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Geographic area. Greenland, Arctic America, Rocky Mountains, eastern 
Siberia and mountains of Asia, northern Europé and mountains to the south. 
As I know from my own experience, this plant is very easily overlooked, and 
I think that accounts for its being so rarely recorded or collected. 
43. Oobresia bipartita, (All.) Dalla Torre. 
Distribution. Ellesmereland: three places in Harbour Fjord on the south 
COast, SiMMONS. 
Geographic area. Greenland, Rocky Mountains, Alaska, Caucasus, moun- 
tains of central Europé, southern Scandinavia, and Great Britain. 
The range of this species seems still more curiously cut up than that of tlie 
preceeding one, and I think it can hardly be accouuted for in any other manner 
than by assuming it to have been overlooked in interniediate stations. Its northern- 
raost known locality in West Greenland is situated about four degrees of latitude 
to the south of that in Ellesmereland. 
44. Carex nardina, Fries. 
Distribution [Melville Peninsula?, Parr? (NHM); Nottingham Island, 
Bell (ex Macoun, Cat.)]; Baffin Land: Cumberland Gulf (KH), Kingnait (NHM, 
KH), Taylor; Ellesmereland, common outside the limestone region, Hart, Greelt, 
Stein, Bat, Simmons. 
Geographic area. Greenland, northernmost parts of America, Rocky Moun- 
tains, northernmost parts of Europé. 
HooKER does not mention this species in App. Parry II, but I have seen a 
specimen from that voyage in the NHM; it may come either from the region indi- 
cated above or from Southampton Island. As it is easily overlooked, especially in 
a sterile state, I think that further explorations will show it to have a more continuous 
range both on the Arctic Islands and o ver the Polar Regions in general. 
4ö. Oarex ursina, Dewey. 
Distribution. Ellesmereland: Cocked Hat Island and Walrus Fjord, Simmons. 
Geographic area: Greenland, arctic coast of America, arctic Islands of 
Asia and Europé. 
In the case of this plant also 1 think it is left for future investigation to get 
a closer connection between the stations hitherto known. 
[Melville Peninsula, Ra 
