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



(2230), Barren Vallies (2392), Western sound (2447), Seagull Rock (2597), 

 Big Valley, Sir Inglis Peak; Muskox Fjord; Goose Fjord, Gull Gove, 

 Falcon Cliff (2883). 



Var. elatior. South coast: Harbour Fjord, "green patch" at the 

 anchorage (4004), valley on Sir Inglis Peak (2185). 



Var. tenuior. South coast: Fram Fjord (1628), Goose Fjord at 

 Midday Knoll (3504, 3644). 



Var. arenaria. South coast: Fram Fjord in the Western valley 

 (4243). 



Var. atroviolacea f. prolifera. South coast: Goose Fjord, at Ihe 

 Yellow Hill (3587) and Midday Knoll (3500, 3643). 



Distribution: East and West Greenland, Arctic American 

 Archipelago, Arctic America and down to White Mountains of New 

 Hampshire, Rocky Mountains, Alaska, Land of the Chukches, Arctic 

 Siberia, Altai, Arctic Russia, Spitsbergen, Northern Scandinavia, moun- 

 tains of Central Europe, Great Britain, Iceland. 



Poa abbreviata, R. Br. 



p. abbreviata, R. Brown, Chlor. Melv., 1823; Gelert, in Gstenfeld, F1. Arct.; 

 Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenl.; Kruuse, List E. Greenl ; Greely, Rep.; Simmons, 

 Bot. Arb. ; Hooker, Fi. Bor. Amer. ; Britton & Brown, III. Fl. ; Magoun, Pi. 

 Pribilof; Lederour, Fl. Ross.; Feilden, Fl. pi. Nov. Zeml.; Andersson & Hes- 

 SELMAN, Spetsb. karlv. 



Fig. Fl. Dan., T. 2884.. 



This high-arctic plant, which in Greenland belongs to the rare 

 ones that are only found in the northern parts, was in Ellesmereland 

 fairly common, and I had an opportunity of collecting a rich material 

 of it. I cannot find the least difficulty in separating it from either P. 

 cenisia or P. glauca, to either of which it is often referred (cf. Ge- 

 lert, 1. c, and Hart, Bot. Br. Pol. Exp.). 



It grew principally in gravelly slopes, in rock fissures or among 

 boulders, rarely in clayey soil or in a denser vegetation. It flowered 

 rather late, rarely before the middle of July, but fruited richly. 



Occurrence. North coast: Dumbbell Harbour (Feilden !), Floeberg 

 Beach (Feilden !). Grinnell Land, Discovery Harbour (Hart !). Hayes 

 Sound region: "Fort JuHane" (678), Beitstad Fjord, Skraling Island 

 (1380), islet at Cape Viele (1345), Cape Rutherford (314, 1134), Fram 

 Harbour (1104, 1131), Cocked Hat Island (1214), Bedford Pim Island 

 (Cape Sabine (Feilden !), 438 1191, 1253). South coast: Fram Fjord 

 (1610); Harbour Fjord at the Barren Vallies (2400); Muskox Fjord (2118, 



