14 H. G. SIMMONS. [sec. arct. exp. fram 



The result of the preceding, may be summarized thus: There are 

 29 species (25 %) in the Ellesmereland flora, which can hardly have 

 come but from the west, consequently there is a strongly pronounced 

 american feature in the flora of the island. But as most of these plants 

 are also found in the northern part of the Greenland west-coast, there 

 also the american immigration forms a prevalent feature. And also 

 in the flora of the north-eastern Greenland coast, the american species 

 play a prominent part. 



The 29 species are the following (occurrence in West Greenland 

 marked with * and as well in North-East Greenland with **): 



* Taraxacum hyparcticum. * Eutrema Edwardsi. 

 ** Erigeron compositus. ** Lesquerella arctica. 



* Pedicularis capitata. ** Ranunculus affinis. 



* — lanata. * — Sabinei. 



* — arctica. * Arenaria ciliata. 

 Androsace septentrionalis. Alsine Rossii. 



** Dryas integrifolia. Carex membranopacta. 



** Potentilla rubricaulis. * — ustulata. 



* — Vahliana. * — ursina. 

 Ghrysosplenium alternifolium. ** Kobresia bipartita. 

 Saxifraga Hirculus. ** Pea abbreviata. 



** — flagellaris. * Dupontia Fisheri. 



** — tricuspidata. ** Pleuropogon Sabinei. 



* Hesperis Pallasii. * Aspidium fragrans. 

 ** Braya purpurascens. 



With this, the short sketch of the affinity of the Ellesmereland 

 flora must end for the present, I hope to give it a more detailed treat- 

 ment in future, but I have felt that such a review would be in its right 

 place here, and therefore I have compiled it in such a way as the 

 materials at hand would allow. 



Finally I have to make acknowledgements to all those who have, 

 in some way or another, helped to forward my work. Some of my 

 comrades in the expedition, contributed materially to the collections and 

 observations; among whom I have especially to mention my dear friend, 

 the late Mr. Schei, geologist of the expedition, whose premature death 

 has been a heavy loss for the working out of the results of the expedi- 

 tion. Mr. Schei made many contributions to the botanical investigation 

 of Ellesmereland and especially, as will appear in another paper, to that 

 of adjacent islands where I have not myself been. 



