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relatively low number of species and families. It is im- 
possible to give exact figures. We have already noticed 
both that all these northern lands are still insufficiently 
explored, and that the nomenclature of their known plants 
needs careful revision. The figures quoted from Hooker 
and Schimper cannot be regarded as accurate. Yet with 
all the revision to which they may be subject, the large 
difference existing between Arctic and temperate regions 
remains strikingly true, and its degree is probably fairly 
well indicated by the figures given. The writer has at- 
tempted a calculation for Labrador, based on all the reports, 
reliable or otherwise, known to him in January, 1905; but 
its results, for the foregoing reasons, must not be regarded 
as very exact. According to it, there occur in Labrador 
not far from 425 species of vascular plants, belonging to 
50 families. In addition to these there are about 300 
species of bryophytes and fungi so far discovered. The 
number of species in the orders best represented is as fol- 
lows: Composite 36, Ericacee 31, Crucifere 30, Roseacee 
29, Cyperacee 28, Graminee 27, Caryophyllacee 26, Salica- 
cee 19, Saxifragacee 19, Ranunculacee 19, Scrophulariacee 
14. The number of species in the genera best represented 
is: Carex 21, Salix 17, Potentilla 11, Saxifraga 11, Draba 
11, Ranunculus 10, Arenaria 9, Epilobium 9, Vaccinium 7, 
Pedicularis 7, Lycopodium 7, Stellaria 6, Poa 6. 
Having now studied the main influences affecting the 
flora of Labrador, and the characteristic features of its 
plants resulting therefrom, we are in a position to consider 
the general appearance of the Labrador landscape near the 
coast, so far as it is determined by vegetable life. It will 
be necessary to distinguish several different regions or 
