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15. CATABROSA Beauv. 
184. C. aquatica (L.) Beauy. 
Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p.166 and p. 298; Hook. Coll. of Arct. PI. 
p. 123; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. [V p.387; Macoun, Catalogue IV p. 219; FI. D. 
tab. 3002. 
Creeping, culms ascending. Leaves flat, glabrous, obtuse; ligules 
evident. Panicle pyramidal, generally tinged with violet, with 
half-whorls of spreading branches. Spikelets small, about 2—3 mm. 
long, generally 2-flowered. Glumes small, obtuse; pales about equal, 
membranous margined, lower pale three times as long as the glumes, 
sharply 3-veined. Stigmas short. 
Am.: Kotzebue Sound, Banks Land (?), West Greenl. 62° 30’ (!), 65° 
25'(!). As.: Samoyede Land\(!). 
Geogr. area: North America, Iceland, Feerées, Europe, Northern Asia. 
185. C. concinna Th. Fries, Till. Spetsb. Fl. p. 140, tab. 5. 
Nath., Spetsb. Karly. p. 32; Kjellm., As. Nordk. Fanerogamfl. p. 274; 
Kjellm. & Lundstr., Noy. Semlja p. 315; Trauty. Syll. Pl. Sib. bor. orient. 
p- 542; Scheutz, Pl. vase. Jeniss. p. 187; C. concinna subsp. vaccillans 
Th. Fr., 1. c. p: 142; Nath. l. c. p.32; G. algida Rupr: in’ exsicc) ex ins: 
Kolguey (cfr. Th. Fr., l.c. p. 141); Phippsia algida, var. concinna, Feilden, 
Nov. Zemlya p. 23. 
Ceespitose; culm erect, 2—15 cm. high; leaves flat, glabrous, ob- 
tuse; ligule evident, subtriangular. Panicle pyramidal, generally 
tinged with violet, with half-whorls of spreading branches; spikelets 
small, about 1—2 mm., 1—2-flowered. Glumes small, obtuse; pales 
about equal, membranous margined, lower pale 38 or 4 times as 
long as the glumes, 3-veined, slightly hairy with silky hairs beneath. 
Anthers 1—3, stigmas elongated. 
Eur.: Spitsbergen (!), Franz Josef Archipelago (Fisher, in litt.), 
Kolguey (!), Waigats (!), Novaya Zemlya (!), Habarowa (!). As.: Yalmal (!), 
Dickson Harbour (!), Mouths of the Yenissei (!) and Lena, New Siberian 
Islands. 
Geogr. area: Dovre in Norway. 
16. PLEUROPOGON R.Br. 
186. P. Sabinii R. Br., Chloris Melvilliana p. 31, tab. D. 
Hook. Fl. bor. Am. II p. 249; Taylor, Pl. coll. at Davis Str. and 
Baff. Bay p. 86; Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p. 297; Dusén, Ost-Groénl. p. 59; 
Trauty. Consp. Fl. Nov. Zeml. p.85; Feilden, Nov. Zemlya p. 23; Blytt, 
Bidrag p.8; Kjellm., Sib. Nordk. Fanerogamfl. p. 273; Kjellm. & Lundstr., 
Nov. Semlja p. 314; Trauty. Syll. Pl. Sib. bor. orient. p. 543. 
Stoloniferous. Culm 10—20 cm. high, striate, leafy. Leaves 
soft, flat, glabrous, those on the culm short, on the sterile shoots 
