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gravel plains, so low and flat, that he could sometimes drive from the 

 sea-ice inland, without noticing it until the sledge scraped in the sand. 

 As far as he could see, there was very little vegetation, and no game 

 was observed. Still I think that if the land were explored during sum- 

 mer time, a number of plants might be found. Captain ISACHSEN only 

 brought home a single collection (2743), made May 17, 1901, in the north- 

 western extremity of Ellef Ringnes Land, somewhere about lat. 79 20', 

 and long. 106. It contained the following flowering plants: Poten- 

 tilla emarginata, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Papaver radicatum, Draba 

 alpina, Cerastium alpinum, Poa glauca. As all of these are ubiquit- 

 ous plants, there is no special interest attached to this small list. It is 

 to be regretted, that a dense cowering of snow almost over the whole 

 land prevented Captain ISACHSEN from seeing more of the vegetation, 

 and from bringing back a larger collection. 



With this paper I finish my contributions to the knowledge of the 

 flora of the Arctic American Archipelago, as far as the higher plants 

 are concerned. I am fully aware that these notes are of far less value 

 than is the treatment of the Ellesmereland flora ; and I much regret that 

 I got no opportunity of visiting the lands to the west myself, as Hei- 

 berg Land at least would well have deserved a closer botanical survey. 

 But such long journeys can hardly be made in summer, when the road 

 the sea-ice may break up at any moment. I must therefore, neces- 

 sarily leave further exploration to future expeditions. For my own part, 

 I have still much material left for further work, and I hope that I shall 

 soon be able to finish a paper about the vegetation of Ellesmereland, 

 so as to get time to pass on to the examination of the collections of 

 algae. 



The Index in the following pages I have put together as I am fully 

 aware that treatises, such as my Ellesmereland and ! N. W.^Greenland 

 floras are not easily used without. Certain circumstances made it im- 

 possible for me, at the time when the former was published, to compile 

 an Index to it. As, however, the three Papers about the floras of higher 

 plants in the regions visited by the expedition will always have to be 

 used together, I think that an Index common to all three, may answer 

 the need equally well. 



Lund, Sweden, February 1909. 



