Carcx vcsicaiia L. ',\ (larcx riparia Cm I., Siiiu)iik;ii, luuiiii. I'l. I'lanss. ( lX8(j^ p. 

 550; KiiUenlh. CAjper.-Caricoid. in Kii<^l. Pflanzenr. II. :58 (IV, 20. 1909) p. 759. 



Togellu 1 wilh llu' main sprcics in a swamp on an islet in liic Ycni.sci, near Ust 

 Abakansk. 'I'iio i)erigynia aro sicrilc. 



Disliiiiulion: Mmopc, Silicria. 



("arex nufaiis llosl, liram. Aiislr. I (1801) j). 01: Kiikcnlli. (Aipcr.-Caricoid. in 

 Engk Pllanzmr. II. 38 (IV. 20. 1909) j). 710; Kiikciilli. (Aipcr. Sihir. in iI'c.imciii.-o. iMai. 'iM. 

 Cim. II (1912) p. 191; Li'dci). I'l. All. IV. p. 220; Karol. ft Kiiil. Kiunn. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 

 895; Ledeb. Fl. Ro.ss. IV, p. 315; 1;|,m.i. <i..i. A.rr. VI (1912) p. 1.530. 



In diy grass-field at Minusinsk. ^Vitll neaily ripe iVuils at l!ie beginnini^ of .Inly. 



Distribution: Middle and southern l^uro])e. south-western and central Asia, SiJjeria, 

 Mongolia, eastern Asia. 



r.arex hcteroslachya Bunge. Enum. PI Chin. Bor. (1832) ]). 09; Kiikenth. Cijper.- 

 Carivoid. in Engl. Pflanzenr. H. 38 (\\ . 20, 1909) p. 711; Kiikenth. Cy/w. Sibiv. in 

 <I>e,viem,ii, iMaT. $.i. Ciio. II (1912) p. 192; Kpf,u. <l>.i. A.rr. VI (1912) p. 1531. Caiex 

 sooiujuiicd Karel. ct Kiril. Enum. PI. .Soong. no. 808; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, j). ;510. 



Scattered on islets in the river Abakan, near Askys. The specimens collected with 

 nearly ripe fruits at the end of June. The specimens have rather broad leaves, from 

 4 to mm. broad. 



/. brevidens Krylow, <1m. A.n. VI (1912) p. 1532. 



Of this one there occurs in my collection only one specimen, taken in a moist mea- 

 dow on an islet in the river Abakan, near Askys. In full flower in the middle of .lune. 



Distribution: The species occurs in Persia, Siberia, northern Mongolia, eastern Asia. 



Carex orthoslachys C. A. Meyer in Ledeb. Fl. Alt. IV. \>. 231; Turczan. Cat. Baical. 

 no. 1258; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, p. 310 ex parte; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1855, II) p. 

 348, no. 1270: Kjibi.T. it.i. A.it. VI (1912) p. 1533. Cavex arislala R. Br. in Richardson, 

 Fi-anklin. Narr. Journ. Bot. App. (1823) p. 30 subspecies orthoslnchijs C. A. Meyer, 

 Kiikenth. Cfiper.-Caricoid. in Engl. Pflanzenr. H. 38 (IV, 20, 1909) p. 751; Kukenth. 

 Cyper. Sibir. in 'l>e,T,>ienKo, Jim. <I>.i. C'liu. II (1912) p. 195. 



Pretty common in swampy meadows, and in thickets on the islets, and along the 

 banks of the river Abakan, here and there accompanying Carex caespitosa. Taken flo- 

 wering in the second half of June. The leaves are pubescent beneath and on the 

 sheaths, and the specimens collected accordingly belong to /'. lijpica Krylow 1. c. 

 (1912) p. 1334. 



Distribution: Northern and eastern Asia. 



Cobresia spec, (ad filifoliam?) [Tab. I, Fig. 1]. 



In moist, grass-grown places on the Abakan Steppe, near the river, at Askys, only 

 about 300 m. above sea-level, I have collected some specimens of a Cobresia which I 

 have not been able to identify with absolute certainty. It is especially characterized by 

 having always 2 stigmas only. All of its hundreds of flowers examined by me, were 



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