 
Hinlopen Strait, sparingly, up to 500 feet above the sea. 
Of the 93 species of Phanerogams hitherto found in Spitzbergen, 
73 are found on the north coast under lat. 80° N. (793—80? 40^) and 
80 on the west coast, lat: 7095—79^5 N. Although the west-coast 
species exceed those from the north coast only by seven, there are in 
the character of these two coast-floras such essential differences, that 
each must be considered for itself, as an expression of highly different 
relations of clime and temperature. "1 
On ‘the northern coast the ice lies in the smaller bays till July, and 
masses of drift-ice pitch along the coasts all July and during great 
part of August. It is only at the end of this month, or early in Sep- 
tember, that the sea is completely free from ice. The west coast, on 
