﻿18G PLANTS KANEAN^E GROENLANDICiE. 



covered with whitish hair. Petals partly destroyed, but seemingly narrower than in the 

 above species. 



Grows in dry levels at Bedivelled Reach, 79°. 



PAPAVERACE^E. 



5. Papaver nudicaule, Linn., spec. pi. p. 725. Fl. Dan. T. 41. Pursh's Fl., p. 364, 

 &c. The most hardy plant of the polar regions, resisting the first frosts and remaining 

 the last in flower. The leaves and especially the seeds, which are very oleaginous, 

 are a great resort in scorbutic affections and agreeable to the taste. Dr. Kane. 



This plant was found at all the stations of the two voyages, and extends probably 

 to the farthest limits of vegetation. 



CRUCIFERtE. 



6. Aeabis alpina, Linn., Fl. Dan. T. 62. Pursh's FL, p. 427. Torr. and Gr. 1, 

 p. 80. 



North Proven, 72°. 



7. Cardamine pratensis, /9. angustifolia, Hook., Fl. Bor. Am. 1, p. 45. 

 Sukkertoppen, 64°; Disko, 70°. 



8. Hesperis pallasii, Torr. and Gr. suppl., p. 667. H. minima, Torr. and Gr. 1, 

 p. 90. H. pygmoea, Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 60. Clieiranthus Pallasii, Pursh's FL,, 

 p. 436. G. pygmceus, Adans. in D. C. prodr. 1, p. 137. Two fruiting specimens 4 — 6 

 inches high, scarcely to be mistaken from Dr. Hooker's fig. T. 19 of Fl. Bor. Am.. 

 Leaves only apparently narrower by drying. Found at the extreme north point of 

 Dr. Kane's expedition, on Washington Land, 81st N. latitude. This plant was disco- 

 vered by Pallas on the north-west coast of America, and. never, I believe, in the Arctic 

 Sea. 



9. Vesicaria arctica, a. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1, p. 48. Rich, in Frankl. 1st jour, 

 ed. 2d app., p. 20. Alyssum arcticum, Fl. Dan. T. 1526. Torr. and Gr. 1, p. 100. 



Fruiting specimens found, August 27, at the junction of Humboldt and Washington 

 Lands, 81st N. latitude. 



10. Draba alpina, a . Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1, p. 50. D. alpina, Linn's Herb, ex R. 

 Br. Torr. and Gr. 1, p. 103. Silicles glabrous ; flowers yellow ; leaves less hairy 

 than var. /?. Just flowering, and of smaller size than fig. in T. 56 in Fl. Dan. 



North Proven, 72°. 



/?. R. Br. Spitzb., pi. in Scoresby's Arct. Reg. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1, p. 50. Torr. 

 and Gr. 1, p. 103. Leaves, peduncles and silicles hairy. Flowers rather larger than 

 the preceding, and of a deeper yellow color. 



Rensselaer Harbor, 79°. 



