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Land, West Greenl. c. 68°—72° (!), 74915’. Eur.: Novaya Zemlya to 74° (1). 
As.: Yalmal, Irkaipij (!), Pittlekaj, Actinia Bay (!), Boganida-river (!), St. 
Lawrence Bay (!), Chukches Land. 
Geogr. area: Northern Seandinavia (probably circumpolar). 
127. C. Goodenovii Gay. 
C. vulgaris Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p. 144, ex parte; Roseny., Till. 
p. 722, ex parte; Fl. D. tab. 2878; var. trivialis Trautv. Syll. Pl. Sib. bor. 
orient. p.539; C. ceespitosa, var. vulgaris, Trautv. Fl. Terr. Tschuktsch. 
p. 39, FL. rip. Kolym. p. 567; C. (turfosa, var.?) groenlandica Lge. 1. c. 
p. 144, ex parte. 
More or less loosely caespitose with stolons; culms. slender, 
trigonous with sharp and above scabrous edges; leaves glaucous, 
narrow, with involute margins; bracts leafy, the lowest as long as 
the culm; terminal spikelet male, female spikelets 2—4, short- 
cylindrical, sessile or short-stalked, erect, dense-flowered; scales ob- 
tuse, blackish, often with paler midvein, shorter than the faintly 
nerved utricles; stigmas 2. 
Am.: Kotzebue Sound, West Greenl. 60°—61° (!). As.: Mouths of the 
Lena and Kolyma, Chukches Land. 
Geogr. area: Northern North America, Chile, Magellan, Iceland, 
Ferées, Most parts of Europe, Caucasus, Siberia to Himalaya and Japan. 
C. Goodenovii Gay & rigida Good. 
C. caespitosa (?) var. elliptica Drej., Revis. crit. Car. bor. p. 456; Fl. D. 
tab. 2845 (Vidi spec. orig.); C. (turfosa Fr. var.?) groenlandica Lge. Consp. 
Fl. Groenl. p. 144, ex parte; C. groenlandica Roseny., Till. p.722, ex parte; 
C. hyperborea Drej., Revis. crit. Car. bor. p. 461, ex parte. 
Intermediate between the parents. More slender than C. rigida 
and more robust than C. Goodenovii; leaves flat, not revolute nor 
involute on the margins, broader than in C. Goodenovii, narrower 
than in C. rigida; utricles nerve-less. 
When the two species are to be found together it is not rare to 
see the hybrid. We have seen specimens from Am.: West Greenl. c. 61° (!). 
As.: Konyamby (!), St. Lawrence Bay (!). 
Subsect. 3. Prolixae Fries, l.c. p.228. Rhizome more or less creeping; 
culms large, sheaths as in foregoing subsect.; leaves broader with revolute 
margins, scales of the female spikelets acute, dark-coloured; marshes. 
128. C. gracilis Curt., Fl. Lond. 1877—87, p. 282. 
C. acuta L. ex parte; Trauty. Fl. Terr. Tschuktsch. p. 39, Pl. Ross. 
arct. p.549; Schmidt, Fl. Jeniss. arct. p.126; Fl. D. tab. 2247; var. ge- 
nuina Trauty. Fl. rip. Kolym. p. 567. 
Loosely czespitose with stolons; culms tall, trigonous with sharp 
and scabrous edges; leaves broad with revolute margins; bracts 
