66 H. G. SIMMONS. [SEC. AKCT. EXP. FRAM 



Saxifraga nivalis, L. 



S. nivalis, SIMMONS, Fl. Ellesm. ; OSTENFELD, Plantes N. E. Gronl. 

 [S. nivalis, SUTHERLAND, Voyage; DURAND, PI. Kan. et Enum. pi. Smith 

 S. ; HART, Bot. Br. Pol. Exp.; NATHORST, N. W. Gronl. ; OSTENFELD, Fl. 

 pi. Cape York]. 



Only the main form seems to have heen found in N. W. Greenland. 



Occurrence. S. Bushnan Island (SUTHERLAND); Ivsugigsok (NAT- 

 HORST); Umanak and Agpa in Wolstenholme Sound (BALLE); InglefieldGulf : 

 Northumberland Island (STEIN); Foulke Fjord: Port Foulke (HAYES), and 

 different places near Reindeer Point and Etah (HART, STEIN, 207, 1482|; 

 Fog Inlet, Bedevilled Reach, and Rensselaer Harbour (KANE). 



Saxifraga stellaris, L. 



S. stellaris, SIMMONS, Fl. Ellesm. [S. stellaris, NATHORST, N. W. 

 Gronl.; S. foliolosa, DURAND, PI. Kan.]. 



As I have previously mentioned, this plant usually appears in the 

 state representing the var. comosa, RETZ. ; only some of the specimens 

 from the southernmost locality Ivsugigsok have the terminal flower 

 developed. 



Occurrence. S. Ivsugigsok (NATHORST); Northumberland Island 

 (STEIN); Foulke Fjord : moist mossy places near Reindeer Point (244, 

 1493); Fog Inlet (KANE). 



Saxifraga groenlandica, L. 



'S'. groenlandica, SIMMONS, Fl. Ellesm.; S. caespitosa, OSTENFELD, 

 Plantes N. E. Gronl. [S. caespitosa, DURAND, PI. Kan. ; HART, Bot. Br. 

 Pol. Exp.; WETHERILL, List 1894: OSTENFELD, Fl. pi. Cape York]. 



All the specimens from our area seem to belong to the variety 

 nniflora, (R. Br.) SIMM., such as I have described it (1. c., p. 71 72). 



Occurrence. S. Cape York (HART, WETHERILL); Wolstenholme 

 Sound: Umanak and Agpa (BALLE); InglefieldGulf : Northumberland Island 

 (STEIN); Foulke Fjord at Etah (STEIN) and other places (HART, 251, 1506); 

 Rensselaer Harbour (KANE). N. Bessels Bay and Polaris Bay (HART). 

 Probably everywhere. 



Saxifraga cernua, L. 



S. cernua, SIMMONS, Fl. Ellesm.; OSTENFELD, Plantes N. E. Gronl. 

 [S. cernna, DICKIE, Not. fl. pi. in INGLEFIELD. Summer Search; DURAND, 

 PI. Kan. et Enum. pi. Smith S. ; HART, Bot. Br. Pol. Exp.; NATHORST. 



