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parts, in S. very rare, see fig. 54. No doubt this species will turn out on closer
investigation to be common along the sea-shore in most parts.
Life-form: H.
Sea-shores, salt marshes, sandy grassland along streams, usually near the sea.
Flor. VI—VII; fr. mat. VII—VIII.
Max. height: 35 cm ; average: 18 cm.
Geogr. area: Am.: Labrador, Newfoundland, Baffin Land to Alaska.—Greenl.: W.
60°—74°15'. E. 60°—74°37'.—Eur.: Northern N. Eur., Novaya Zemlya, Spitsbergen.
—Asia: North coast of Siberia, Chukchee Land, Kamchatka.
98. Carex Lachenalii Schkuhr., Riedgr. I (1801) p. 51, tab. y, fig. 79.
C. leporina, K. & M., 1770, p. 210.—C. elongata, Mohr, 1772, p. 212.—C.
lagoþina, Gliemann, 1824, p. 148.—Drejer, Revisio, 1841, p. 443.—Babington,
1871, p. 338.—Gronlund, Isl. Fl., 1881, p. 112.—Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1,
1901, p. 36,—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 40,—C.H.O., Fl. arct., 1902, p. 58,—
C. Lachenalii Schk., O. & Gr., 1934, p. 34.
Flora Dan. tab. 294 (sub. nom. C. leþorina).
Icelandic : Rjúpustör. Danish : Rype-Star. English : Oval Sedge.
Common throughout Iceland, especially at a high level.
Life-form: H.
On moist, often gravelly soil, in moors and heaths; on the banks of brooks; especially
in the mountains.
Flor. VI—VII; fr. mat. VII—VIII.
^tax. height: 40 cm; average: 17 cm.
Gcogr. area. Northern and alpine N. Am., southward to Quebec and Labrador.—
Greenl.: W. 60°—72°30'. E. 60°—74°37'.—Eur.: S.; Scandinavian mts., arct.