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N. 1028. Pamir, on the shore of the lake Jashil-Kul, alt. 3780 m , 

 August 4, 1898. 



Fig. 3. Carex orbicularis Boott, var. bulungensis Ostf. (ab. 1 /s nat. size). 



As a monströse form of this species I take a plant collected in 

 Pamir (in a bog near Jashil-Kul, July 25, 1898, No. 896); it agrees 

 with the other specimens except in the scape and largeness of the utricles; 

 they are 3 — 5 mm large, but deformed, 3—4 times as long as the scales, 

 ovate or oblong, blackish. Probably it is due to an attack by some parasitic 



