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map of Hayes (Arct. boat journ.), there lies an Eskimo village named 
Natsilik, which is doubtless the same place. Hayes may have mis- 
understood the name, or it may have been altered since, which is often 
the case with Eskimo names. 
Another discrepancy, which ought to be mentioned, exists between 
Duranp’s list and that of Hayes himself (Op. Pol. Sea, p. 398—99), 
where some corrections are made; these are, however, of different value, 
being only partly based upon more reliable determination. 
During the next american expedition, that of Hatt, 1871, evidently 
very little was done towards the botanical exploration of the new land 
visited. BrsseLs, however, the leader of the expedition after the death 
of Hatt, has given a list of twenty-one or twenty-two species found in 
Hatt land, probably in the vicinity of Polaris Bay (Amer. Nordpol 
Exp., p. 304). One species is here added to the preliminary list of Bessets 
(Exp. Pol. Amer., p. 297) and the identifications of the species are said 
to have been verified by Asa Gray. Notwithstanding, I think that some 
of the records must be based on a mistake; such, for instance, as Erio- 
phorum vaginatum and most probably also Carew dioica. This list 
is, however, still of considerable interest as being the first contribution 
to the flora of the northern parts, with the exception of the few plants 
mentioned by Kans from Morton’s spring journey along Kennedy Channel. 
The Nares expedition in 1875—76 visited Cape York and Foulke 
Fjord in the southern part of our area, and, to the north, the region at 
the mouth of Bessels Bay as well as at Polaris Bay; and besides that, 
one single note is given about the vegetation at Braumont’s farthest. 
As the expedition had scientific investigations for its purpose more di- 
rectly than the previous ones, and as it also possessed a member spe- 
cially acting as its botanist, its botanical harvest was far greater than 
that of its predecessors. Mr. H. C. Hart, the botanist of the expedition, and 
several other members—Captain, now Colonel H. W. Fempen, Doctors 
Moss and Coprincer, besides others, brought together a rather extensive 
collection which is still of great value for the study of the flora. It is, 
however, to be regretted as I have already set forth in my Fl. Ellesm., 
that, in many cases, the specimens are labelled with insufficient care. 
In some cases also, it seems quite certain that specimens from the places 
in Danish Greenland visited by the expedition have got mixed with the 
N. W. Greenland and Ellesmereland collections, thus causing some wrong 
statements. In other cases, not a single specimen in the London her- 
barium confirms a statement that ought surely to be thus supported 
