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Subsect. 2. Heleonaslee Tuckerm., 1. c. p. 10. Spikelets rather ag- 
gregated, dark-brown; utricles with short beak (except C. ursina). 
109. C. heleonastes Ehrh. 
Schmidt, Fl. Jeniss. aret. p.124; Fl. D. Suppl. tab. 31. 
Loosely caspitose; culms rigid, trigonous with sharp, scabrous 
edges; leaves glaucous, plicate, c. 1 mm. broad; spikelets 3—5, 
ovate-globose, aggregated, mostly with male flowers at the base of 
all the spikelets; the lowest with bristle-like bract; scales dark- 
brown with paler membranous margins, often obtuse, a little shorter 
than the utricles; utricles somewhat spreading, brown, ovate with 
smooth or faintly scabrous margins and a fissure on the outer side, 
plano-convex, many-nerved; stigmas 2. Marsh-species. 
Am.: Mouth of the Yenissei (!). 
Geogr. area: Northeastern North America, North and Central Eu- 
rope, Northern Siberia. 
110. C. lagopina Wg. 
Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p. 135 and p. 288; Rosenv., Till. p. 719; 
Hartz, Nordést Grénl. p. 345; Dusén, Ost-Grénl. p. 56; Rothr., Fl. of 
Alaska p. 457; Eastwood, Pl. coll. at Nome City, p. 130; Kruuse, Jan 
Mayen, p. 301; Nath., Spetsb. Karly. p. 36; Trautyv. Consp. Fl. Nov. Semlja 
p. 25; Th. Holm, Nov. Zeml. Veget. p.18; Feilden, Nov. Zemlya p. 22; 
Ledeb. FI. Ross. IV p. 279; Kjellm., Sib. Nordk. Fanerogamfl. p. 276; 
Schmidt, Fl. Jeniss. arct. p. 124; Kurtz, Fl. d. Tschuktschenh. p. 478; 
F]. D. tab. 294; C.leporina Hook. Fl. bor. Am. II p. 214; Taylor, Pl. coll. 
at Davis Str. and Baff. Bay p. 85. 
Ceespitose, culms rigid, trigonous with scabrous edges; leaves 
flat, ¢. 2 mm. broad, bright-green, much shorter than the culms; 
spikelets 2—4, densely aggregated, ovoid, only the terminal one 
male at the base; scales brown with paler midvein and margins, 
obtuse, shorter than the utricles; utricles ovate, plano-convex with 
smooth or faintly scabrous margins and short beak with a fissure 
on the outer side, faintly many-nerved; stigmas 2. Mountain-species. 
Am.: Kotzebue Sound, Nome City, Cumberland Gulf, West Greenl. 
60°—71° 47’ (!), East Greenl. 60°—61° (!), 65° 35’, 70°—75° ). Eur.: Jan 
Mayen (!), Spitsbergen (!), Novaya Zemlya at 70° 30' (!), Waigats, Samoyede 
Land. As.: Mouth of the Yenissei, Pittlekaj (!), Chukeches Land. 
Geogr. area: Northern and Alpine North America, Iceland, North 
Europe, Central European Mountains, Northern Siberia, Manchuria, 
Kamchatka. 
111. C. glareosa Ws. 
Taylor, Pl. coll. at Davis Str. and Baff. Bay p.85; Cornell Party, 
Peary Voy. p. 418 and p. 422; Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p.137 and p. 289; 
Rosenv., Till. p. 720; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV p. 284; Nath., Spetsb. Karlv. 
p. 36; Feilden, Fl. of Kolguev p. 184, Nov. Zemlya p. 22; Kjellm. & 
