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Especially common at Foulke Fiord, between the foot of the 

 glacier and the sea. Frequent in Discovery Bay, and occurring 

 sparingly in St. Patrick's Bay. 



Sea level to 100 feet in Foulke Fiord. 



C. pratensis, L. 



Bist. 1 - - 12. Lat. 69° 15' to 81° 42'. W. and G. 



Growing in small quantities in Englishman's Bay, Disco; not 



again met with until reaching Discovery Bay, where I found a few 



plants amongst wet moss (Splacknum Wonnskiolrfii) on a slope having 



a southern aspect near sea-level, about two miles to the west of 



Discovery Harbour. Lange gives 09° 14' as the northern range of 



this plant in Greenland ; its reappearance at so high a latitude is 



very interesting. The Discovery Bay specimens were hardly less 



luxuriant than the Disco ones ; neither had any symptoms of 

 flowering. 



Sea-level to 400 feet in Disco. 



Vesicaria arctica, Rich. 



Dist. 1 7 - - - 11 12. Lat.69°42'to81°42'. E.,W.,&G. 



Locally common, but absent from many stations ; at the head of 

 Svarte-vogel Bay, near Rittenbank. Common on Bellot Island and 

 in Discovery Bay. Has an erect habit at first, but at length pros- 

 trate. Requires dry soil and low levels. 



Polaris Bay (coll. Copp.) Hayes Sound (H. W. F.) 



Sea-level to 400 feet in Discovery Bay. 



D. mem*, L. Dist. 1 -. 



Englishman's Bay, Disco. 

 Disco, coll. Moss. 



Draba rupestris, Br. 



Dist. 1 2 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1112 13. Lat. 68° 42' to 82° 27'. 



n E.,W., andG. 



Common everywhere. Polaris Bay (coll. Copp.) ; Floeberg Beach 

 (H. W. F. and coll. Moss). In flower June 23rd Discovery Bay. 

 Sea-level to 500 feet at Discovery Bay. 



D. rupestris, var. parviftora, Oliver. „ _ 



Dist. 1 - 12 13. Lat. 69° 15' to 82° 27'. W.&G. 



This very minute Draba is so named by Professor Oliver. It 

 appeared to me a very distinct form. Very caespitose in habit, the 

 whole plant about a quarter of an inch in height, and bearing a 

 u ny head or umbel of pale yellow flowers, no bigger than those of 

 °ur Allseed {Badiola miller-ana). In flower by the 10th June, and 

 ™d disappeared at the end of the month. 



Disco, Englishman's Bay, rare. Discovery Bay, especially near 

 *«*andra hake. Floeberg Beach (coll. Moss >. 



tv *»<lrotacea, Wahl (et vars.) 



Dls t- 1 2 3. Lat. 09° 15' to 72° 48'. G. 



£> : tOpina, L. (var. hUpida). ■ _ .__ 



Dlst 5 6-89- 11 12 13. Lat. 78° 18' to 82° 50'. E.&W. 



Increasing to the north. Pale yellow glabrous forms of D. alpma, 

 mQh occurred in Discovery Bay, appeared to me impossible to 



