. The Canadian field-naturalist. 280 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 97 las and believed it ran across what is now known as EUesmere Island, separating EUesmereland, to the south, from Grinnell Land, to the north. While the existence of the "sound" was disproved by both Peary and Sverdrup, the name Hayes Sound persisted in botanical literature until the late 1940's to describe the southwest coast of Kane Basin and we see no reason to discard it. Botanical exploration on the east coast of EUesmere Island dates from 1861 when Hayes (1867) noted Salix arctica, Saxifraga oppositifolia
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 280 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 97 las and believed it ran across what is now known as EUesmere Island, separating EUesmereland, to the south, from Grinnell Land, to the north. While the existence of the "sound" was disproved by both Peary and Sverdrup, the name Hayes Sound persisted in botanical literature until the late 1940's to describe the southwest coast of Kane Basin and we see no reason to discard it. Botanical exploration on the east coast of EUesmere Island dates from 1861 when Hayes (1867) noted Salix arctica, Saxifraga oppositifolia and Festuca ovina at Cape Eraser. At Cape Isabella, he somewhat raptu- rously reported grass, moss, poppies, and buttercups, and collected "a nosegay of bright flowers, which are so pleasing an association that they will not find place in the 'botanical collections', but rather in another collection, -mementos" (Hayes 1867, p. 423). These in fact appear to be the only collections he brought back from EUesmere. Durand (1863[4]) published records of nine species collected by Hayes at Cape Isabella and Gale Point. H. C. Hart, naturalist on the British expedition of 1875-76 led by Nares, made a major contribution to botanical knowledge of the Hayes Sound area (Hart 1880). He collected 31 species from Cape Sabine at the east end of Pim Island and 56 species from four localities on the south shore of Hayes Sound. Hart found a great difference between the floras of the south shore of Hayes Sound and Grinnell Land, and judged that Hayes Sound was an important barrier to plant migration. The Greely expedition wintered on the north side of Pim Island during its tragic retreat from Fort Conger in 1883, but its members were so close to death from. Figure \. Collecting localities: AF-Alexandra Fiord Post area, 78°53'N,75°50'W; AFW-West end of Alexandra Fiord, 78°49'N,76°25'W; BI - Baird Inlet, 78°29'N,76°31'W; BF - head of Beitstad Fiord, 79°04'N, 78°50'W and 79°03'
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