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Fig. 118. Phippsia algida (Soland.) R. Br.; Britton and 

 Brown, 111. Fl. ; 1 : 150. Phippsia. — A low, tufted, glabrous peren- 

 nial 2 to 10 cm. high, with narrow, soft, and flat leaves and con- 

 tracted, simple panicles. — Arctic North America and on the highest 

 mountain peaks of Colorado. [Greenland, arctic Europe, and 

 Asia.] July, August. 



