NORTH-WEST MONGOLIA AND CHINESE DZUNGABIA. 449 



(•YPERACEiE. 



SciEPUS C/ESPITOsus, Linn. 



No. :!1)8. Mountain-sides from 1200 to 1800 m. o£ the Sayansk Eange, 

 Upper Japsa and Kandart s^-stenis. 



Distribution. Europe, Sachalin and Japan, N. and S. America. 



Ekjophorum gracile, A'o(7i. 



Xo. 275. Tops of Sphai/iiiim tufts in swamps near rivers, Kushabar. 



J>i.'itrilnition. Euro]ie, Japan, and N. America, ('. B. ('larle. 



Eeiophoru?! Scheuchzeei, Hoppe. 



Xo. 44. Bogs on mountain-sides from 2100 to 2740 m., W. Tannu-ola 

 ilts. and on the mountains at the head of the Saklva River. 



Distribution. X. and central continental Europe, arctic Siberia, Turkestan, 

 Kashmir, Japan, and arctic X. America, C. B. Clarke. 



Eeiophoruji vagixatum, Linn. 



Xo. 285. In Heath association on half-dried swamps under Birch and 

 Pine, Kushabar. 



Xo. 364. Swampy places on the sides of the Sayansk Mts. in the Upper 

 Japsa and Kandart systems. 



Distribution. Europe, Siberia, Turkestan^ Japan, and X. America, C. B. 

 Clarke. 



Cares rigid a, Gooden. 



No. 8. Dry mountain-summits where not too rocky and where the surface 

 is even, on the Kizil Taiga. 



Distribution. Arctic and alpine regions in Europe, X. Asia, and arctic 

 America, Kilhenthal. 



(!arex c.espitosa, !/(/(/(., var. magis-bkacteata, C. B. Clarke; cf. Bull. 

 Misc. Inf., Add. Ser. viii. p. 70. 



N"o. 102. Medium moi^t, well-di-ained alluvial silt not far from streams 

 or lakes, Achit Xor. 



Distribution. Dahuria, Amur, and Ussuri, C. B. Clarke. 



('aeex melaxantha, C. a. Men- 



Xo. 58. Mountain-sides above 2150 m. where the soil is either moi«t and 

 peaty, forming alpine meadows, or dry shady slopes where some soil has 

 accumulated. AVestern Tannu-ola Mts. at the head of the Saklya River, 

 -especially in alpine meadows. 



Distribution, Alpine regions in central Asia, Turkestan, Altai, Baikal, 

 Pamir, Kashmir, and Afghanistan, Kilkenthal. 



