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ON THE BOTANY OF THE BRITISH POLAB 



EXPEDITION OF 1875-6. 



By Henry Chichester Hart, B.A., Naturalist to H.M.S. 



' Discovery.' 



(Continued from p. 208.) 



Composite. 



Artemisia borealis, Pall. 



Dist. 1. Lat. 69° 15' to 69° 42'. G. 



Near Lieveley, Disco ; common at the head of Svarte Vogel 

 Bay, near Eittenbank. * 



Antennaria alpina, L. 



Dist. 12 3. Lat. 68° 42' to 72° 48'. G. 



Frequent as far north as TJpernavik. 



Gnaphalinm sylvatieion, L. 



Dist. 1. Lat. 69° 15'. G. 



Englishman's Bay, Disco. Specimens gathered here were 

 identical with the British plant. 



G. sylvatiaim, L. (var. norvegicwn , Guun). 



Dist. 1. Lat. 69° 15'. G. 



With the last, and common elsewhere at Disco. 



Arnica montana, L. (A. augustifolia, V.) 



Dist. 12 12. Lat. 68° 42' to 81° 40'. W. and G. 



Between Lyngemarken Fjeld and the sea at Disco, scarce; 

 much commoner at Eittenbank and Proven. Feilden gathered a 

 plant on Bellot Island, Discovery Bay ; it was not in flower, but 

 the leaf is unmistakable. 



Erigtron wUflorus, L. (K. alphas, L.) 



Dist. 1 i± Lat. 69° 15' to 81° 42°. W. and G. 



Lyngemarken, Englishman's Bay, and Blase Dalen, Disco. 

 Sunny slopes facing south, in three places plentifully, in Discovery 

 Bay ; abundant on Bellot Island ; not in flower till August 6 in 

 Discovery Bay, but then flowering freely. 



Sea-level to 800 feet in Discovery Bay. 



E. composite, Pursh. 



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



Gathered at Waigattet, Disco, by the Eev. Mr. Pullen. I did 

 not meet with it again until reaching Discovery Bay, where it was 

 common in many places, but especially where I found the miocene 

 coal deposits, July 18, 1876, above and around which it occurred 

 m quantities. The flowers are large and showy, like those of our 

 °x-eye daisy. In flower July 18 at Discovery Bay. 



Seadevel to 900 feet in Discovery Bay. 



Taraxacum Dens-konis, Desf. 



Dist. 1 2 - - 5 6 7 - - - 11 12 13. Lat 69° 15' to 82° 27'. 

 E., W., and G. 



