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60. L. parviflora (Ehrh.) Desf. 
Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p. 125; Scheutz, Pl. vase. Jeniss. p. 169; 
Kjellm., Sib. Nordk. Fanerog. Fl. p. 276; L. spadica Taylor, Pl. coll. at 
Davis Str. and Baff. Bay p. 84; L. spadicea y. parviflora and vy. melano- 
carpa Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV p. 217; L. spadicea y. parviflora Schmidt, Fl. 
Jeniss. arct. p. 122; L. melanocarpa (Michx.) Desf., Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. II 
p. 187. 
Loosely czespitose and with short stolons. Stem 25—60 cm. 
high. Leaves glabrous, 6—10 mm. broad, linear-lanceolate, acuminate. 
Panicle subeymose, compound, many flowered, generally with nod- 
3 together. Bracts 


ding branches. Flowers small, solitary or 2 
ovate, acule, membranous, entire or sometimes slightly lacerate. Sepals 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, pellucid, brown or yellow, somewhat 
shorter than the shining, chestnut-coloured (often darker, seldom 
paler) capsule. Anthers longer than the filaments. 
Am.: Kotzebue Sound, Labrador (!), Baffin Land: Cumberland Gulf, 
West Greenl. 60°—72° 20’ (!), East Greenl. 60°—61° (!). As.: Mouth of the 
Yenissei (!), Taimyr Peninsula (!), Chukches Land. 
Geogr. area: Northern North America, Northern Scandinavia, 
Northern Russia, Siberia. 
61. L. Wahlenbergii Rupr. 
Nath., Spetsb. Karly. p.37; Kjellm., St. Lawrence-6n p. 22, Sib. Nordk. 
Fanerogamfl. p. 277, As. Beringss. p. 566; Kjellm. & Lundstr., Noy. Semlja 
p. 316; Feilden, Fl. of Kolguev p. 184, Noy. Zemlya p. 21; Scheutz, Pl. 
vase. Jeniss. p. 169; Blytt, Bidrag p. 8; L. spadicea v. Wahlenbergii Trauty. 
Fl. Terr. Tschuktsch. p. 38; L. spadicea y. Kunthii E. Mey. in Ledeb. FI. 
Ross. IV, p. 217; Schmidt, FI. arct. Jeniss. p. 122; L. parviflora, subsp. 
Wahlenbergii Hartm., Scand. Fl. ed. XII p. 125. 
Loosely czespitose and with short stolons. Stem 10—25 cm. 
high, with few leaves. Leaves 83—5 mm. broad, glabrous, linear 
acuminate, Panicle subeymose, branches often drooping. Bracts 
pellucid, fimbriate. Sepals lanceolate acuminate, as long as the 
capsule. Sepals and capsules dark chestnut-coloured. Anthers shorter 
than the filaments. 
Am.: St. Lawrence Island (!). Eur.: Spitsbergen (!), Kolguev, Novaya 
Zemlya to 74° (!), Waigats (!), Dolgoi Island (!), Habarowa, Samoyede 
Land. As.: Mouths of the Yenissei (!) and Boganida (!), Chukches Land (!). 
Geogr. area: Northern Scandinavia, Northern Russia, Northern 
Siberia. 
62. L. spicata (L.) D.C. 
Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. II p.188; Rothr., Fl. of Alaska p. 456; Taylor, 
Pl. coll. at Davis Str. and Baff. Bay p.84; Macoun, Catalogue IV p. 68; 
Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p. 128; Hartz, Nordést Gr6énl. p. 84; Kjellm., Nov. 
Semlja p. 330; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV p. 220. 
