scenery here and tlial of the Abakan Sleppe. The list was made in an area only of some 

 40 or 50 ni.". in open Ijruslnvood of Betula verrucosa. Popiiliis Iri'muhi. Priiniis Padiis. 

 and Rosn pimpinelli/olid: 



Agiinwnia pilosa ixir. dahurica, Galium uerum, Hieracium spec, Achillea Millefolium, 

 Dracocephalum Rui/schiana. Campanula glomeiata. Hijphochueris maculata. A'-hillea 

 impatiens, Carum (Uitvi. Planlago media, Dachjlis glomerala. Sanguisorba officinalis, 

 Thaliclium .simlex. Tri folium repens. Tri folium piatense. Prunella vulgaris, (ialium 

 boreale. Stcllaria grnminea. Hemerocalis flava, Phleum pralense, Plantago major, Linaria 

 vulgaris. Tragopogon j)ratensis vai. orienlalis. Ranunculus acris. Erigeron acer. 

 Taraxacum spec, Bunias orienlalis. Chrysanthemum Leucanlhemum var. irculianum, 

 Festuca elatior. Genliana macrophglla, Ulmaria penlapelala. Lychnis flos cuculi, Trollius 

 asicdicus. Poa annua. Aira caespilosa. Poa paluslris. Equiselum silvalicum, Heracleum 

 disseclum, Polygonalum officinale. Rn}>us saxcdilis. Primula officinalis var. macrocalyx, 

 Geianium pseudosibiricum. Melandryum album. Inula salicina. Pteridium aquilinun}, 

 Epilobium angustifolium. and Aconitum laeve. 



Cultivatod Here the route leads through one of the very richest provinces of Siberia, with a 



pliints. niild and pleasant climate and a sufficient amount of rain. In spite of a rather defec- 

 tive cultivation of the ground, the fields, extending for miles, yield a rich supply of corn, 

 especially of r y e, the rye-fields covering some 30 or 40 per cent of the cultivated 

 ground. Wheat is also grown successfully, the wheat-fields occupying about 30 or 35 

 per cent of the cultivated fields, and besides are to be found fields of oats and b u c k- 

 wheat. Flax and h e m p are grown as well, and a great quantity of hemp is 

 exported from the Minusinsk region. P o t a t o-fields are more rarely to be seen. More- 

 over, c u c u m hers and water-melons are grown, and are sold in the market- 

 places of Minusinsk at a price of only few' kopek a-piece. 



In these fields and near by, various weeds are to be found, of which I have obser- 

 ved the following occuring rather frequently: 



Noxious weeds. Thlaspiarven.se. Galeopsis Tetrahit, Sonchus oleraceus. Sonchus aivensis. Papaver 



somniferum subspec seligerum. Erodium cicutarium, Brassica campeslris. Capsella bursa 

 pastoris, Slellniia media. Polygonum lomentosum. Polygonum Convolvulus. Eagopyrum 

 Udaricum. Bunias orienlalis. Agrostemma Gilhago, Cenlaurea Cyanus, Pisum sativum, 

 Vicia sativa, Raphanus Raphani.ttrum, and Turrilis glabra. 



On the road or along the road-side here I have collected: Lappa tomentosa, Plantago 

 major. Plantago media. Polygonum aviculare, .luncus bufonius. Malva borealis, Matricaria 

 discoidea, here and there in I'ich abundance, Lepidium apetalum, Trifolium repens. and 

 besides were s u n f 1 o w e r s, ha\ing grown from seeds dropped by the roadside, very 

 characteristic. The seeds of this plant, abounding in oik are extensively used for chewing 

 by the inhabitants of tliese regions and also of all Russia, and very frequently offered 

 for sale in their market-places. 



-\long the road there occur small thickets and groves, mostly consisting of Betula 

 verrucosa. Pinus silvestris. and Pop»//;.v tremula. with a rather luxuiianl vegelation usu- 



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