In thickets of foliferous trees, near the banks of the river Abakan, at Askys. The 

 specimens in full flower in the middle of June. 



Distribution: Europe, except the northern parts, Siberia, Manchooria, Corea. 



Carex diandra Schrank in Acta Acad. Mogunt. (1782) p. 49; Kiikenth. Cijper.- 

 Caricoid. in Engl. Pflanzenr. H. 38 (IV, 20, 1909) p. 175; Kiikenth. Cyper. Sibir. in 

 2>e?;TCmto, MaT. cjj. Ch6. II (1912) p. 57; Kpwji. $jr. Ajit. VI (1912) p. 1471. Carex ieretiuscula 

 Good, in Trans. Linn. Soc. II (1794) p. 163; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, p. 276. 



In swampy grass-field, south of Minusinsk, on the way to Kushabar. With flowers 

 and fruits at the beginning of July. 



Distribution: Northern and middle Europe, Siberia, North Africa, North America, 

 New Zealand. 



Carex cyperoides L. Syst. Veget. ed. XIII (1774) p. 703; Kiikenth. Cgper.-Caricoid. 

 in Engl. Pflanzenr. H. 38 (IV, 20, 1909) p. 191; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. IV, p. 206; Turczan. 

 Cat. Baical. no. 1215; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, p. 271; Kiikenth. Cyper. Sibir. in ^eAiemto, 

 Mar. $ji. Ch5. II (1912) p. 60; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1855, II) p. 326, no. 1229; Kpwjr. 

 ^JL. Ajit. VI (1912) p. 1473. 



On the borders of a swamp, near the road between Karatus and Kushabar. Spe- 

 cimens taken in the middle of July, are past flowering. 



Distribution: Middle Europe, western Asia, southern Siberia to the Amoor Pro- 

 vince and Manchooria. 



Carex intermedia Good, in Trans. Linn. Soc. II (1794) p. 154; Kiikenth. Cyper.- 

 Caricoid. in Engl. Pflanzenr. H. 38 (IV, 20, 1909) p. 135; Kiikenth. Cyper. Sibir. in 

 $e?i;TOHKO, Max. $j[. Ch5. II (1912) p. 51; Ledeb. Fl. Ah. IV, p. 210; Turczan. Cat. Baical. 

 no. 1226; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, p. 273; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1855, II) p. 327, no. 1230; 

 KpBM. $ji. AaT. VI (1912) p. 1468. 



Rather common on the islets in the river Abakan, especially in moist, sandy 

 meadows, in thickets, etc., where flowering in the second half of June. The material 

 collected is rather polymorphous.. According to the structure of the spike, the following 

 forms may be separated: f. distachya Lang,, f. permixta Beck, /. pangyna Beck, and 

 /. longibracieala Schleich. 



Distribution: Northern and middle Europe, Siberia, central and eastern Asia. 



Carex leporina L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1381; Kiikenth. Cyper.-Caricoid. in Engl. 

 Pflanzenr. H. 38 (IV, 20, 1909) p. 210; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, p. 278; Kiikenth. Cyper. 

 Sibir. in Heummo, Mar. cDji. Ch6. II (1912) p. 62; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1855, II) 

 p. 330, no. 1236; Eptui. $ji. Ajit. VI (1912) p. 1474. 



Common on moist river-banks, and in moist thickets on the islets in the rivers 

 Yenisei and Abakan, as well as in swampy, grass-grown places in depressions on the 

 Abakan Steppe, near Askys. It appears from the rather rich material collected by me. 



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