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29. Carex _membranacea_, Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. ii. p. 220.
30. Carex _caespitosa_, L.--Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. ii. p. 217.
31. Carex _ustulata_, Wahl.--Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. ii. p. 224.
32. Eriophorum _capitatum_, Host.--Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. ii. p. 231.
GRAMINEae, _Juss._
33. Hierochloe _alpina_, Roem. and Sch.--Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. ii.
p. 234.
34. Colpodium _latifolium_, Br.--Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. ii. p. 238.
35. Dupontia _Fischeri_, Br.--Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. ii. p. 242.
36. Poa _Arctica_, Br.--Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. ii. p. 246.
37. Poa _angustata_, Br.--Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. ii. p. 246.
38. Poa _alpina_, L.--Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. ii. p. 246.
SPECIMENS OF ROCKS,
_Described by JAMES TENNANT, ESQ., Professor of Mineralogy in King's College, London._
CAPE LADY PELLY, 67 30' N. 88 W.
Gneiss.
NEAR POINT HARGRAVE, 67 25' N. 87 35' W.
Gneiss.
CAPE T. SIMPSON, 67 22' N. 87 W.
Gneiss with chlorite.
Mica-slate.
Mica-slate, with indistinct crystals of precious Garnets.
ISTHMUS connecting Ross's Peninsula with the Continent.
Felspar.
SIMPSON'S PENINSULA, 68 1/3' N. 88 20' W.
Compact argillaceous Limestone.
A HILL on the western sh.o.r.e of Halkett's Inlet, 69 14' N. 90 50' W.
Cellular Quartz, coloured by oxide of Iron.
Mica-slate full of Garnets.
HELEN ISLAND, one of the Harrison Group in Pelly Bay, 68 54' N. 89 52'
W.
Felspar--red colour.
Gneiss; the Felspar, Mica, and Quartz distinctly stratified.
Gneiss; the Felspar red and greatly predominating.
BEACON HILL, near Fort Hope, 66 32' N. 86 56' W.
Granite.
Ditto, with a small quant.i.ty of Mica; the Felspar red, and const.i.tuting four-fifths of the ma.s.s.
Gneiss, with veins of red Felspar running diagonally to the stratification.
Mica-slate.
NORTH POLE RIVER.
Mica-slate.
Ditto, with veins of Quartz.
Gneiss.
Ditto, the Felspar red and greatly predominating.
Ditto, the Felspar very friable.
Quartz rock with Felspar.
Argillaceous Limestone, compact.
NORTH POLE LAKE, 66 40' N. 87 2' W.
Gneiss.
Mica-slate.
