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rence. Seaside sandwort {Arenaria peploides), sea-lungwort 

 or ice-plant {Mertensia maritima), Potentilla anserina and tri- 

 dentata, two large UmbellifercB {Archangelica and Coslo- 

 plenrum), and one or two species of plantain (Plantago) we 

 found almost everywhere, even to the far north, though only- 

 one or two of them occurred quite as far as Nachvak; while 

 iris and beach-pea {Lathyrus maritimus) were also very 

 abundant, but were confined to much more southerly limits. 



The thoroughness of our examination of the coast was 

 favorable to a fairly exhaustive study of the Labrador flora. 

 This feature was offset, however, to a certain extent by my 

 own inexpertness in the botanical field; and for this reason it 

 is probable that many interesting plants escaped my notice. 

 Of the more common and easily recognized varieties I pre- 

 served no specimens, because of the difficulty of making and 

 caring for a large collection in our limited quarters. In 

 almost all cases of doubt, however, and in many cases where 

 there was none, I brought home specimens for identification. 

 The names given on my own authority alone are compar- 

 atively few, and are with few exceptions those of plants in 

 regard to which there can be little or no uncertainty. 



The largest part of the credit for the list which I am 

 able to present is due to those on whom has fallen the work 

 of identification of specimens. Prof. W. W. Bailey, of 

 Brown University, undertook the examination of all the 

 phenogamous plants, with the exception of the willows; and 

 his careful work has been further revised by Prof. B. L. Rob- 

 inson and Mr. M. L. Fernald, of Harvard University, of 

 whose kindly and able assistance we wish to make grateful 

 acknowledgment. The willows were named by Prof. W. W. 

 Rowlee, of Cornell University. The mosses were submit- 



