sly with the neutral tints of the furred bed of
lichens and mosses on which the bright leaves and berries were painted.

On several points about the sound the white spruce occurs in small
compact groves within a few miles of the shore; and pyrola, which
belongs to wooded regions, is abundant where no trees are now in sight,
tending to show that areas of considerable extent, now treeless, were
once forested.

The plants collected are:

Pyrola rotundifolia, L. var. pumila, Hook.

Arctostaphylos alpina, Spring.

Cassiope tetragone, Desr.

Ledum palustre.

Vaccinium Vitis Idaea, L.

Uliginosum, L. var. mucronata, Hender.

Empetrum nigrum.

Potentilla, anserina, L. var.
biflora, Willd.
fruticosa.

Stellaria longipes, Goldie.

Cerastium alpinum, L. var. Behringianum. Regel.

Mertensia maritima, Derr.

Papaver nudicale, L.

Saxifraga tricuspidata, Retg.

Trientalis europaea, L. var. arctica, Ledeb.

Lupinus arcticus, Watson.

Hedysarum boreale, Nutt.

Galium boreale, L.

Armeria vulgaris, Willd, var. Arctica, Cham.

Allium schaenoprasum, L.

Polygonum Viviparum, L.

Castilleia pallida, Kunth.

Pedicularis sudetica, Willd.
verticillata, L.

Senecio palustris, Hook.

Salix polaris, Wahl.

Luzula hyperborea, R. Br.

_CAPE THOMPSON._

The Cape Thompson flora is richer in species and individuals than that
of any other point on the Arctic shores we have seen, owing no doubt
mainly to the better drainage of the ground through the fissured
frost-cracked limestone, which hereabouts is the principal rock.

Where the hill-slopes are steepest the rock frequently occurs in loose
angular masses and is entirely bare of soil. But between these barren
slopes there are valleys where the showiest of the Arctic plants bloom
in rich-profusion and variety, forming brilliant masses of color--purple,
yellow, and blue--where certain species form beds of considerable size,
almost to the exclusion of others.

The following list was obtained here July 19:

Phlox Sibirica, L.

Polemonium humile. Willd.
coeruleum, L.

Myosotis sylvatica, var. alpestris.

Eritrichium nanum, var. arctioides, Hedu.

Dodecatheon media, var. frigidum, Gray.

Androsace chamoejasme, Willd.

Anemone narcissiflora, L.
multif