ixir. i<t'iniiiia I'l :mlv. luuiiii. 1*1. Soiii;. ( li^liO - (WS) no. '.VM'>; Woll'. I. c. p. 1()2; l."|ii.i.i. 1. c. 



'I'lu' sprriiiHiis tolh'ilod :\rr rs|)Cfi:illy di.stiiiLiuisluMl by haviiif,' liic leaves .'>- to <S- 

 piiinalc. wilii nciv a])|)i()\imalc |)iiiiuic. 1 lu' u|)|)(r pinnae are laryesl, and decrease in 

 size down Ilic raeiiis. 'I'lic inrisions ol' llic pinnae neaiiy icacli llic vein: llie se^nienis 

 are linear, very fine and nai row. (),."> I nun. iiroad, willi dislinclly recurved margins, and 

 subobtuse snniniils. Tlie leaves are denseiv w iiite-])nl)e.scenl on l)otli sides. Of common 

 occurrence on Ibe dry Devonian sandstone dill's on llie AbaUan Stej)pe. In full flower in 

 the second half of .Inne. 



Disli-iliulion: l^aslcrn lUissia ( 1*(M m. Orenhurj^). Sibciia to 'I'l-ans I'.aikal. ccnlral 

 Asia, the Caucasus, and .\i uienia? 



Poleiililla sooiigorica Buiujr in Lidei). 1"1. .\lt. 11. p. 211: Karei. el Kiril. I'nuni. IM. 

 Fl. .Ml. no. :}01; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II. p. 12; Wolf. Monogr. (iatt. PalPiUilUt \^. 1. ■>•.•. l>. 

 iniillicdiilisBunge in Mem. Acad. Sc. St. Pelersb. II (18:51) p. il'.l p. p. 1>. sericca /i luiilli- 

 ciiiilis Lcinn Hevis. PolcnI. p- 34. 



Scattered on the steppes between Minu.sinsk and U.sl Abakansk. where I have taken 

 it in full flower at the beginning of .lune. 



Hesides the typical species, agreeing perfectly with lUxni; s aulhenlic specimens, 1 

 have collected, on the steppes on the Yenisei, near Ust Abakansk, some specimens diffe- 

 ring in various respects, and which 1 enter as: 



V(ir. glandulo.sa nan. ixir. Tab. VII, Fig. i3.1 



Caiide.r crassiis, vcilidns. Ii(/nosiis lesiduis 

 foliorum I'cluslnniin ablcclus. ('.(tub's niimerosi. 

 Icniies. f/iacilcs. subadsccudenlcs. iniillillori. pilis 

 longis, alhis, patenlibus pnrce veslili. Folia radicalid 

 brevilcr pcliolabi. ttmbilii oblongc obovala, S-'i juga. 

 Foliola oblonge obovata /issa. Uiciniac (wgiuhdae, 

 (),r)-'2 mm. - saepissime 1-1..') mm. - bdae.apiccsid'- 

 obtiisae vl marginibus dislinrte ii'i'olidi.s. sublii.i 

 cdbo-lomenlo.sdc, gl(tndidislhu>is. minulis, inimero.'iis 

 pmedilae, supra virides, pilis sparsis vesiitae. Slipu- 

 Idcsii/J'iiscdc, mcnd'rdndfcdc. Idiiceoldtdc. apice dcii- 

 miinddv in lacinias longas, fdifurmes fissae. Flores 

 inimcrosi. /!?-/'/ mm. didiiwlro. Scpala dense lo- 

 nienlo.sd el glnndulosd, e.rlernd (luasi spdlubdd 

 nel cldvald. apice Idle rotimdidd, interna fere 

 tiidngnldrid, deun\intdd, e.vlernis longiora. Pelidit 

 jldvd uboiuitd pel eorddld. anlire leviler em(irgin<dd. Sliuuiiid el cnrpelld ul in specie li/pica. 



In the shape of the leaves this variety differs distinctly from the tyi)ical P. soun- 

 gorica, especially so in the narrower, linear, rather approximate segments of the leaflets, 

 moreover, in having the under sides of Ihe leaves denseiv while-felled and with dislinci- 



l-"iij. '.>i. I'olciililhi .woiH/orica Bcnce 



v;ir. iilamiulosa nov. var (' V. Flower 



seen Iroiii below. 



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