J, TAYLOR ON FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 245 



CaryophyllacecB^ 



Silene acaulis, L. — May to July. Alt., Sea to snow-line. 

 Common on both E. and W. side. 



Lychnis apctala, L., and varieties. — Fl. June and July. Alt., 

 Sea to 1,000 feet. Any moist soil. Some specimens are but an 

 inch in height, and covered with long hairs ; others nine inches, 

 branching freely, and glabrous ; flowers pink or white, the former 

 colour most frequent on trap soils, where also the whole plant 

 had a reddish appearance ; the latter on granitic soils, the plant 

 being of a dark green. E., Wilcox Point. W., Cape Searle, 

 Midliattwack, and Niatoling.* 



L. alpina, L. — June and July. E., Disco. 



Honkeneja peploideSy Ehr. — July, Aug. Alt., Sea to 50 feet. 

 On the coast, but was also collected about three miles up a river, 

 at the Winter Harbour, Kingnite, on an old sea beach, now raised 

 about twenty feet above spring tides ; while it also grew on the 

 present beach, just below, in plenty. W., Kingnite, Cumberland 

 Gulf, Kickertine Island, Cape Searle. 



Arenaria verna^ L., var. rubella, Br. — Fl. June to Aug. Alt., 

 500 feet (?). Soil granitic. In crevices of rocks. W., Winter 

 Harbour, Kingnite, Cumberland Gulf. 



A. Eossii, Br.— July, Aug. Alt., 200 to 1,000 feet. Most 

 frequent in trap soil, moistened by melting snow. E., Hassen 

 Island, Dark Head. W., Kickertine Island, Cumberland Gulf, 

 and Cape Searle. 



A.arctica, Stev. — July, Aug. Alt., Sea to 1,000 feet. On any 

 soil. E., Dark Head, Upernavik, Horse Head, Wilcox Point. 

 W., Cumberland Gulf, Cape Searle, Scott's Bay, &c. 



Stellaria Edwardsii, Br. — July, Aug. Sea to 500 feet. Soil 

 granitic. W., Winter Harbour, Kingnite, Kickertine Island, 

 Niatolik, Cumberland Gulf. 



S. stricta, Br. — June to Aug. Sea to 500 feet. Found in 

 great profusion about the ruins of Esquimaux settlements. E., 

 Women's Island, Duck Island, and Wilcox Point. W., Cape 

 Searle, Scott's Bay, and along the coast. 



S. longipes, Goldie. — July, Aug. W., Niatolik, Cumberland 

 Gulf. 



*S'. humifusa, Rottb. — July, Aug. Plentiful in sandy beaches. 

 E., Dark Head, Women's Island. W., Capes Adair, Searle, 

 Kickertine Island, Cumberland Gulf. 



S. IcBta, Rich. — July, Aug. W., Niatolik, Cumberland Gulf,. 

 Cape Searle. 



Cerastium alpinum, L. — May to Aug. Sea to snow-line. 

 Varieties not unfrequently occur. Very common on both sides. 



C. trigynum, Fries. — July. Alt., 1,000 feet. E., Disco. 



JRosacece. 



Dry as octopetala, L. {integrifolia, Vahl). — June, July. Alt., 

 1,000 feet. E., Disco, &c. W., Cape Searle, Cumberland Gulf, 

 &c. 



* " Niatoling " is the name applied to the district round the station of 

 Niatolik, 



