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Mississipi, South America (?). 7, From the coasts of the Bering Sea to 
Sitka and Kamchatka, Saghalin (?) and Japan (?). 6, Western coast of 
America down to Chili. 
49. J. arcticus Willd. 
Taylor, Pl. coll. at Davis Str. and Baff. Bay p. 84; Lge. Consp. FI. 
Groenl. p. 124; Hartz, Norddést Groénl. p. 343; Feilden, Fl. of Kolgueyv 
p. 184; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV p. 223. 
Stems 15—40 em. high, rising from the creeping rhizome, rigid, 
leafless, covered with leafless sheaths at the base. Inflorescence 
apparently lateral, dense, few-flowered with a short, 3—6 cm. long, 
involucral leaf. Sepals broad ovate-lanceolate, the inner somewhat 
shorter and broader, shorter than the elliptical, obtuse, shortly mu- 
cronate capsule. Anthers about as long as the filaments. Sheaths 
shining pale brown, sepals and capsule dark brown shining. 
Am.: Baffin Land up to 71°, West Greenl. 60°—70° 40’ (!), East 
Greenl. 70°—71° (!). Eur.: Kolguev, Samoyede Land. 
Geogr. area: Iceland, Northern Scandinavia, Northern Finland and 
Russia, Western Siberia, The Alps, Pyrenees, Abruzzi, Asia Minor and 
Bithynia. 
50. J. bulbosus L. 
J. supinus Moench., Roseny. Till. p. 714. 
Rhizome very short, culms ceespitose filiform, at the base often 
bulbous thickened, leaves capillary, indistinctly knotted. Heads few 
in a loose panicle, 2—7-flowered, sepals lanceolate, capsule oblong. 
Am.: West Greenl. 60°55’ and 68°37’ (small, sterile plants) (!). 
Geogr. area: Labrador, Newfoundland, Iceland, Farées, Europe, 
North-Africa, Caucasus. 
51. J. alpinus Vill. 
Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p.124; J. uliginosus Sibth. and J. Richardsonia- 
nus Schult, Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. II }. 191. 
Rhizome creeping, culm erect with 1—2 leaves, leaves nearly 
terete, distinctly knotted. Heads few-flowered in a compound panicle 
with erect branches. Flowers about 3 mm., sepals lanceolate, obtuse, 
shorter than the ovate, mucronate capsule. 
Am.: Arctic Sea Coast, West Greenl. Igaliko at 61° 2° (!). 
Geogr. area: North America, Iceland, North and Central Europe, 
Caucasus, Siberia. 
52. J. castaneus Sm. 
Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. II p.192; Taylor, Pl. coll. Davis Str. and Baff. 
Bay p. 84; Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p.123; Hartz, Nordést Groénl. p. 343; 
Nath., Spetsb. Karly. p. 38; Th. Holm, Novaja Zemlia’s Veget. p. 18; Trauty. 
Fl. Terr. Tschuktsch. p. 38, Pl. Sib. bor. p. 118, Syll. Pl. Sib. bor. orient. 
