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II. Monocotyledones. 



Order XLII. COLCHICACEAE. 



161. Narthecium ossifragum (L.) Huds. 



Verj' common and characteristic in pcaty soil and pools; most 

 widely distribiited in thc Iowlands, but goes up to some 400 m. on the 

 liills, where, liowever, it luu'dly flowers. Lomholt's statement (Ostenf. 

 II p. 16) that it is rare in the Nordreoer is not correct, as \ve found 

 it growing on all the islands. Near Ejde on Ost it occurred together 

 with a lighter-coloured form (f. pallida!) with pale yellow petals with 

 grcenish exteriors. 



Fl. end of July. Fr. September. 



Order XLIII. CYPERACEAE. 



162. Carex atrata L. 



Vid.: a few specimens on Mornefjæld on ledges at some 300 m. (!). 

 Martins's statement (p. 370) that it occurs on the top of Nolso is, as Rostrup 

 (p. 64) mentions duc to its having been mistaken for C. rigida, which grows there. 



163. C. binepvis Sm. 



Common in the Iowlands on fairl}^ dry ledges. 

 Fl. July. Fr. September. 



164. C. caespitbsa L. X Goodenoughii Gay. 



Syd.: in a small pool in pasture-land at Tværaa. The specimens 

 collected resemble externally C. caespitosa, and I had therefore also re- 

 ferred them to this species, but Mr. Raunkiær who examined the ana- 

 tomicai structure of the leaves arrived at the conclusion that it must 

 be the above-mentioned hybrid, and evidently could not be true C. cae- 

 spitosa. Unfortunately no C. caespitosa has appeared in the material 

 gathered by us, and thus it has not hitherto been reported from the 

 Færoes, but it is doubtless to be found there. 



165. C. cryptocarpa C.A.Meyer; C. filipemhila Drejer; C. Lyng- 



Injei Hornem. 



Rather rare on meadows by the sea, often mixed with C. salina. 

 Myggenæs: at the village (C. J.); Str.: Tjornevig and Kvalvig (R.); 

 Syd.: Kvalbo (R.) and at the head of Trangisvaagfjord (!); Ost: Ore (R.). 

 Fl. June— July. Fr. August — September. 



166. C. dioica L. 



Found here and there in pools in the Iowlands. 

 Fl. May. Fr. August. 



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