98 
J. Hook. Fox Exp. p.85; Macoun, Catalogue IV p.187; Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. 
p.157; Peary, Aux. Exped. App. C. p.7; Hartz, Nordést Grénl. p. 348; Nath., 
Spetsb. Karlv. p. 34; Trautv. Consp. Fl. Nov. Zemlja, p. 85; Th. Holm, 
Nov. Zeml. Veget. p. 21; Feilden, Nov. Zemlya p. 22; Kjellm, Sib. Nordk. 
Fanerogamfl. p. 275, As. Beringss. p. 560, Vest-Eskim. Land p. 56, St. Law- 
rence-On p. 22; Kjellm. & Lundstr., Nov. Semlja p.315; Trauty. Fl. Terr. 
Tschuktsch. p. 40, Pl. Sib. bor. p.140, Syll. Pl. Sib. bor. orient. p. 543, 
Fl. rip. Kolym. p.571; Savastana alpina, Cornell Party, Peary Voy. 1896, 
p. 418 and p. 422; Eastwood, PI. coll. at Nome City, p. 130; Holeus 
alpinus Sw., Fl. D. tab. 1508. 
Leaves of the sterile shoots narrow. Panicle contracted, c. 3 cm. 
long. Spikelets 3-flowered, pales of the two lower (staminate) flowers 
ciliate, awned. 
Am.: St. Lawrence Island, Kotzebue Sound, Nome City, Arctic Sea- 
shores and Islands (!), Big Island in Hudson Strait, Baffin Land, Elles- 
mere Land 78°56’, West Greenl. 61°—78° (!), East Greenl. 61°10’ and 
70°—74° 32’ (!). Eur.: Spitsbergen (!), Novaya Zemlya to 74° 25’ (!), Wai- 
gats (!), Samoyede Land at Jugor Schar. As.: Mouths of the Yenissei, 
Lena and Kolyma, Chukches Land (!). 
Geogr. area: Northern North America, Iceland, Northern Scandi- 
navia, Russia, Caucasus, Northern Asia. 
154. H. pauciflora R. Br. 
Hook. Fl. bor. Am. II p. 234; Taylor, Pl. coll. at Davis Str. and 
Baff. Bay p.85; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV p. 407; Kjellm., Sib. Nordk. Fanero- 
gamfl. p. 275, As. Beringss. p. 560, St. Lawrence-6n p. 21, Vest-Eskim. Land 
p. 56; Kjellm. & Lundstr., Nov. Semlja p.315; Schmidt, Fl. Jeniss. arct. 
p. 128; Trautv. Syll. Pl. Sib. bor. orient. p. 543; H. racemosa Trin. 
Plant very slender. Panicle one-sided, c. 2 cm. long, with only 
8 spikelets, pales of the staminate flowers ciliate, mucronate. 
Am.: St. Lawrence Island (!}, Port Clarence, Arctic Islands (!), Baffin 
Land at Cumberland Gulf. Eur.: Novaya Zemlya to 73° (!), Waigats (1), 
Samoyede Land. As.: Arctic Coast (!), Mouth of the Yenissei (!), Taimyr 
Peninsula 73° 45’, Chukches Land. : 
Geogr. area: Northern Siberia. 
155. H. odorata (L. p. pt.) Wg. 
H. borealis (Schrad.) R. & S., Hook. Fl. bor. Am. II p. 234; Kjellm., 
Vest-Eskim. Land p.56; Scheutz, Pl. vase. Jeniss. p. 188; Trautv. FI. rip. 
Kolym. p. 571; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. p. 407; Holcus borealis Schrad. Fl. 
Germ., Holeus odoratus L. ex parte, Fl. D. t. 963. 
Leaves of the sterile shoots flat, broader than the culm. Pa- 
nicle somewhat one-sided, pyramidal, c. 3—5 cm. long, pales of the 
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staminate flowers ciliate, mucronate. 
Am.: Kotzebue Sound, Port Clarence (!). Eur.: Samoyede Land. 
As.: Mouths of the Yenissei (!) and Kolyma. 
Geogr. area: Northern North America, Iceland, Scotland, North 
and Central Europe, Caucasus, Northern Asia. 
