Carex globularis L. Spec. PL ed. II (1763) p. 1385; Kiikenth. Cyper.-Caricoid. in 

 Engl. Pflanzenr. H. 38 (IV, 20, 1909) p. 437; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 1241; Ledeb. Fl. 

 Ross. IV, p. 304: Kiikenth. Cijper. Sibir. in cpeftTOHKo, Max. Oj. ChG. II (1912) p. 116; 

 Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1855, II) p. 346, no. 1264; KpMJi. <1).t. A.it. VI (1912) p. 1499. 



Pretty common in the Sayansk district, on moist, mossy ground in coniferous 

 woods, among Hypniim, etc., in the subalpine woods about the Upper Amyl, the Upper 

 Sisti-kem, and at Ust Algiac. In flower and partly past flowering in July. 



Distribution: Northern and middle Europe, Siberia, northern Mongolia, eastern 

 Asia, Sakhalin. 



Carex supina Wahlenb. in Vet-Akad, Handl. XXIV (1803) p. 158; Kiikenth. Cyper.- 

 Caricoid. in Engl. Pflanzenr. H. 38 (IV, 20, 1909) p. 455; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. IV, p. 218; 

 Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 1240; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 893; Ledeb. Fl. 

 Ross. IV, p. 305; Kiikenth. Cyper. Sibir. in i^ememm, MaT, $ji. Ch6. II (1912) p. 112; 

 Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1855, 11) p. 348, no. 1268; KptiJi. cfji. Ajit. VI (1912) p. 1503. 

 Carex mucronata Trev. in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, p. 308 ex parte. 



Very common in dry, sandy meadows, on sandy steppes, etc., about the rivers Yenisei, 

 Abakan, and Ulu-kem. Frequently accompanying Carex slenophylla and Festuca ovina. 

 With nearly ripe fruits in the first half of June. The pistillate ' spike is sometimes 

 reduced to a single flower: /. pseudomonostachys Aschers. in Verb. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. 

 XL (1897). On the steppes near Ust Abakansk, I have collected a coarser form, with 

 culms from 20 to 25 cm. high, not unfrequently with longer leaves, in which the pistil- 

 late spikes are rather large, to 8 mm. in diameter, and rather flowery, each with to 9 

 flowers. 



Distribution: Middle and southern Europe, Caucasia and south-western Asia to 

 the Himalayas, North America, Greenland. 



Carex pediformis C. A. Meyer in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. I (1831) p. 219; Kiikenth. 

 Cyper. -Caricoid. in Engl. Pflanzenr. H. 38 (IV, 20, 1909) p. 490; Ledeb. Fl, Alt. IV, p. 

 225; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, p. 290; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 1244; Kiikenth. Cyper. 

 Sibir. in i^e^veam. Max. Oji. Ch5. II (1912) p. 135; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1855, II) 

 p. 339, no. 1252; Epuj. $.1. Ajit. VI (1912) p. 1506. Carex obliqiia Turczan. Cat. Baical. 

 no. 1243. 



Raijher common in dry, sandy and stony places on the steppes along the rivers 

 Yenisei and Abakan. With flowers and ripe fruits in the middle of June. 



subspec. rhizina (Blytt) Kiikenth. Cyper.-Caricoid. in Engl. Pflanzenr. H. 38 (IV, 20, 

 1909) p. 491; EpMj. 1. c. (1912) p. 1506. 



Scattered together with the preceding one. 



Distribution: Northern and eastern Europe, northern and eastern Asia. 



Carex limosa L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1386; Kiikenth. Cyper.-Caricoid. in Engl. 

 Pflanzenr. H. 38 (IV, 20, 1909) p. 504; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 1252; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 



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