68 
Nordk. Fanerogamfl. p. 275, As. Beringss. p. 562, Vest-Eskim. Land p. 56; 
Schmidt, Fl. Jeniss. arct. p.125; FI. D. tab. 2432. 
Stoloniferous; culms erect, obtusely trigo- 
nous, smooth; leaves narrow, 1—2 mm. broad, 
flat, scabrous on the margins above, glaucous; 
terminal spikelet male, female 
spikelets 1—38, cylindrical, droo- 
ping, few- and _ lax- flowered; 
bracts bristle-like with very 
short, dark-brown sheaths, shor- 
ter than the culm; scales broadly 
ovate, obtuse, sometimes mu- 
cronate, blackish-brown with 
paler midvein, broader than the 
utricles; utricles obtusely trigo- 
nous, flattened, broadly elliptic, 
faintly nerved, nearly beak-less; 
stigmas 3. 
Am.: Schischmareff Bay, Port 
Clarence, Cumberland Gulf, West 
Greenl. 60°-—73° (!), East Greenl. 
60°—63° (1), 65° 35’ (1), 70°—71° (1). 
Eur.: Novaya Zemlya to 730 (Ns 
Waigats, Dolgoi Island, Habarowa, 
Samoyede Land. As.: Mouths of 
the Yenissei and Lena, Pittlekaj, 
Chukches Land. 
Geogr. area: Northern North 
America, Iceland, Mountains of 
Seotland, Northern Scandinavia 
and Russia, Northern Siberia. 
123. C. limosa L. 
Feilden, Fl. of Kolguey p. 184; 
Fl. D. tab. 646. 



Fig. 38. Carex rariflo- 
ra (Wg.) Sm. 2/3 nat. 
size. (Spec. from Stoloniferous; culms. erect, 
West Greenland). 
trigonous with sharp and scab- 






Fig. 39. Carex limosa L. 
2/5 nat. size. 
(Spec. from Iceland). 
rous edges; leaves narrow, involute, glaucous, 0,5—1,0 mm. broad, 
scabrous on the margins; terminal spikelet male; female spikelets 
1—38, ovoid or elliptic, drooping at length; bracts bristle-like with 
very short, brown sheaths; scales broadly ovate, acute, brown with 
paler midvein, about as long and broad as the utricles; utricles 
obtusely trigonous, flattened, broadly ovate, faintly many-nerved 
with very short, entire beak; stigmas 3. 
