86 H. G. SIMMONS. [SEC. ARCT. EXP, FRAM 
Fl. Groenl., p. 111). Even Duranp, Pl. Kan., discards the latter name 
as well as S. glauca. S. Brownii, Lunpsrr. (and Bess ?), is only a var- 
iety of S. arctica—in fact the most common in these regions (S. arc- 
tica, R. Brown). The more hairy lanata- and glauca-like forms belong 
presumably to the var. groenlandica, Anperss., which is reported by 
OstEeNnFELD, Flow. pl. Cape York. This seems to be far more rare here 
than to the south. 
It may indeed seem rather rash to criticize the identifications of the 
different collectors and authors without examining their specimens, but 
still I think it is best to arrange all the statements under S. arctica, 
the more so, as none of the authors, who possess a more thorough 
knowledge of the arctic, and especially of the Greenland flora—viz. 
Lance, Naruorst, and OstenreLp—have been able to discern any other 
species in the North-West Greenland material which they have examined. 
There are, however, two statements in Mr. Hozm’s list of the Stem 
plants, which have given me some trouble. He has identified one speci- 
men from Etah with S. groenlandica, (Anperss.) Lunpsrr., and another 
from Northumberland Island with S. glauca. Now Mr. Hoim has had 
good opportunities of studying the Salices in question, both in Green- 
land and in Novaja Semlja, but I think that he has formed a different 
opinion about them from that at which I have arrived, for he probably 
uses the name “S. arctica’ only for the original plant of Pattas such 
as he knows it from Novaja Semlja. He has, therefore, not used it at 
all for any specimen in the Sremn collection. As he has not identified 
any as the most common form, var. Brownii, I must—even if I cannot 
do so without hesitation—conclude that his S. groenlandica is what 
I identify with var. Brownii and his S. glauca belongs to the most 
glauca-like variety, viz. var. groenlandica. For my part, I have seen 
no groenlandica at Etah, although I can assert that I have looked pretty 
thoroughly over the neighbourhood of the old village during my two 
excursions there. At Foulke Fjord S. arctica was equally common 
a plant in different localities, as it was in Ellesmereland, and the state- 
ments in literature seem to indicate that the same holds true all over 
North-West Greenland. 
Occurrence. S. Bushnan Island (SurHeRLann) ; Cape York (Hart, 
Weruerni); between there and Cape Dudley Digges (Kang); Ivsu- 
gigsok (NatHorst);1 Wolstenholme Sound (IneLeFieLp), Agpa (Saun- 
1 Probably, at least partly, var. groenlandica. 
