89 
bracts long-sheathing with small, bristle-like blades; upper bracts 
brownish; terminal spikelet male at the base, female at the summit, 













Fig. 66. Carex tristis M. Bieb. 2/; nat. size. Fig. 67. Carex misandra R. Br. 2/, nat. size. 
(Spec. from Siberia). (Spec. from East Greenland). 
stalked; female spikelets 3—4, ovoid, on capillary stalks, often 
drooping; scales obtuse, shorter than the utricles, reddish-brown 
with white, membranous margins; utricles lanceolate, reddish-brown, 
