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entirely bare of soil. But I)etweeii tiiese barren slopes there are valleys where the showiest of the 



Arctic plants bloom iu rich profusion and variety, forming brilliant masses of color— purple, yellow, 

 and blue — where certain si>ecies form beds of considerable size, almost to the exclusion of others. 

 The following- list was obtained here Jnly 19: 



Phlox Sibiiicd, h. PoienlilJa biflora, Willd. 



Polemoniiim hiimile. Willd. nivea, L. 



cnriileum, L. I>raba atelMa, Jacq. var. iiimlis, Kegel. 



Myosotis sjjhiitiva, var. alpeslils. incanu, L. 



Eritrichium iwiiiim, var. tirctioides, Hedu. Curthimint pmtenms, L. ? 



Dodecatheon metlia, -v&t. frigUlum, Gray. Clieiranthua pygmieus, Adans. 



Androsace ekamtrjaimie, WilW. Parrya imdkuulU, Kegel, var. a.ipera. Kegel. 



Anemone nareissiflora, L. Hedyaarum lorealw, Nutt. 



mullijida, Poir. Oxytropis podovarpa, Gray. 



parviflora, Michx. CeruMium alptntm, L. var. Bekrhu/idtiuin, Kegel. 



parvijioiu, Michx. var. ijilene ««(»/w, L. 



RanuHculKS affinis, K. Br. Aientiria verna, L. var. rubella, Hook, f. 



Caltliu aserifolia, Dl. Aretiea, Ster. 



(TeK»« ylaeUde, Fi.sch. Stellaria lonyipes, Goldie. 



Dryas oeliipetala, L. Artemisia tomentom. 



Polyyoniun BIslurta, L. Pedicularis capihita, Adans. 



Riunex Ciispiis, L. Papaver midicaule, L. 



Poykiniu Hiehnrdsonii, Gray. Epilobiiiiit hitifoUuin, L. 



Saxifmga tiieimpidatii, Ketg. Cansiiipe tetiayone, Desr. 



ceniuu, L. f'aceimuvi uliyinosum, i^. var. Mucronatn, Hender. 



flagellaiis, Willd. Vitis Idsea, L. 



Damrica, Willd. Stdix poluris, Wahl, and two other species uiidetermiued. 



punctnla, L. Festuca Saliva? 



nivtili!!, L. Glyceria, 



JV«n7os?niV( carymbosa, Hook? Triselum subspienlum, Beaiir. \ar. Mvlle. Gray. 



Eriyeioii Miiirii, Gray, n. sp. Carex vartflnm, Wahl. 



Taraxacum palust re, Dl. vulyario, Fries, var. Alpina. ((\ riyidu. GooA). 



Senicio friyidus, Less. Cyntuperis fragilis, Bernt. 



Artemisia glomeruta, Ledt. 



CAPE PRIXIE OF W.4LES. 



At Cape Prince of Wales we obtained : 



Loiselturia procumiens, Desr. Tqfieldia eocrinvea, Richards. 



Andromeda pvlifolia, L,.f(iima aretiea. Armerin aretiea, Ster. 



Vaeeinitim Vitis Idxu, L. Taroxaevm palustre. Dl. 

 Andromce cMm(rjasme, Willd. 



TWEiVrr 3IILEi> EAST OF CAPE 1. 1 S B U R N E. 



LycJinia apetala, L. Oxytropis eanipestris, Dl. 



Androsace ehamwjasmejVi^iWd. Erigeroii tini/forus, L. 



Geum glaeialc, Fisch. Artemisia glomeruta, Ledb. 



Poientilla niveu, L. Saxifraga eackoltzii, Sternb. 



biflora, Willd. ftagelluris, Willd. 



Phlox Sibiricu, L. Chrysosplenium utternifolinm, L. 



Primula borealia, Daly. Draba hirta, L. 

 Anemone nareissiflora, L. var. 



CAPE WANKEREM, SIBERIA. 



Near (Jape Wankerem, August 7 and 8, we collected : 



Claytonia I'irgimea, L. ? Chrysanthemum areticum, h. 



Ranunoulus pygmirus, Wahl. Senecio frigidus, hea.s. 



Pedicnlaris Langsdorffii, Fisch. Artemisia vulgaris, var. Telesii, Ledeb. 



Chrysosplenium alterni/olium, L. Elymus arenarius, L. 



Saxifraga cerniia, L. Atopocurus alpinus, Smith. 



stellaris, L. var. cornoia. Poa aretiea, R. Br. 



rivularis, L. var. hyperborea, Hook. Calamagrostis deschampsioides, Tvio. i 



Pohmonium c»eruleuni, L. Luzula hyperborea, K. Br. 



Lyahnis apetala, L. apicato Desv. 

 Nurdoamia friyida, Hook. 



