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



the expedition, told me lhat when he visited some lakelets in a valley 

 beyond the range above Etah, which I could not reach during our short 

 stay, he had seen a grass there with long floating leaves. Now of course 

 that may have been the water-form of Alopecurus alpinus, but it is at 

 least equally probable that it was Pleuropogon. It is very much to be 

 regretted, that he did not bring a specimen with him ; but, on the other 

 hand, this note may perhaps induce some botanist who may visit the 

 fjord in the future, to examine that part of its surroundings where, in 

 all probality, other additions to the flora might also be made, as water- 

 plants are very scantily represented in the present list. 

 Occurrence. S. Ivsugigsok (NATHORST). 



Catabrosa algida, (SOLAND.) FR. 



C. algida, SIMMONS, Fl. Ellesm.; OSTENFELD, Plantes N. E. Gronl. 

 [C. algida, NATHORST, N. W. Gronl.; Phippsia algida, HART, Bot. Br. 

 Pol. Exp. ; WETHERILL, List 1894; Ph. monandra, DICKIE, Not. fl. pi., 

 in INGLEFIELD, Summer Search]. 



Occurrence. S. Cape York (HART, STEIN); Ivsugigsok (NATHORST); 

 Carey Islands: Bjorling Island (WETHERILL); Wolstenholme Sound (ING- 

 LEFIELD); Inglefield Gulf: Burdin Bay (!NGLEFIELD), Northumberland 

 Island (STEIN); Foulke Fjord, Reindeer Point' (1472). 



Trisetum spicatum, (L.) RIGHT. 



T. spicatum, SIMMONS, Fl. Ellesm. [T. subspicatum, DURAND, PI. 

 Kan.; T. sesquiftorum, MEEHAN, Contr. Greenl., ex HOLM, Contr. Fl. 

 Greenl.]. 



It is probable that this species is not common, as it is missing 

 also from the lists of those collectors who have worked systematically 

 and thoroughly, such for instance as NATHORST, WETHERILL. It is, how- 

 ever, not rare at Foulke Fjord, where I found it both on the sandy 

 beach outside Reindeer Point, and also in the rook-crannies of that point 

 and in the gravel slope at Etah. 



Occurrence. S. Inglefield Gulf: M'Cormick Bay (MEEHAN); Foulke 

 Fjord: at Reindeer Point and Etah (212, 1476, 1526); Bedevilled Reach 

 (KANE). 



Aira caespitosa, L. var. arctica, (TRIN.) SIMM. 



A. caespitosa var. arctica, SIMMONS, Fl. Ellesm. [Deschampsia 

 brevifolia, WETHERILL, List 1894]. 



