(Juili' t}i)ic';il s|i('(iiiH'ii.s ui ddici fiili(/iii<)S(i do iiol oic'ui ill iii\ collccUun! 



Besides tliese sixcimciis I lia\e collected, in the Allniaii, ;i iiuinix'r of specimens 

 belonf^iii!^ lo ;i siiiallcr loini. iiiiiili ic-ciiililiiig suljspcticM iiusdiidin. Iml diilc rinj^ IVoin 

 llic laltcr ill |)i(ll\ essential eliaiacleis. 



This one is scpaialcd liy me under the name of 



siihsprr. pronella hod. siihspcr. [Tab. \', V'l^. 2 and !)|. 



I'diicildlc spiniliiiiiiii db fonud Ijipicii (Ujfi'rrns: apinildc mnucro noii pliirrs iiiidin 

 t? ('('/ .')'. pediiiiitilis loiu/is. Icnuibus. pronis. Icrclihus. f/hihris iiisriiae. 



Spiciildc Icrmiiidli piiri's Idiiliiinniodo ludsculi. spifulac infrrian. ncl duohiis spicidis 

 iii/crioiihus.. semper fcininci, pedunciilis loiu/is. tenuihiis, la. eis. prom's iiisrrli. Spieuhip omnes 

 lomjdc et angiistde, Vi-tH mm. longar. "2-'i mm. Iidde. Sipmmde compdrale hilae. 

 nmrfiinibii.t lale nembrdrniceis, nervo dor.sali (lisliiiclo iii.slnirUie. delrni .sub.sprriri mi- 

 .sdndnie .similis. 



In j)c)inl of external liahilus, this subspecies resembles, at first sight, Cr/re.r /tilif/i- 

 nosd subspec. mi.idndni to sueli a degree that they may be confounded, but is definitely 

 distinguished from the latter by having the spikes longer and very narrow, only 2 or 3 

 in number, unisexual, the upper one wholly staminate, the lower one wholly pistillate. 

 The spikes are always more than 1 cm. in length, generally from 12 to 15 mm., and 

 from 2 to 4 nnii. broail, while in subspecies misdndra the spikes are more numerous, 

 shorter and broader, frequently nearly globular, never exceeding 1 em. in length, the 

 terminal .spike androgynous, staminate at the base, and pi.stillate at the summit, and 

 the other ones only having pistillate flowers. Resides, the glumes have a very broad 

 membranous margin, being on both sides fully as broad as the dark central ]iart of the 

 glume, the whole of the spike thus becoming much paler and lighter. The glumes are 

 also generally comparatively broader, and furnished with a very marked midvein. The 

 perigynium is 5 mm. long, somewhat longer than the glumes, nerveless, glabrous, of the 

 same shape as in the typical species. The leaves are short, from about % [o % oi the 

 length of the culm rigid, slightly channelled, and recurved-spreading. All of the spikes 

 are long-stalked, and, like the upper parts of the whole culm, with the staminate spike 

 overhanging and drooping. The culm is about 10 to 25 cm. high. This subspecies also 

 somewhat resendjies Carex sempervirens var. pendiiliiia KOkentii. (in Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss. 2. Ser. IV, 1904, p. 58) but differs from the latter, above all, by having the perigynia 

 glabrous and nerveless, only rough along the margins, and only slightly projecting be- 

 yond the glumes, which are broader, broadly ovate, and more obtuse, and furnished with 

 a very broad membranous margin. 



This species and the allied ones, with their many varieties and forms, seem to be 

 in great need of a more minutely systematic investigation. 



Distribution: The main species is distributed in alpine and subalpine regions of 

 central Europe, the Caucasus, Siberia (Monies Ssogutici, Lessixg), northern Mongo- 

 lia (the Altaian); subspec. misandra occurs in the arctic regions of northern Europe, 

 the arctic islands, arctic Asia, on the tundras on the coasts of the Arctic Ocean, on the 



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