Carcx j^lolmLnis I.. S|i(i'. I'l. rt\. 11 {IHYA) p. liiS."): \s.nkv\\[\\. (Aipcr.-fAiiicoid. in 

 \'a\'j,\. I'lhiii/ciir. II. ;;<S (IV. 20. r.KI'.t) ]>. 1:17; Tuiczaii. ('.:»l. Haiciil. no. 1241: Lcdcb. Fl. 

 Ucss. IV, p. i'llU: Kiikciilli. (jijxt. Sihir. in <|ic iin'iii.n, M;ii. 'l>.i. (110. II (I'.ll'J) p. 11(1; 

 'I'uicv.an. l'"l. liaic-ai.-Dalinr. ( KS.Y). II) ]). 'Mil no. 12(11: 1;|,m.i, <1>.i. A.ii. VI (1912) p. 1199. 



I'lclly c'oninion in liic Sayan.slv di.sliicl, on moi.sl, nios.sy LjroniKl in conifci'ou.s 

 wood.s, amonii llijpnuin. oli., in llic siibalpino woods ahoul Ihc ri)i)oi' Aniyl, the I'pper 

 Sisli-kem, and at I'.sl Ali>iac. In flower and partly past fiowerin.^ in Jnly. 



Distrii)ution: Xorliicrn and middle Emope. Siberia, nortluin Mont<olia, ea.slci n 

 Asia. SaUlialin. 



Carcx supina Waldenb. in Vel.-Akad Hand!. XXIV (1803) p. 158; Kid.enlli. Oy/w.- 

 Cnricoid. in luii>l. I'flanzenr. H. 38 (IV. 20, 190U) p. 455; Ledeb. V\. .\it. IV, p. 218; 

 Tnrczan. Cat. Baical. no. 1240; Karcl. el Kiril. iMunii. I'l. ¥\. Alt. no. 893; Ledeb. Fl. 

 Ross. IN', p. 305; Knkenth. Ci/per. Sibir. in <l)e,i,Mi'iii,(i. War. <I).i. (no. II (1912) p. 112; 

 Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahnr. (1855. JI) p. 348, no. 12(18; Kpu.i. <I'.i. A.ir. VI (1912) p. 1,503. 

 Carex mucronola Trev. in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, p. 308 ex parte. 



Very common in dry, sandy meadows, on sandy steppes, etc., aliont tlie rivers Yenisei, 

 Abakan, and rin-l;eni. Frccincntly accompanying Carex slenophijllii imd Feslnca oniiiii. 

 Willi nearly ripe fruits in Ibe first half of June. The pi.slillatc .spike is sometimes 

 reduced to a single flower: /'. pseudomoiwslnchiis Aschers. in Verb. Dot. Ver. Brandenb. 

 XL (1897). On the steppes near Ust Abakansk, I have collected a coarser form, with 

 culms from 20 to 25 cm. high, not unfrequcntly with longer leaves, in which the pistil- 

 late spikes are rather large, to 8 mm. in liiameter. and rather flowery, each with to 9 

 flowers. 



Distribution: Middle and southern Europe, Caucasia and south-western Asia to 

 the Himalayas, North .\merica, Greenland. 



Carex pediforniis C. A. Meyer in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. I (1831) p. 219; Knkenth. 

 Ciiper.-Caricoid. in Engl. Pflanzenr. H. 38 (IV, 20, 1909) p. 490; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. IV, p. 

 225; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, p. 290; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 1244; Kiikenlh. (Ufper. 

 Sibir. in <I>i',uiem;u, Max. <l>.i. C'liu. II (1912) p. 135: Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1855, II) 

 p. 339, no. 1252; Kpi.i.i. iI>.t. A.rr. VI (1912) p. 1506. Carex obliqua Turczan. Cat. Baical. 

 no. 12l;i. 



Rather common in dry, sandy and .stony places on the steppes along the rivers 

 Yenisei and Abakan. With flowers and ripe fruits in the middle of June. 



subspec. rhiziiia (Blytt) Kiikenth. Cijper.-Caricoid. in Engl. Pflanzenr. H. 38 (1\', 20, 

 1909) p. 491: Kptu. 1. c. (1912) p. 1506. 



Scattered together with the preceding one. 



Distribution: Northern and eastern Europe, northern and eastern Asia. 



Carex limosa L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1386: KuX^anWx. Cijper.-Caricoid. in Engl. 

 Pflanzenr. H. 38 (IV, 20, 1909) p. 504: Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 1252; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 



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