LIST OF PLANTS
COLLECTED ON THE
COASTS OF BAFFIN'S BAY,
From Lat. 70° 30' to 76° 12' on the East Side;
AND AT
POSSESSION BAY,
In Lat. 73° on the West Side.
The List is formed chiefly from Capt. Ross's collection; a considerable number of additional species to which (S.) is annexed, were collected by Capt. Edward Sabine, and a few marked (R) were received from Mr. Fisher, the surgeon of the Alexander.
TRIANDRIA.
Eriophorum polystachyon, Linn.
Alopecurus alpiuus, Smith, Flor. Brit. iii, p. 1386.
Agrostis algida, Phipps's Voy. p. 200. Wahlenb. Lapp. p. 25, t. i. (S.) Gramen sui generis.
——— paradoxa, nov. sp. Vix hujus, forsan proprii, generis.
Poa laxa, Willden. Sp. Pl. i, p. 386.
Hexandria.
Rumex digynus, L. Distinct um genus (Donia nob.[1]) efformat.
Decandria.
Andromeda tetragona, L.
Pyrola rotundifolia, L.? Absque floribus haud determinanda.
Saxifraga oppositifolia, L.
——— propinqua, nov. sp. S. Hirculo, cui proxima, minor, et diversa præsertim calycibus nudis et petalis inappendiculatis.
——— flagellaris, Sternberg, Saxifr. p. 25, t. 6. S. setigera, Pursh, Amer. i, p. 312. (F.)
——— tricuspidata, Willden Sp. Pl. ii, p. 657. (S.)
——— cæspitosa, L. Notis nonnullis differt, forsan distincta.
——— petiolaris, nov. sp. proxima S. rivulari. (S.)
——— cernua, L.
Silene acaulis, L.
Lychnis apetala, L.
