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of the polar Spitsbergen flora is essentially Greenlandic and 

 European. Of these thirteen the following only were found 

 by our Polar Expedition in the lat. 80 to 83 : 



Carex nardina. 

 Poa abbreviata. 

 Festuca ovina var. brevifolia, 



The Arctic plants common in Spitsbergen and Melville 

 Island, and which hence might have been expected to occur 

 in lat. 80 to 83, but do not, are 



G. Ranunculus auricomus. 

 G. pygmceus. 



Parrya arctica. 

 G. Draba androsacea. 



Potentilla frigida. 

 G. Saxifraga stellaris. 



Hirculus (East Greenland only). 



G. Chrysosplenium alternifolium. 



Nardosmia frigida. 

 G. Campanula uniftora. 



Salix polaris. 

 G. Dupontia Fisheri. 



Of these the seven with a G prefixed are also Greenlandic, 

 and hence their absence from the higher latitudes visited by 

 the Polar Expedition may be attributed to cold or other 

 climatic causes ; and the other five not being Greenlandic 

 (except one found only in E. Greenland), their occurrence 

 was not to be expected in the regions under consideration. 



Of Melville Island plants found neither in lat. 80 to 83, 

 nor in Spitsbergen, are : 



Caltha palustris.* 

 Astragalus alpinus.* 

 Oxytropis uralensis.* 

 Sieversia Rossii. 

 Senecio palustris.* 

 Pleuropogon Sabinii. 



