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3. ALOPECURUS L. 
156. A. pratensis L. 
Fl. D. tab. 1985; A. ruthenicus Weinm., Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV p. 463 
p. pt.; Trautv. Ross. Arct. Pl. p. 550; Scheutz, Pl. vase. Jeniss. p. 193; 
A. pratensis y. ruthenicus Trin. Spec. Gram. Icon. I tab. 45; A. pratensis 
f. alpestris Wg., Kjellm. & Lundstr., Nov. Seml. p. 315. 
Culm erect, smooth. Panicle 
cylindrical. Glumes connected 
below, acute, ciliate on the 
back; pale as long as the glumes, 
with a geniculate awn attached 
below its middle. 

Fi 
The typical form has _ been 
found introduced in West Greenl. 
GORA): 
The Arctic form, A. ruthe- 
nicus Weinm., is 15—30 cm. high, 
with short leaves and inflated 
upper sheaths, the panicle short, 
ovate-oblong and dark-coloured, 
the glumes somewhat diverging 
at the apex. 
Eur.: Samoyede Land (!), No- 
vaya Zemlya to 74°, Waigats (!). 
As.: Mouth of the Yenissei (!). 
Geogr. area: North America 
(introduced), Iceland (introduced), 
Europe, North Africa (introduced), 
Northern Asia; yv. ruthenicus: North- 
ern Scandinavia, Russia, Caucasus, 
Siberia. 
157. A. alpinus Sm. 
Fl. D. tab. 1565; Hook. FI. 
bor. Am. II p. 234; Taylor, Pl. coll. 
at Davis Str. and Baff. Bay p. 85; 
Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV p. 461; Hart, 
Brit. Pol. Exp. p- 141 and p- 303; Fig. 77. Alopecurus alpinus Sm. 4/4 nat. size. 
Macoun, Catalogue IV p. 188; East- (Spec. from East Greenland). 
wood, Pl. coll. at Nome City, p.130; 
Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p. 156; Greely, Lady Frankl. Bay Exp. II p. 15; 
Nath., Spetsb. Karly. p. 34; Andersson, Kénig Karls Land p. 557; Feilden, 
Fl. of Kolguev p. 184, Nov. Zemlya p. 22; Blytt, Bidrag p. 8; Kjellm., 
Sib. Nordk. Fanerogamfl. p. 275; Kjellm. & Lundstr., Noy. Semlja p. 315; 
Schmidt, Fl. Jeniss. arct. p.129; Trauty. Pl. Sib. bor. p. 144, Syll. Sib. 
bor. orient. p. 545, Fl. rip. Kolym. p.572; Alopecurus brevistachya M. B., 
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