Dislriliiilion: Soiillieni and luiddlc luiiopi', U'lnpciule porliuns of Asia, North 

 AlVica. Norlli Aiiiciica, and Australia (introduced). 



.■Melica iiiilaiis L. Spec-. Pi. cd. II (17G2) p. <)8; Lidt-I). Fl. Alt. I, |). 'XU Turczan. Cat. 

 Baical. no. i;512: Kard. ctKirii. Kiium. PI. Fl. Alt. no. <Jl.j; Ledeb. Fl. Uoss. IV, p. :W9; 

 Turc/an. Fl. Baical.-Dahur (^185t), I) p. 49, no. 1343; KpLi.i. <I>.i. A.it. VII (1914) p. 



ll'ilii. 



In dry Ihic-kcts, t>lc-., near Kuslialnir and Fst .Mgiac. Spccinicns taken in liic middle 

 of .Inly nearly past flowering. 



Distribution: Europe, .Siberia, noiLliern Mongolia, eastein .\sia, Sakiialin. .Iai)an. 



Koeleria glauea DC. Cat. llort. Monsp. (IHi;')) p. IIIJ: Ledei). I"l. I'.oss. IV, p. 102; 

 Domin, Monograjjli. Call. Koclcrict in Bibl. Bot. II. (i.^i (1907) p. !J5; Kphi.i. 'I>.i. A.rr. 

 VII (1914) p. 1()29. Knclnid crislala Pers. in Karel. ct Kiril. luiuin. Pi. V\. Ail. no. 927. 

 Koeleria crislala /- in Ledel). Fl. \\L I, p. 103. 



sabspec. lypica Doniin, 1. c.; Kpm.i. 1. e. 



Scattered in dry, sandy places in open woods of Piuiis silnrslris. near Tagar- 

 ski osero. Taken flowering at the beginning of ,Iuly. 



Dislrilnition: Middle and soutliern Europe, Siberia, eastern .\sia, Africa, North 

 America. 



Koeleria gracilis Pers. Synops. Plant. I (1805) p. 97: Domin. Monograph. Gatt 

 Koeleria p. ITli; I>pi,i.i. <lu. A.it. VII (1914) p. 1633. Koeleria crislala Pers. in Ledeb. 

 Fl. Alt. I, p. 103 ex parte: Ledeb. Fl. Ross. TV, p. 401 ex parte: Turczan. FL Baical.- 

 Dahur (1856, I) p. 51, no. 1346 ex parte. 



This species is very common on dry steppes and in dry, sandy situations in open 

 l)ine-wood about Minusinsk. On the Abakan Steppe almost exclusively covering 

 the ground over large tracts of land. It appears from the rather rich material brought 

 home by me from the Minusinsk district that it occurs in those regions in a multitude of 

 varieties. From the diagnosis only of the numerous subspecies, varieties and forms 

 belonging to this species, given by Domin. 1. c, I dare not classify my material defini- 

 tely. Some seemed to be intermediate forms, passing into the following species, and may 

 possibly have to be regarded as hybrids between them. I have also observed this species 

 in many places on the steppes on the river Uhi-kem. 



Distribution: Over the greater part of Europe, except the northern and southern 

 parts, temperate portions of Asia, .\frica. North .\merica. 



Koeleria Dclavignei Czern. subspec. barabensis Domin, Monograph. Gatt. Koeleria 

 p. 249; KpLu. <I).i. A.it. VII (1914) p. 1636. 



Seemed to be of rare occurrence in the territory explored. A few specimens gathered 

 by me in di-y, sandy places on the Abakan Steppe, near Ust Kamuishto. With young 

 floweis at the end of June. 



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