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13. Eriophorum polystachyum L., Sp. pi., 1753, p. 52; Osten- 

 feld, Fl. Arct., I, 1902, p. 53; Fernald, Rhodora, 7, 1905, p. 88. 



Kruuse, East Greenland, p. 191. 



The specimens collected all belong to the high-arctic (and high- 

 alpine) form: f. elegans Bab. (Man., 1843, p. 333; cf. Fernald, 1. c, 

 p. 89). 



Loc. Germania Land, very common. 



Flow. At tlie end of June. 



Note. A prominent species wliicli occurs everywhere, when there are 

 gently-sloping sandy surfaces and water flowing from snow-drifts. 



Cobresia Willd. 



14. Cobresia Bellardii (All.) Degland., in Loisel., Fl. gall., II, 

 1807, p. 626; Kükenthal, Caricoideae, in Das Pflanzenreich, 1909, 

 p. 37; Elyna Bellardi (All.) K. Koch, in Linnæa 1848, p. 616; Osten- 

 feld, Fl. Arct., I, 1902, p. 44. 



Kruuse, East Greenland, p. 191. 



Loc. Germania Land: Danmarks Havn, rather common. 



Flow. Latter half of June. 



Note. In exposed places it forms dense tufts like tliose of Carex nar- 

 dina; there it is often snowless during winter and distinctly wind-att'ected. 

 In more sheltered places which are snow-covered during winter and rather 

 wet during summer, it forms grass-sward in association with Carex rupestris. 



15. Cobresia bipartita (All.) Dalla Torre, Anleit. Best. 

 Alpenpfl., 1882, p. 330; Ostenfeld, Fl. Arct., I, 1902, p. 44; C. caricina 

 Willd.; Kiikenthal, Caricoideae, in Das Pflanzenreich, 1909, p. 45. 



Kruuse, East Greenland, p. 191. 



Loc. Germania Land, in the depression W. of Termometerfjeld at Dan- 

 marks Havn; onh^ one tuft found. 



Carex L. 



16. Carex nardina Fries, Mantissa II, 1839, p. 55; Kiikenthal, 

 Caricoideae, in Das Pflanzenreich, 1909, p. 70; Ostenfeld, Fl. Arct. I, 

 1902, p. 48. 



Kruuse, East Greenland, 1905, p. 191. 



Loc. Ymers Nunatak; Cape Marie Valdemar; Germania Land: Dan- 

 marks Havn, very common. 

 Flow. End of June. 

 Note. Often snowless during winter. 



17. Carex rupestris All., Fl. pedemont., II, 1785, p. 264, tab. 92, 

 fig. 1; Kiikenthal, Caricoideae, in Das Pflanzenreich, 1909, p. 86; 

 Ostenfeld, Fl. Arct., I, 1902, p. 86. 



Kruuse, East Greenland, 1905, p. 192. 



