S|)t'ciiiu'ns collfftcd \\:\\v iKuiow cr and rallKT deeply serrale li'aves. iniieli reealliii!^ 

 /. iiuiriiinid nl Ihe said species. 'I'lie leaves are eompielely ,L;ia))i oiis, only lallier larely 

 slightly hairy nu die under side, especially so ahmj.; Ihe \cins. '\\\v sleni is erect and lalher 

 sh)Ul. round, t^lahrous below. nH)re oi' less puliernleni aho\c. heing also haii'v heiow, 

 hul only about the nodes. The spike-like raceme is rather densely flowi'red. .solitary 

 oi several, about .") <S cm. lonj.;, when fructit'eious l're(]uenlly somowhal iirolonged. to 15 

 cm. Ioul;. Ihe pedit'cls arc short, about 1 mm. lont,'. s|)arinfi|v ])iibescent. The bracts 

 lanceolate lo linear. ner\cless. short, ol about Ihe same lennlli as Ihe pedicels, and, save 

 tor Ihe lowci ones, which may sometimes be foliaci'ouslx developed, never reacbiuL; up 

 lo the lo|) ol the calyx. The calyx-lobes are always of ecjual size, fnllv 1 mm. long, uearlv 

 ovate, snbobluse or subacute at Ihe apex, nerveless, glabrous, and bcsel with scattered, 

 short, ghuulular hairs at the margin, never lanceolate and as distinctly acuiniiiale as in 

 V. lonf/ifolid. The corolla is of an a/mc colom-. about I limes as long as the calvx: its 

 lobes are sid)orbicnlar to broadly ovale, the upper one somewhal broadci- than Ihe resl. 

 I he tube of the corolla is rather densely villous w ilhin. Ihe stamens are glabrous, pro- 

 truding. The capsule is comj)ressed, nearly obcordate, ',] — 1 mm. long, thus cxccding 

 rather considerably the calyx-lobes, glabrous. Tiie style is mucii protruding, (i — 7 nun. 

 long. When dried this plant often assumes a daik, brownish )ed colour, and especially 

 Ihe uj)per parts of the plants being often of a nearly chocolate colom-. 



It appears from the description given above that our plant, especially in Ihe shape 

 of Ihe calyx-lobes and the shorter bracts, is also rather closely connected with V. 

 spuria, from which, however, it is distinctly separated by the shape of the leaves, being 

 always broadest near the base, and never cuneately tapering towards the petiole; the 

 flower cluster is, licsides, more densely flowered than is usual in thai species. Of V. 

 pscudolongifolid I have collected a rather rich material from various localities in the 

 territory traversed, and all of the specimens are quite agreeable lo the characters pointed 

 out above. Also from more northerly' regions in the Yenisei valley, in latitude of about 

 60 , 1 have received specimens precisely corresponding to my \ . psciiduluiif/ifulia, which, 

 accordingly, are indications that this new species is rather widely distributed in northern 

 and middle .\sia. In the herbarium of the Imperial Holanical (iardens in Petrograd I 

 have found, under the name of Veronica loiu/ifolia L., Siberian specimens agreeing 

 perfectly with the species described above. To judge from a cursory examination, 

 which I have undertaken of the material of the said herbarium, V. pseiidolongifolia 

 seemed to extend through Siberia, westwards to about the government of Tomsk. Its 

 nearest relations are no doubt the Emopean V. lorujifolia and V. sfyiiria. None of these, 

 however, is to be found in my material, and V. pseiidolongifolia is therefore, possibly, the 

 one substituting these species in this part of Siberia. 



The above species is very conmion in thickets, etc., on the islets in the rivers Yeni- 

 sei and Abakan, where I have collected it with young, generally i>ol yet opened flowers 

 in ,Iune. Specimens partlv full-blown and partly done flowering have been collected 



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