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Poa cenisia All. 
Distribution. Victoria Land: south coast, Rae (KH); King William Land: 
Gjöa Harbour, Lindström (CH); [Boothia Felix?, John Ross (NHM)]; North Somerset, 
J. C. Ross (ex HooKER, App. Parrt III); [Melville Peninsula: interiör, Rae (I. c); 
Igloolik, Paery, Edwards (KH, NHM, SH), Repulse Bay, Hooper (LS); Southhamp- 
ton Island, Duke of Yorks Bay: Hooper (LS), Parry (NHM); Nottingham and Mans- 
field Islands, Bell (ex Macoun, 1. c.)]; Baffin Land: Exeter Fjord (KH), Kingnait 
(KH, NHM), Cumberland Gulf (KH), Taylor, Boas (ex Ambronn, 1. c), Kekerteii 
and Milikdjuak Islands, Taylor (1. c.), Cape Haven, Schdchert & White (ex Holm. 
1. c), Kivitung, Boas (ex Ambronn, 1. c); Melville Island, Parry, J. C. Ross, Ed- 
wards, Hoppner (NHM), herb. Trevelyan (KH), M Clintock (ex Markham, I. c); 
Cornwallis Island: Assistance Bay, Sutherland (KH); North Devon: Beechey Island, 
Lyall (KH, SH), Cape Vera, Simmons (Stray Contr.); Heiberg Land: Hyperite Point, 
Skräling Point, Schei (ex Simmons, 1. c); Ellesmereland, common, Hart, Greely, 
Stein, Simmons. 
Geographic area. Greenland, arctic parts and mountains to the south in 
America, Asia, and Europé. 
Poa cenisia, certainly is one of the niost common plants of the Arctic Islands. 
Besides the specimens mentioned above, there are in the NHM some more from the 
Paeby expeditions, but without note about the locality where they are collected. 
One of Taylor's specimens was called P. läxa, Haenke, a name not appearing in 
his list but in several others, for instance in Hookee'8 (Coll.) list of Rae'8 plants. 
Most records of P. laxa from the Arctic Regions may. I think, be transferred to 
P. cenisia, but as the name has been used for other forms also, I do not think it 
advisable 'to do it without seing specimens. Therefore I have not made use of 
Hooker'8 records (Exp. Fox, p. 85) from Ponds Bay and Port Kennedy. Also un- 
der the name of P alpina the species here in question may often hide. Taylor 
has P. cenisia and P. arctica in his list as different species, but doubtless the same 
is meant. 
24. Poa alpina, L. 
Distribution. [Melville Peninsula: interiör, Rae (Exp.)|; Baffin Land: Cum- 
berland Gulf (NHM), Taylor (Pl. Baff.), Kumlien (Plants), Cape Searle (KH), Scotts 
Bay, Taylor (1. c). . ..... 
Greenland, northern parts and mountams ot North Ame- 
sher mountains of Asia and Europé. 
Geograpnic areiJ 
, northern parts and 
Thia species is rec 
by Hart, Wetherii 
exclude all statement.-^ 
orded, moreover, by Hookkb, Exp. Fox. from l^.n(ls Bay, 
.i„ and Rydberg from Fllesniereland. l)Ut I think it is best 
uiii*-h ar<; nioiv i)r le^s iiuprohablt' and iiut supported by 
