Disporscd in inoi.sl meadows, in ilcjiicssions on llu- Aiiakaii Slcj)j)c. iicai' Askys. 

 as well as near I'sl Sisli-i<cm. Willi y(niiiy [lowers in llic niiddlc ol .June. 



Dislrihnlion: lun()|i('. soulli-weslern .\.sia. Siht-ria. norllicin Mongolia, caslcrn .\sia. 

 Sakhalin. 



Hcrniiiiium nionurc-his K. Br. in AiLon, liorl. Kiwensis ed. 11, \ (181ii) p. HJl; 

 Ledeb. Fl. All. IV, p. 171: Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 1103: Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, p. 73; 

 Turivan. Kl. Baical.-Dahur. (1851, 11) p. 87. no. 1123: l,-pi,i.i. -i-.i. A.m. VI (11)12) p. I:il0. 



(".onimon on llie islets in tlu' ri\i'r Abakan, wlierc most Irccpienl in somewhat moisi 

 meadows, here and there associated wilii Hcincrocallis fhiixi, I'oliif/oinim dlpiniim. 

 C.ijpripedilnm ludcranllniin. and others. The species varies somewhat in the height of 

 Ihe stem, the length and bieadth of the leaves, the richness in flowers, etc. In full flower 

 in June. 



Di.stribution: Europe, except the extreme northern and .southern jiortion, south- 

 western and central Asia. Siberia, northern Mongolia, nortiiern China. 



Orchis simia Lam. Fl. Francaise III (1778) p. 507. Oicliis Icpbrosdiithos Viilar.s, 

 Hist. PI. Dauph. II (1787) p. 32; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, p. 62. 



Scattered on the Abakan Steppe, near Askys, in grass-grown, frequently somewhat 

 moist places, in thickets, and the like. In full liloom in the middle of .lune. 



Distribution: Middle and soulhern luuope, soutli-weslern Asia. Siberia, Xorlh 

 Africa. 



Orchis militaris L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1333: Ledeb. Fl. Alt. I\'. p. 1G8; 

 Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 1094; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, p. 61: Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. 

 (1854. II) p. 80. no. 1112: Kpi.i.T. <l).i. A.n. VI (1912) p. 1306. 



In somewhat moist, grass-grown fields near Ust Kamuishlo. Flowering in June. 



Di.stribulion: Europe, except the extreme north. Caucasia. Siberia, eastwards to 

 Trans Baikal. 



Orchis simia Lam. X militaris L., Grenier et Godron, Fl. France III (1856) p. 291; 

 Timbal-Lagrave, Mem. Hybr. (1854) p. 18. 



On the Abakan Steppe, in a moist, grass-grown depression on the river, near Askys, 

 where rather common. The lower flowers of the spike open first. Ihe upper ones, by 

 degrees, later on (f. simio-mililaris Timb.\l-L.\ghave, 1. c.) 



In full flower in the middle of June. 



Distribution: Middle Europe, southern Siberia. (Tlie Abakan Steppe). 



Orchis maculalus L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1335; Ledeb. Fl. All. IV, p. 168; 

 Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 1096; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, p. 58; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Daiiur. 

 (1854, II) p. 82, no. 1116: Kpi,i.i. *.i. A.rr. VI (1912) p. 1307. 



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