(Idliiiricd sccni. on llic wliolc lo Ijccome completely ineigcd. Syslcnialicall\ . //. 

 (Iiiliiiricii niusl llieiefi)re, most properly, be regarded as an easterly geographical sub- 

 species ol' Ilic lyi)i(;il //. odorald. Tlie specimoiis found l)y me and mentioned liere, 

 thus seemed to remind mueli of liiis H. odorala subspec. odomlu (Thin.) Hather com- 

 mon in sandy places near Minusinsk and on tiie Abakan Steppe, and in grass-grown 

 places on the islets in the ri\ers Yenisei and Aliakan. l-lowering in June. 



Distribution: Northern lemjierate zone of the old and the new world. 



HierochhW' alpiiia (I.ilj.) Koem. el. Seliull. Syst. Vegel. II (1.S17) p. Jl."): Ledeb. 

 I'l. Alt. I. p. 92; Turizan. Cat. Baical. no. 1290; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. IV, ]). 108; I'o-.i.viimhi,, 

 li.iai.ii 11-111. <l>(M,'i('iii;(i, 'l>.i. .V;!l;!r. I'.icciii VI (1914) p. lol : 'I'urczan. l-"l. IJaieal. Dalinr. 

 (,l^!i)l), 1;' p. 9. no. IL'S'.I; I.'i.i.i.i. <t>.i. A. 11. VII (1914' |). ir)r)4. 



The specimens collected are distinguished by their small spikclels, the length of 

 which varies from 4 to 5 mm. The structure of the glumes and the florets, for the rest, 

 agrees with Ihc typical form. This one is separated b}' me as: 



subspec. niicrostachya nuv. subspec. 



Spiculae ininores quain in forma lijpica, fere h — .5 mm. longae. 



Collected flowering at the end of July, in the Altaian, above the limit of trees, in 

 places grown with moss and lichens. 



Distribution: Arctic and alpine regions of the northern hemisphere, and on New- 

 Zealand. 



Slipa pennata L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1762) p. 115; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. I, p. 84; Ledeb. Fl. 

 Ross. IV, p. 450; K|n.i.i. <I'.i. A.n. VII (1914) p. 1557. 



subspec. Joannis (Celak.) Richt. PI. Eur. 1 (1890) p. 32; l>o;i,ei!iiin.. ii.iai.ii Ill-in. 

 <I>e;i'UMn,o, <I>.i. A;iiaT. I'tJCiiii XII 0911),! p. 157. 



Very characteristic plant of the steppes, about Minusinsk, and on the Abakan 

 Steppe, where I have gathered it flowering in June, and on the I'lu-kem Steppe past 

 flowering at the end of August. 



Distribution: Middle, southern and eastern Europe, and adjoining portions of 

 Asia to Turkestan, Persia, Afghanistan, Siberia, northern Mongolia, India. 



Stipa capillata L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1762) p. 116; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. I, i). 84; Turczan. Cat. 

 Baical. no. 1272; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (18.56, 1) p. 16. no. 1297; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, 

 p 44S; 1,"|, 1,1.1. il>.i. A. II. VII (1914 p. luGO; PuvKemiHi,. ;{.iai,ii Ill-i;i. 't>eA>ieiii;i). il>.i. A:^iar. 

 Pmriii XII U916) p KiT. 



On the Abakan Steppe, and scattered on the steppes about the Ulu-kem, between 

 Tapsa and Cha-kul. Done flowering in August. 



Distribution: Middle and southern Europe, Turkestan, northern Persia, southern 

 Siberia. Mongolia, and northern CJiina. 



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