ovale-hiiKcolalr. Ir((|iiiiilly hroadcsl in llif lower IkiH: llic l);isi' is rounded or al limes 

 luaiiy cordalc. nol narrowed, llic api'X acute oi' atuiniiiale. I'liey are usually destitute of 

 |)i'liol(s. coiii|)letely sessile, and distinguisiied liy heiui" eoni|)aratively more markedly 

 hiaik-jiuiulale than is common in the Scandinavian specimens w illi which I have com- 

 l)ared them. The leaves are to 3.5 cm. hroad, and to 8 cm. loni^; the margin is plane or 

 rai-ely slightly revolute, entire or slightly and irregularly crennlale. 'I'here seemed to occur 

 iulermediale.s Ixiween this varit'lx' and llie following one. 



Ddt. davuriea (Ledeh.) R. Knuth, 1. c. (190.^>) p. :><il. /,. (hnuiricd l.edel). in Mem. 

 .\cad. Peiershonrg V (18M) p. .523; Ledeb. Fl. .Ml. I. ji. 207 in nola; Turc/an. Cat. I'.aical. 

 no. '.11(1; Ledel). Fl. Hos.s. Ill, p. 27; Turezan. Fl. P>aieal.-i):i!inr. ( hSI'.l) |). :'>()7. no. 77."): Her- 

 der. PI. Hadd. (1872) p. IKi, no. 95. 



This variety, being dislinguishcil by its mon- narrowly lanceolalc leases, generally 

 onl\' 2 ojiposile ones. 1 have gathered on the islels in the Lower .\bakan. and in the I rjan- 

 kai country, on the Sisli-kem. The shape and size of llie leaves are somew lial varying The 

 lower ones are narrowest, very narrowly lanceolate, only from 5 — 6 nnn. broad, and 5 or 

 7 times as long, broadest at the base, tapering towards the apex. The up])er ones gradually 

 become broader, the upi)einiost broadly lanceolate, and. moreover, frequently also being 

 verticillate in 3's. All Ihe leaves are sessile; llieir margin is slightly undulate and revo- 

 lute. The lower stem-leaves are gradually reduced downwards lo scales. The s])ccimens 

 collected are mostly more hirsule than the preceding one. especially so in Ihe upper parts of 

 the plant, and on the under side of the leaves. In the structure of the flowers both varieties 

 seemed to agree, but the latter always seemed lo have 3 rather distincl nerves on the sepals, 

 the former, according lo my material, wanting distinct nerves. The universality of this 

 character, however, cannot l)e definitely settled on accounl of Ihe scarcity of my material. 

 The pedicels in bolli varieties, are. during the flowering season, of ai)out double the lenglb 

 of the calyces. The variety davuvica seemed, for the rest, nol to be strictly dislingnished 

 from the variety lijinca. but connected with intermediates. 



Distribution: Europe, except the most northern and soulluin parls. C,aucasia. 

 Asia Minor, south-western Asia and Turkestan. Siberia, in Ihe governmenl of Tobolsk, 

 northwards lo 62" 10' north lal.. and in the governmenl of Yenisi'isk lo (lO 10 norlh lal., 

 eastern Asia. India. North Africa. The variety ihivunca especially occurs in the eastern 

 geographical area of the species, from south-eastern Euiope. Ihrough Ihe \llai region, the 

 Sayansk district. Baikal. Manchooria. to China and .lapan. 



Lysimachia thyrsiflora L. Spec. IM. ed. II (17H2) p. 209; Ledeb. Fl. All. I. \^. 207; lur- 

 czan. Cat. Baical. no. 917; Turezan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1849) p. 3()(). no. 974; Herder. PI. 

 Radd. (1872) p. 418. no. 97; Pax el Knuth. Primiilac. in Engl. Pflanzenr. H. 22 (IV. 237. 

 1905) p. 302. Xaumbun/id Ihiirsijloni (L.) Duby in DC. ProdrcMn. VIII (1844) p. 60; 

 Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 25: KpLu. 'D.i. A.n. Ill (1904) p. 824. 



The specimens collected are nearly completely glalnous. wanting tiie rusty-red, 

 curly hairs generallv lo be found in Norwegian specimens. The raceme is comparalive- 



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