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teresting species, whose occurrence here seems to point to an im- 

 migration over Melville Bay from Danish Greenland, as they are found 

 neither to the north, nor in Ellesmereland. WETHERILL also seems to be 

 the only botanist, who has made collections in the Carey Islands (Bjor- 

 ling Island). 



In 1899 1901, the american geologist R. STEIN made some collect- 

 ions of plants on the west side of Smith Sound as well as at Cape 

 York, Inglefield Gulf and Foulke Fjord. The specimens have been deter- 

 mined by Mr. HOLM of Brookland D. C., who has kindly sent me a list 

 for publication. Part of it I have already used in my Fl. Ellesm., the 

 rest is used here. In some instances, I have employed other names 

 than those in Mr. HOLM'S list, and, in one single case (Salix arctica 

 for S. glauca and S. groenlandica), I have felt obliged to differ from 

 his opinion. I am sorry not to have consulted further with him on this 

 point, but I hope that he will excuse me, as I have not had time to do 

 so at present. 



In 1903, the late Mr. L. MYLIUS ERICHSEN made a small collection 

 at Granville Bay, and, in 1905, the Rev. KNUD BALLE brought home a 

 somewhat larger collection from Wolstenholme Sound. Both collections 

 are determined by Dr. C. H. OSTENFELD of Copenhagen (Fl. pi. Cape 

 York). 



Lastly, I must mention my own material from Foulke Fjord, con- 

 taining 130 numbers of flowering plants and ferns, and representing 76 

 species. The whole collection was made during our two short visits to 

 Foulke Fjord, in the course of three excursions which together were 

 of hardly 30 hours' duration. The lower land between Reindeer Point 

 and Etah was, on both occasions, my field of excursion, that is to say, 

 I had only an opportunity of walking over a strip of ground about half 

 a mile in breath and four miles in length. It is much to be regretted, 

 that I could not reach the interior part of the fjord nor the higher slopes 

 and plateaus inland; as I cannot but think that they would have yielded 

 important additions to my list especially in the matter of bog- and 

 water-plants, which are almost entirely lacking in my collection. I could 

 also have wished very much for a trip over to Port Foulke, where I 

 should perhaps have been able to verify some of the doubtful statements 

 from HAYES'S time. The leader of the expedition, however, was too anx- 

 ious to shorten our stay in Foulke Fjord, to allow time for a closer 

 exploration which might have given valuable results. It was impossible 

 even to obtain a landing at Cape Alexander, which was very desirable, 

 and could easily have been effected, as we steamed past it so close as 



