98 H. G. SIMMONS. [SEC. ARCT. EXP. FRAM 
London collections. None were there from N. W. Greenland under that 
name, all Hart’s specimens being referred to E. Scheuchzeri. As more- 
over E. vaginatum is found nowhere in the better known parts of Green- 
land (when doubtful or decidedly wrong statements are left out of con- 
sideration—cf. Laneg, Consp. Fl. Groenl., p. 129, and Simmons, Dan. 
Greenl. pl., p. 478), I feel justified in not hesitating to refer all such state- 
ments to EH. Scheuchzeri, even when that species is recorded alongside 
of EF. vaginatum. 
Occurrence. S. Cape York (Hart); Ivsugigsok (Natuorst); 
Inglefield Gulf: Northumberland Island (Stem), Cape Acland and Fan 
Glacier (WeETHERILL); Foulke Fjord (Hart), at Reindeer Point and Etah 
(241, 1511); Rensselaer Harbour (Kane). N. Hall Land (Brssets). 
Eriophorum polystachium, L. 
E. polystachium, Simmons, FI. Ellesm. [E. polystachium, Durann, 
Pl. Kan.; Werueriti, List 1894; EH. angustifolium, Naruorst, N. W. 
Grénl.; Summons, Prel. Rep.]. 
Notwithstanding that this species is probably quite as common as 
the last in all wet localities, it seems to have escaped most collectors, 
as appears from the small list of localities. 
Occurrence. S. Ivsugigsok (NarHorst); Inglefield Gulf: Cape 
Acland and Fan Glacier (WeTHERILL); Foulke Fjord, at Reindeer Point 
and Etah (208, 1492, 1518); Rensselaer Harbour (Kane). 
Gramineae. 
Festuca ovina, L. 
F. ovina, Simmons, FI. Ellesm.; Ostenretp, Plantes N. E. Gronl. 
[F. ovina, Duranp, Pl. Kan.; Ostenretp, FI. pl. Cape York; F. ov. var. 
violacea, Naruorst, N. W. Gronl.; F. ov. var. brevifolia, Hart, Bot. 
Br. Pol. Exp.; Weruerity, List 1894). 
Most of the specimens | saw at Foulke Fjord, where this grass was 
very common and abundant, especially in drier localities, belonged to 
the var. brevifolia, (R. Br.) Hart, which, in my opinion, cannot be 
maintained as a species but is continually connected with the common 
form from southern localities. This, however, may also be found in 
the arctic regions, and I have specimens of it even from Foulke Fjord 
(1486). Certainly, however, var. brevifolia is most common wherever 
