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Palanderiana was found) collected by Seemann under the 

 name of Draha glacialis. 



Draha molUssima Steven, Draha glacialis v. mollissima 

 Kegel (Fig. 8) from Caucasus seems to be the same as Draha 

 Palanderiana. 



Draha repens M. v. Bieb. 



Draha repens is loo- 

 sely tufted in that the 

 vegetative shots are long 

 and stolonlike, and the 



covering is peculiar, 

 only consisting of nearly 

 stalkless 2-branched, 

 seldom 3- or 4-branched 

 hairs especially on the 

 margins (Fig. 9). 



Draha affinis Ledeb. 

 and Draha Gmelini 

 Adams cannot be se- 

 parated from 

 repens. 



In Arctic 



found in Novaya Zem- 



lya, Waigatsch, Ghaba- 



rovva, Coast of the Karic gulf and in Tschuktscher-land. 



Beyond the Arctic regions found in Caucasus, Ural- and 



Altai-mountains and in Siberia. 



Fig. 9. Draha repens M. v. B. 



(Specimen from Waigatsch collected by 



F. R. Kjellman & N. Lundstrom). 



Draha 



regions 



Draha crassi folia Grab. 



Belongs to the Section „Drabe8e" and not to the Section 

 „Drabella" as quoted by Watson. Both Watson and Lange 

 describe the plant as annual or biennial, but this is not 

 the case, the specimens I have seen from America and 

 Greenland all show that the plant is perennial. Also the 



