upper parts of llie stem strigose. wliilr the lowxi parts of tlie stem are glabrous and shin- 

 ing, and otttn finely striate. Tlie leaves are, on the ujjper as well as on the under sides, 

 rather densely covered with tiiicU, appressed hairs, showing the peculiarity of being turned 

 downwards on liie under sides of the lower leaves, while, on llie upjier sides of the same 

 leaves as well as on both sides of all the leaves higher up. they ari' turned upwards. The 

 style is about V, shorter than Hie ealyx. Specimens from the different localities show, for the 

 resl. Ihal llu> species varies rallier niiieh in Hie size and nniuiiei of Hie flowers, in the 

 shape and size of the leaves, etc. The lobes of Hie coiolhi may be entire and rounded at 

 the top, or more or less indented. On the Lower .\bakan 1 have found a form with large, 

 white jH'tals. /, liiclijluni. It occurs here together with specimens of the typical colour. 

 A form wilh very small flowers, only about 4 mm. broad, has been collected by me at 

 Askys. and a similar small-flowered form, wilh a more concave limb, occurs on the 

 islets in Hie Yenisei, near fsl .\bakansk. In some specimen.s Hie lower parts of the sleni 

 are spariuiify pubescenl, as it also appears from some specimens that the stem may be 

 slightly winged. 



The species is of very common occurrence in the territory explored, where growing 

 in marshy places, such as moist meadows and thickets, on river-banks, and the like. On 

 the islets in the rivers Yenisei and Abakan, near Karatus, at Kushabar, in the Amyl val- 

 ley, Ust Algiac, Ust Sisti-kem. on the Kamsara. and near the Tara-kem. In full flower in 

 June and July. 



Distribution: All over Europe, except the southern part.s, souHi-western Asia. Sibe- 

 ria, in the Yenisei valley northwards to 71' north lat, and eastwards to about the Lena, 

 northern Mongolia. Madeira, North America. 



Myosotis caespitosa Schultz, Fl. Stargard. II. p. 11; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. I. j). 188; Tur- 

 czan. Cat. Baical. no. 812; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 144; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Daliur. (1850) 

 p. 510, no. 822; Herder, PI. Radd. (1872) p. 522, no. 173; Ki.tu. Ivi. A.rr. IV (1907) p. 890. 



In moist, partly inundated, shady places on tlie banks of islets in the Yenisei, near 

 Ust Abakansk. Young flowers at the end of June. 



Distribution: Nearly all over Europe, except the southern parts, Caucasia and south- 

 western Asia to the Himalayas, Siberia, to southern Kamtchatka. the Amoor Province, 

 Manchooria, North Africa. 



Myosotis silvalica llotfm. Deutschl. Fl. I, p. 65; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1850) 

 p. 510. no. 823; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. III. p. 145; Herder. PI. Radd. (1872) p. 529, no. 174; 

 Kpti.1. itj. A.iT. IV (1907) p. 891. M. intermedia « (/rntuUlloru Ledeb. Fl. Alt. I, p. 187. 



Rather common in meadows on the islets in the Abakan, and in moist, grass-gi-own 

 places on the steppe, near Ust Abakansk, in thickets of (Ainigona aihorescens. together 

 wilh Aster alpirjiis. Stellnria graminea, Solidago Virgaiirea, Fragaria viridis. Iris riithe- 

 nica. and others. In full flower at the beginning of June. 



uar. alpestris (Schmidt) Koch, Synops. p. 505; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 145; Herder, 



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