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Hierochlosb alpina, (Liljebl.) Roem. & Schult. 



Aira alpina, Liljeblad, Svensk Fl., 1798; H. alpina, Roemer & Schultes, Syst. 

 Veg., 2, 1817 ; Gelert, in Ostenfeld, Fl. Arct. ; Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenl. ; 

 Kruuse, List E. Greenl. ; Nathorst, N. W. Gronl. ; Hart, Bot. Br. Pol. Exp. ; 

 Wetherii.l, List 1894; Hooker, Fl. Bor. Amer. ; Kjellman, in Vegaexp, ; Lede- 

 BouR, Fl. Ross.; Feilden, Fl. pi. Nov. Zeml.; Andersson & Hesselman, Spetsb. 

 karlv. ; Savastana alpina, Britton & Brown, 111. Fl. ; Rowlee & Wiegand, 

 List Cornell 1896; Holcus alpinus, Swartz, in Willdenow, Sp. plant.; 

 Wahlenberg, Fl. Lapp. 



Fig. Wahlenberg, 1. c, T. 2; Sv. Bot., T. 438; FL Dan., T. 1508. 



This is a rare plant in Ellesmereland where I found it only once, 

 in loose gravel in front of a glacier, flowering July 6, 1899. It formed 

 large compact tufts. 



Occurrence. Hayes Sound: Twin Glacier Valley (869), "Deserted 

 Village" (Hart). South coast: neighbourhood of Fram Fjord (Wetherill). 



Distribution: East and W^est Greenland, Arctic American Ar- 

 chipelago, Arctic America, Labrador, Mountains of New England, Alaska, 

 Unalaschka, St. Lawrence Island, Arctic and Eastern Siberia, Altai, 

 Caucasus, Northern Russia, Novaja Semlja, Spitsbergen, Northern 

 Scandinavia, Iceland, Australia, New Zealand. 



Lycopodiaceae. 



Lycopodium Selago, L. 



L. Selago, Linnaeus, Sp. plant., 1753; Gelert, in Ostenffld, Fl. Arct.; Lange, 

 Consp. Fl. Groenl. ; Kruuse, List E. Greenl. ; Hart, Bot. Br. Pol. Exp. ; Gheely, 

 Rep.; Hooker, Fl. Bor. Amer.; Britton & Brown, 111. FL; Macoun, PI. Pri- 

 bilof ; Ledebour, Fl. Ross. ; Feilden, Fl. pi. Nov. Zeml. ; Andersson & Hessel- 

 man, Spetsb. karlv. 



Fig. Sv. Bot., T. 119; Fl. Dan., T. 104. 



The Ellesmereland specimens are rather small and have the leaves 

 more or less pressed to the stem, viz., they may be referred to the var. 

 appressa, Desv., which does, however, go over without any definable 

 limit into the larger common form. 



It is rather a rare plant, found in wet places with an open vege- 

 tation. 



Occurrence. Grinnell Land: Discovery Harbour (Greely has 

 omitted it in his list, but in a table of "mounted specimens" (1. c, 1, 

 p. 303) it is to be found). Hayes Sound region: (mentioned by Hart 

 without locality), Twin Glacier Valley (880), Cape Viele (865), Lastraea 

 Valley (856), Rutherford Vallies (1239), Bedford Pirn Island (442). South 



