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Same vertical range as the last, and like it very scarce and 

 stunted at the higher levels. 



C. lati folium, L. (C. cmpitomm, Malmgren). 



Dist. 1 7 8 - - - 12 13. Lat 69° 15' to 82° 27'. 



E., W., and G. 



It is with considerable hesitation that I record this species 

 from the Arctic Regions ; I gathered two specimens at English- 

 man's Bay, Disco, not in flower ; again (Aug. 6) met with it at the 

 11 Deserted Village," Hayes Sound ; Dr. Coppinger found it in blow 

 at Gould Bay ; in Discovery Bay it was rare, and seldom flowering ; 

 and Capt. Feilden showed me specimens of it from Floeberg 

 Beach. It always grew in very wet situations, amongst moss and 

 slushy stream beds, and was the last species to come into blow in 

 Discovery Bay, not flowering until Aug. 7, though snow had 

 fallen considerably, and the season was over. It agrees well with 

 Malmgren's ( '. c&spitosum* which he makes a form of C. alpinum. 

 In addition to his characteristics may be mentioned the stem hairs 

 yellowish and minutely glandular, the leaves shining and almost 

 succulent, and the flowers large and conspicuous, in proportion to 

 size of plant and height of flowering stem ; the leaves have a 

 pleasant fresh flavour, reminding one of apples, which does not 

 seem to exist in C. alpinum. Wahlenberg says of C. alpinum: 

 "Dum folia latiora usque ad ovalia sunt, semper simul pilosiora 

 fuint; quo angustiora eo plerunique glabriora superstite tantum 

 caule piloso " (Flora Lapponica). Exactly the reverse is the case 

 here, Floeberg Beach (H. W. F.) 



Sea-level to 1400 feet in Discovery Bay. 



Rosacea. 

 Alchemilla vulgaris, L. 

 Dist. 1 2. Lat. 69° 15' to 72° 20'. G. 



Abundant and luxuriant at Englishman's Bay and by a lake in 

 Blase Daien, Disco. 



Dry as octopetala, L. 



Dist. 5 11. Lat. 69° 15' to 81° 40'. E. 



Polaris Bay (coll. Copp.^l and Foulke Fiord. 



D. octopetala, L. (intearifolia, Wahl., var.) 



Dist. 12 3 4 5 6 7 8*9 ' 10 11 12 18. Lat. 68° 42' to 82° 50'. 

 E., W., and G. 

 . The usual form, flowers often pale yellow. This is the chief 

 ingredient in forming turf, and, with slices of blubber, forms 

 capital fuel. Flowering July 2 in Discovery Bay. Floeberg 

 Beach (H. W. F. and coll. Moss) ; Cape Joseph Henry (H. W. F.) 

 Prefers low levels. 



Sea-level to 1000 feet in Disco. 



Pottmtilla Sibbaldia, Syme (Sibbaldia procumbens, L. Potentilla 



Procinnbens, Clairv.) 



Dist. 1. Lat. 69° 15'. G. 



'Phanerogamic Flora of Spitzbergen.' 

 K^ttiy; vol. u. f May 1, 1804, p. 189. 



Bv A. J. Malmgren. 'Journal of 



