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Southampton Island and IglooHk (Parry, sec. voy.), Minto Inlet). Arctic 

 America (specimens from Boothia Felix (?)), John Ross 1829—33 ; Rae 

 River, Cumberland House, Bear Lake, Richardson, &c. ; Alaska (spe- 

 cimens from Port Clarence, Kjellman), Pribilof Islands, Land of the 

 Chukches (somewhat doubtful specimens with young spikes, taken by 

 Kjellman at Konyam Bay) Kamshatka. 



Carex capillaris, L. 



C. capillaris, Linnaeos, Sp. plant., 1753; Ostenfeld, FI. Arct.; Lange, Consp. Fi. 

 Groenl.; Kruuse, List E. Greenl. ; Simmons, Prel. Rep. et Bot. Arb.; Hookek, 

 Fl. Bor. Amer.; Britton & Brown, 111. Fl.; Torrey, Am. Cyp.; Kjellman, in 

 Vegaexp. ; Ledebour, Fl. Ross. ; Meinshausen, Cyp. Russl. 

 Fig. Fl. Dan., T. 2374. 



This seems to be a very rare species within the area, but as it 

 has rather a great resemblance in habit to small specimens of C. 

 misandra, it may perhaps have been overlooked in some place or 

 other. It grows together with the latter species in densely vegetation- 

 clad slopes, where it is not too dry. 



Occurrence. South coast: Harbour Fjord, ledges of the "green 

 patch" (2239, 3996), and at the Western sound (2441). 



Distribution: East Greenland, Danish West Greenland, Arctic 

 American Archipelago (only seen from Baffin Land), Arctic America, 

 and down to Labrador, New Foundland, Maine, White Mountains, 

 Michigan, Rocky Mountains to Colorado and Utah, Alaska, Unalaschka, 

 Northern Siberia, Kamshatka, Altai, Caucasus, Northern Russia, North- 

 ern Scandinavia, mountains of Central and Southern Europe, Great 

 Britain, Iceland. 



Carex ustulata, Wahlenb. 



a ustulata, Wahlenberg, Inl. Caricogr., 1803; Ostenfeld, Fl. Arct.; Andersson, 

 Cyp. Scand.; Meinshausen, Cyp. Russl.; Dusen, GefasspH. Ostgronl.; Abromeit, 

 Phan. Westgronl.; Simmons, Prel. Rep., Bot. Arb. et Dan. Greenl. pi.; 

 Hooker, Fl. Bor. Amer.; Torrey, Am. Cyp.; Kjellman, in Vegaexp. 

 Fig. Sv. Bot., T. 717; FL Dan., T. 1590. 



It is not without hesitation, that I uphold the above name. Wahlen- 

 berg, 1. c, 4, p. 156, himself gives .0. atrofusca, Schkuhr, as a syno- 

 nym. This name is two years older than that of Wahlenberg, and 

 should, consequently be used for the plant if it could be proved that the 

 author has really had the same species in mind. But this is very 



