Clin. 11 (I'Jlli) |). 171; Turczaii. l"l. i5aiial.-l);iluii-. (^IS.m, II) p. Ml, no. 12(11; l,'|pi,i.i, i|>.i. 

 A.iT. VI (1912) ]). ir)2(). 



ill salitVrous soil, near I'sl Kaimiishlo, associalcd willi various lialopliiloii.s [)lanls. 

 In riowor ami willi IViiils al llic end of June. 



To.m'llu'i- willi llie typical form I have collected sonic K|)ecimen,s difl'ciinf> e.sjic- 

 cially in llieir Ioiil;. narrow leaves, only about I'j nini. broad, relaxed, of a deep green. 

 1 lir leaves are nearly as long as Ilic culms. Tlic number of Ibe spikes commonly 3, 

 slioil. and nioic loosely flowered. Vhv perigynia when ri|)e, are of a dark brown colour, 

 wilb very prt)iiiineiit nerves, and with a liroad, deeply 2-clcfl beak, with latlier much 

 divergeni teeth. I'or the rest, agreeing wilb the typical form. According to the descrip- 

 tion in .Mi;i.\sn.'irsi;N 1. c. (liJOl) p. 381, this form resembles latber much var. 

 chorgosica (Mhinsh.xi'skn spec), which is recorded, however, to have considerably 

 broader leaves and a greater nundier of spikes. 



Distribution: South-eastern Europe, Caucasia, south-western and western Asia to 

 Turkestan and Afghanistan. Cashmere. Siberia eastwards to Daliuria. 



Carcx Oederi Retz. Fl. Scand. Prodr. (1779) j). 17'.l: Kiiki'iilh. ('.iipvr.-Caiicoid. in 

 Engl. Pflanzenr. H. 38 (IV. 20. 1909) p. 673; Kiikenth. Ciiprr. Sihir. in 'i'ei/ieni.u. .Mm. "t.!. 

 Ciif). II (1912) J). 173; Kin.i.i. <I).i. A.n. VI (1912) p. ir)21. (jirrx jhim L. /. minor Ledeb. 

 Fl. Ross. IV, p. 300. 



In moist meadows on the river Abakan, near Ask\s. I'lowering in the middle of 

 June. 



Distribution: Europe, south-western Asia. Silieria. the Azores, Madeira, North 

 America (introduced ). 



Carex pscudo-cyperiis L. Sjiec. PI. cd. II (1763) p. 1387; Kiikenth. Cijper.-Caricoid. 

 in Engl. Pflanzenr. H. 38 (IV, 20, 1909) p. 695; Kiikenth. Cj/ptT. Sibir. in <l'e.uieiii;(.. Mar. 4>.i. 

 Clio. II (1912) p. 175; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, p. 308: Ki,i.,.i. <i«.i. A.rr. VI (1912) p. 1523. 



Oil the liorders of a swamp, south of Minusinsk. Flowering and with parllv ri|)e 

 fiuits al the beginning of July. 



Distribution: Europe, except Ihe extreme north, Caucasia, south-western Asia, 

 southern Siberia, central Asia, Japan, North Africa, North America, Mexico, New Zea- 

 land. 



Carex rostrata Stokes in With. Arraiig. Rril. PI. ed. II, 2 (1787) p. 10.59: Kiikenth. 

 Cijper.-Caiicoid. in Engl. Pflanzenr. II. 38 (IV, 20, 1909) p. 720; Kiikenth. Ciipcr. Sibir. 

 in (iH'j'ieiiKo, ]MaT. «l'.i. (no. II (1912) p. 181. Carex ampiilkicen Good., Ledeb. Fl. Alt, IV, 

 p. 219; Bunge, Enum. Alt. p. 82; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 1261; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, p. 

 318; Turczan. Fl. Raical.-Dahur. (1855, II) p. 351, no. 1271; Kpi.i.i. -Im. A.it. VI (1912) 

 p. 1524. 



On the banks of the Sisti-kem, in still, muddy places. With fruits in the first half 

 of August. 



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