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as could be taken besides the indispensable outfit, I think the fact that 
many specimens came into the hands of the editor without references 
to the special locality, must be accounted for by the circumstances of 
the retreat. 
That Duranp, who was entrusted with the treatment of these valu- 
able collections, was by no means able to do it in a satisfactory man- 
ner is clearly shown, both by the many evidently wrong identifications 
in his paper — which have since caused many wrong statements to be 
made about the distribution and range of different plants, and false 
conclusions to be based upon them by later authors — and also by the 
curious theoretical speculations which he has inserted in the introduc- 
tion to his list. I have tried to make as much use as possible of his 
indications about the occurrence of the different plants, as also of the 
remarks to be found in Kane’s own journal; but in many cases I have 
been obliged to take refuge in more conjecture based upon my know- 
ledge about the plants that may be really meant, or the occurrence of 
which is probable. Where that has not been possible, for instance where 
the record may equally well be referred to one species as to another, 
I have preferred to leave it quite out of consideration. Kane's collec- 
tions and notes also form the first contribution of the botany of the 
region north of the Humboldt Glacier. 
The collections brought home by Hayes from his expedition in 
1860—61, were also treated by Duranp. His list of the plants, collec- 
ted for the greater part in Port Foulke, but some also in other points 
of the N. W. Greenland coast or in Ellesmereland, has already been 
criticized by other authors, especially MatmGren (Grinnell. FI.) and Nar- 
Horst (N. W. Grénl.). Besides the evidently wrong statements based 
upon mistakes in identification of species, there are also other more or 
less doubtfull points about the Enum. pl. Smith S., especially, that the 
dates and localities given there, disagree in several points with the jour: 
nal of Hayes. According to Duranp, all the plants were collected in 
1861, none during the autumn of 1860, and at the following places in 
the following order: 
July (15th specially mentioned) and August : Port Foulke 
— 12th — Ath: Netlik 
— 27th and 29th: Gale Point (Ellesmereland) 
— 28th : Cape Isabella  — 
Sept. 4th : Tessiussak. 
