76 H. G. SIMMONS. [SEC.ARCT.EXP.FRAM 



Ranunculus Sabinei, R. BR. 



R. Sobinei, SIMMONS, Fl. Ellesm. [R. Sobinei af finis, DURAND, PI. 

 Kan. ; KANE, Arct. Expl.]. 



As I have previously discussed (1. c. p. Ill) the description of the 

 plant in KANE'S collection, which DURAND has, with some doubt, refer- 

 red to this species, is quite enough to make it certain that his identi- 

 fication was right. It seems, however, to be a rare plant in North-West- 

 ern Greenland, as it is not found again in the southern parts which 

 have been more closely investigated in later years. It may, however, 

 have been confounded with R. nivalis or R. pygmaeus. The locality 

 mentioned by DURAND seems also to correspond with those of the species 

 in Ellesmereland, but not the statement of KANE himself for one of his 

 localities, where it is said to be found among Sphagnum. 



Occurrence. S. Inglefield Gulf: Northumberland and Hakluyt 

 Islands (KANE); Bedevilled Reach (KANE). 



Ranunculus pygmaeus, WAHLENB. 



R. pygmaeus, SIMMONS, Fl. Ellesm. [R. pygmaeus, NATHORST, N. 

 W. Gronl.J. 



This species, which seems to have been totally overlooked by the 

 earlier collectors, was first found by NATHORST. In Foulke Fjord it grew 

 abundantly and luxuriantly in a mossy depression among the rocks tog- 

 ether with Catabrosa algida, Saxifraga rivularis. and others. 



Occurrence. S. Cape York (STEIN); Ivsugigsok (NATHORST); Ingle- 

 field Gulf: Northumberland Island (STEIN); Foulke Fjord (1469). 



Ranunculus hyperboreus, ROTTB. 



R. hyperboreus, SIMMONS, Fl. Ellesm. 



Occurrence. S. Inglefield Gulf: Northumberland Island (STEIN). 



Caryophyllaceae. 

 Arenaria ciliata, L. 



A. ciliata, SIMMONS, Fl. Ellesm. [A. ciliata, WETHERILL, List 1894]. 

 Occurrence. S. Inglefield Gulf: at Fan Glacier (WETHERILL). 



