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teresting species, whose occurrence here seems to point to an im- 
migration over Melville Bay from Danish Greenland, as they are found 
neither to the north, nor in Ellesmereland. WerHerttL also seems to be 
the only botanist, who has made collections in the Carey Islands (Bjor- 
ling Island). 
In 1899—1901, the american geologist R. Stem made some collect- 
ions of plants on the west side of Smith Sound as well as at Cape 
York, Inglefield Gulf and Foulke Fjord. The specimens have been deter- 
mined by Mr. Hot of Brookland D. C., who has kindly sent me a list 
for publication. Part of it I have already used in my FI. Ellesm., the 
rest is used here. In some instances, I have employed other names 
than those in Mr. Hotm’s list, and, in one single case (Salix arctica 
for S. glauca and S. groenlandica), I have felt obliged to differ from 
his opinion. I am sorry not to have consulted further with him on this 
point, but I hope that he will excuse me, as I have not had time to do 
so at present. 
In 1908, the late Mr. L. Myttus Ericusen made a small collection 
at Granville Bay, and, in 1905, the Rev. Knup Bate brought home a 
somewhat larger collection from Wolstenholme Sound. Both collections 
are determined by Dr. C. H. Ostenre.p of Copenhagen (Fl. pl. Cape 
York). 
Lastly, I must mention my own material from Foulke Fjord, con- 
taining 130 numbers of flowering plants and ferns, and representing 76 
species. The whole collection was made during our two short visits to 
Foulke Fjord, in the course of three excursions which together were 
of hardly 30 hours’ duration. The lower land between Reindeer Point 
and Etah was, on both occasions, my field of excursion, that is to say, 
I had only an opportunity of walking over a strip of ground about half 
a mile in breath and four miles in length. It is much to be regretted, 
that I could not reach the interior part of the fjord nor the higher slopes 
and plateaus inland; as I cannot but think that they would have yielded 
important additions to my list — especially in the matter of bog- and 
water-plants, which are almost entirely lacking in my collection. I could 
also have wished very much for a trip over to Port Foulke, where I 
should perhaps have been able to verify some of the doubtful statements 
from Hayes’s time. The leader of the expedition, however, was too anx- 
ious to shorten our stay in Foulke Fjord, to allow time for a closer 
exploration which might have given valuable results. It was impossible 
even to obtain a landing at Cape Alexander, which was very desirable, 
and could easily have been effected, as we steamed past it so close as 
