Scirpus 'lahrriiiu-inoiitiiiii (iiiul. I"l. Hatkn.sis 1 ( 18().'») p. 101: Lcdtl). 1-1. All. I, p. (i(i; 

 Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. U'.M: Lcdcb. Fl. Ho.ss. IV. p. 218: Tmrzaii. Fl. Haical.-Daluir. 

 (1855, II) p. ;;i;). no. 1207. Sdipus Idciisliis \. var. TiihciiKtrinmilani {L>]uv\.) UoU, Hhcin. 

 Fl. (18l;5) p. Ki."): i;|,M.i. -Im A.n. VI (Hll2) p. 142G. 



(".oninioii on (lie honlcis of .swamps, etc., on llic .Abakan Slc|)pc. In full flower in 

 .lunc. In the I'ljankai eountrv. in swamps on liie Dora Slep])e, near llie Bei-keni. 



Distrilnilion: The greater part of Europe, south-western Asia, Siberia, northern 

 Mongolia, the Himalayas, eastern Asia, North America, Africa, Australia. 



Scirpus nifiis (Huds.) Schrad. Fl. Germ. I (ISOC)) \). i;53: Kpi.i.i. flM. A.n. VI (l<n2) 



p. 1 12U. niiisniii.s rnfiis Link, Hort, Berol, I (1827) p. 278: Ledeb. Fl. Hoss. IV, p. 2()1; 



Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (18,55. II) p. 320, no. 1219. Sdwcniis nifiis Huds. Fl. Angl. 



(17t')2) p. 15; Ledel). Fl. Alt. I. p. 63: Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 1188. 

 siibspec. exilis nov. siibspcc. [Tab. I, Fig. 2], 



Praecipiic ah forma lypica dif- 

 fcii spiculis ininurihits, 2,.5-.3 mm. 

 loiigis, sinc/iilos fere /lores fcren- 

 libiis. 



Rhizoma longiim, repens. Cul- 

 mi numerosi, 7.5-2.3 cm. vel rariiis 

 (id 'lO cm., alti graciles, siibterele.s, 

 .•iiipcrne tanlummodo Icvilcr Iric/oni. 

 ()..')-! mm. in diam., sicci idiipie 

 U'viter sidcati, nd basim vagini.'i 

 fii.sci.'i. obtusis I'eslili. Folia rigida, 

 erccla ciilmo dimidio fere breuio- 

 ra sive aliqaanlulo longiora, salts 

 crassa, siiperne leviler canalivulala, 

 angiisla, O.j-1 mm. lata, apice plus 

 minus oblusa. glabra sine apicem 

 versus marginibus lender scabris, 

 colore, ul culmus. pallide galbino. 

 Inflorescentia 0,5-1,5 cm. longa. Spi- 

 rulae fuscae, oblonge ountae. parnu- 

 lae, 2.5-3 mm. longae. Xumerus 

 spicularum inter 1 el 5 varians, 

 saepius "^-'i, rarius 5. Spiculae flares 

 singulos inlerdnm eiiam rudimentum 

 floris superioris gerenles.: rarissime 

 duo /lores in una aUpie eadem spicula. 



Bracteae infimae saepius parvulae, sipmmiformes; rarissime reli(pns longiores el brevis- 



Viji. S4. Scir/nis nifiis ^Hius.) .Schhad. subspec. f.V(7(.s- 



nov. siibspec. (■'*'i). a and f. Achenes. — b. f, g. b. Glumes. 



il, i, k. Different forms of bracts. — e. Spikelct. 



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