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Melandrium apetalum, (L.) Fenzl. 



Lychnis apetala, Linnaeus, Sp. plant, 1753; Hart, Hot. Br. Pol. Exp.; Greely, Rep.; 

 Hooker, F1. Bor. Amer.; Britton & Brown, 111. Fl. ; Wahlbergella apetala, 

 Fries, Sum. veg. Scand.; Nathorst, N. W. Gronl.; Kjellman, in Vegaexp.; 

 Andersson & Hesselman, Spetsb. kSrlv.; M. apetalum, Fenzl, in Ledebour, 

 Fl. Ross.; Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenl. ; Khuuse, List E. Greenl. 



Fig. Linnaeus, Fl. Lapp., T. 12, fig. 1; Wahlenbehs, Fl. Lapp., 

 T. 7; Fl. Dan., T. 806. 



Generally the Ellesmereland specimens have protruding petals and 

 agree with the var. arctica, Th. Fries, Till. Spetsb. Fan. Fl., p. 133. 

 This form, however, is closely connected with the main form, which 

 has the petals included in the calyx, which is also found. The pub- 

 escence also is rather variable, sometimes forms are met with, that are 

 almost entirely glabrous (f. glabra Kegel ?). 



This species generally prefers wetter localities than the preceding, 

 and was found principally along brooks and rinlets and in swamps. 

 It was in flower from the beginning of July, and fruited abundantly. 



Occurrence. Grinnell Land: Discovery Harbour (Hart, Greely), 

 north of Princess Marie Bay (Hart). Hayes Sound region, rarer than 

 M. afflne: Rutherford Vallies (1151), Cocked Hat Island (1285), Bedford 

 Pim Island (286, 1192). South coast: Fram Fjord (Wetherill, 1652); 

 Harbour Fjord, common (2245, 2337, 2397, 2528, 2552); Muskox Fjord 

 (2139); Goose Fjord, abundant (2884, 3270, 3303, 3393, 3433, 3952, 

 4231). West coast: Coal Bay in Baumann Fjord. 



Distribution: Northern East and West Greenland, Arctic Ameri- 

 can Archipelago, Labrador, Rocky Mountains, Alaska, Kadjak, Islands 

 of the Bering Sea, Arctic and Eastern Siberia, Baical Mountains, Altai, 

 Arctic Russia, Novaja Semija, Spitsbergen, Northern Scandinavia. Closely 

 allied forms also in the mountains of Asia further south. 



Silene acaulis, (L.) L. 



Cv/Mbalus acaulis, Linnaeus, Sp. plant., 1753; Silene acaulis, Linnaeus, Sp. plant., 

 Ed. 2; Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenl.; Kruuse, List E. Greenl.; Nathorst, N. W. 

 Gronl. ; Hart, Bot. Br. Pol. Exp. ; Hooker, Fl. Bor. Amer. ; Britton & Brown, 

 111. Fl.; Kjellman, in Vegaexp.; Ledebour, Fl. Ross.; Feilden, Fl. pi. Nov. 

 Zeml.; Andersson & Hesselman, Spetsb. karlv.; Kruuse, Jan May. 

 Fig. Fl. Dan., T. 21. 



Rather often tufts of this plant were found, that had the leaves 

 tinged with dark purple or violet. Sometimes most individuals found in 



