bv me about Kushabar. in sevei-al places in the Amyl valley. In the Urjankai country the 

 species also seemed to be rather frequent: thus, I have collected it in thickets at Ust 

 Algiac, in several places near the river, and at Ust Sisti-kem. 



Veronica Anagallis L. Spec. PI. ed. U (1762) p. 16; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. I, p. 37; Turczan. 

 Cat. Baical. no. 873; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 667; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 

 236; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1851) p. 315, no. 851; Herder. PI. Radd. (1883) p. 380, 

 no. 482; Kpbi.i. <I'.i. A.rr. IV (1907) p. 943. 



On the banks of a small river near Ust Kamuishto; flowering in the middle of June. 



Distribution: Europe, except the most northern regions, Caucasia, south-western 

 and central Asia, Siberia, northwards to 61° north lat, and eastwards to Kamtchatka, 

 eastern Asia, Africa, North America. 



VeronicaTeucriumL.Spec.Pl.ed.il (1762) p. 16: Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. 

 (1851) p. 316. no. 853. 



var. dentata (Schm.) Koch, Kpwji. $j. A.it. IV (1907) p. 946. V. dentata Schmidt. 

 Bohem. Cent. I (1793) p. 20. V. austriaca L. a dentata Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 238. V. 

 Teiicrium L. y angiisti folia Ledeb. Fl. Alt. I, p. 40: Herder, PI. Radd. (1883) p. 390. no. 485. 



Scattered on the Abakan Steppe, in dry thickets, on sunny hills, and along dried up 

 brooks, etc., near Askys and Ust Kamuishto. The leaves in the specimens collected do 

 not exceed 1 cm. in breadth; they are equally narrow, tapering towards the base, and den- 

 sely and rather deeply serrate at the margin. The pedicels are always longer than the 

 bracts, generally 8—12 mm. long. Collected flowering already at the beginning of June, 

 and with ripe fruits at the end of tlie same month. 



Distribution: The species is distributed in middle and south-eastern Europe, Cauca- 

 sia with adjacent parts of Asia, southern Siberia, eastwards roughly to Lake Baikal. 



Veronica Chamaedrys L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1762) p. 17; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 243; 

 Kpbij. <I)j. Ajit. IV (1907) p. 947. 



The specimens collected are, above all, characteristic by their much prolonged race- 

 mes, which may reach up to 25 cm. in length, and are beset with numerous scattered 

 flowers, to 30 in number. In some few specimens the peduncle proves to be 2-ramificd at 

 the base, and each branch attaining about the same length, it seems as if 2 racemes start 

 from each axil. The flowers are rather long-pedicelled — the pedicels generally 6 — 10 

 mm., equalling or exceeding the axillaiy leaves. The sepals are comparatively large, 5—7 

 mm., equalling or exceeding the axillar)- leavbi-or tri-laterally pubescent, and others — at 

 any rate above — universally hair3\ On account of the comparatively scarce material, I 

 dare not express any opinion on the systematic value of the said characters. 



This species is veiy rare in Siberia, where hitherto only known from , the most 

 western parts, nIz. the governments of Tobolsk and Tomsk, and here only from rather few 



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