99 H. G. SIMMONS. [SEC. ARCT. EXP, FRAM 
V. Heiberg Land. 
Regarding this large island, which extends between lat. 78° 10‘, and 
81° 20’, and from long. 86° to 95°, only very little is as yet known so 
far as the botanical features are concerned. Several sledging expedi- 
tions, however, have made their way along its coasts, and have taken 
trips into some of the numerous fjords that intersect its high, rocky 
coast. As Mr. Scuer visited this region three times, we know that the 
south coast is built up of mesozoic strata, as is also the eastern shore 
except in the most northern part, where carboniferous rocks appear. 
I am indebted to Mr. Scuer for most of the botanical material which 
was, however, collected in an unfavorable season and so gives only a 
vague suggestion of the flora of this island which is of great interest, 
as it probably forms an important way of migration to the adjacent 
west coast of Ellesmereland, and from thence further east and over to 
Greenland. , 
The places in Heiberg Land from which I have got collections and 
notes are: — 
1. Hyperite Point about lat. 78° 10’ long. 89° 
2. Whit Sunday Bay — ~- 78°58’ — 87° 
3. Skraling Point — - 80° 15° — 87°80’ 
4, Black Wall — - 81° 10° — 92° 
5. Rens Fjord — - 80° 58 — 98° 380° 
The first place lies on the south coast, the last on the west, the 
three others on the east. 
1. Hyperite Point. 
This place was first visited by Mr. Scuert in 1900, and he then 
brought home a little collection in which I found Potentilla Vahliana 
(1918), P. rubricaulis (1922), Saxifraga oppositifolia (1922), S. tricus- 
pidata (1917), Silene acaulis (1919), Cerastium alpinum (1920), Lu- 
zula arcuata var. confusa (1922), Carex misandra (1922), besides a 
few lichens. 
In 1901, he again had an opportunity of visiting the same place, 
and as it was so late as June 7 and he had more time, he was able 
to make a collection which gives a better idea about the vegetation there. 
