localitit's. It is iiTorded neitlur hy I1i;iu)i;h nor I i hczamnow. lii the k-niloiy explor- 

 f(l. [\\v species also seemed lo he rare: I iiave. at least, duly met with it at Kushabar, in 

 meadows and thickets near the villaj^e, wiiieh, accordingly, represents its most eastern 

 ranqe as yet known, where, liowever, it was ralliei- frequent. Collected in flower, and 

 partly with fruits in the middle of July. 



Distribution: Europe, except the extreme south. Caucasia. Asia Minor, Syria, Sibe- 

 ria, eastwards roughly to the Yenisei, the Canary Islands, North .\merica (naturalized). 



Veronica agrestis L. Spec. PI. ed. II (17G2) j). 18: Ledel). Fl. Hoss. 111. p. 254. 



As a weed, near Kushabar; flowering at the beginning of .lulv. 



Distribution: Throughout Euro])e and Russian Asia, North .\merica (introduced). 



Veronica arvcnsis L. Spec. PI. ed. 11 (17()2) p. 1«; Ledeh. l-'l. Uoss. Ill, p. 249. 

 In court-yards in the Amyl valley, at Petropawlowsk and Kalna; flowering in the 

 middle of July. 



Distribution: Throughout Europe and Russian .\sia. North .\mcrica (naturalized). 



Veronica sajanensis nov. spec. [Tab. XII]. 



Rmlix crnssa. lignosd. Caiilis crassiis. ixilidiis. erccUis, siiuplrx, (iO-lO cm. iilliis. 

 teres, leuiter (juadrangiilns, praecipiie parte superiore dense pnberuliis, (jlandulosus. Folia 

 opposila vel tenia, sessilia, 2-2,.5 cm. lata, .1-7 raro ad 9 cm. lutuja. aiiguste ovata — 

 late-lanceolala, basi rotundata, .tiiperne sensim (dlemiala el Inmje aciiminala. miirgine 

 argute et dense serrata, interdum fere diiplicfdo-serralo. ulrim<iue sparse pilosa, glandii- 

 losa, in/Una plus minus deminuta ad squamas sensim redacla. Racemus terminalis, 

 erectus, semper simple.r. densiflorus, 'J-11 cm. longus. ciiciler 1-1,.') cm. laius, aequila- 

 tus, cglindralus. Pedicelli brei>es sed distincti, 1-1,.') mm. longi. Bracleae lineares, adgci 

 aequilongi vel longiores, inferiores fere multo longiores^. CaUj.v quiuliipartila. laci- 

 niae aequales, angustissimae, acutiusculiw, fere lineares. .)-6' mm. longae aeipie ac brac- 

 leae et pedicelli lomentosae. (lorolla pallide coerulea. profundissime fissa, laciniae 'i 

 angustae, lineari-clineatae. ad apicem sensim attenuatae, calgci aequilongae vel ali- 

 quanlo longiores. in faucibus dense el longe pilosae. Lacinia superior lalior, seclionibus 

 profundis a ceteris li perspicue descripln. 3-nervala, inferiores 3 ad basin plus coniuilae 

 et nerve medio dislinclo singulae praeditae. Stamina longins prominentia cah/ce paene 

 duplo longiora. Sights prominens staminibus aequilongus vel aliquanto brevior. Cap- 

 sula a latere compressa, orbiculala vel late elliptica, upice subemarginata, dense et 

 longe villosa. 3 mm. longa. 



This plant is represented in my collection by 2 specimens only, taken in subalpine 

 tracts in the Altaian, where it was found in full flower July 28th. 



It is a vei-y characteristic and con.spicuous species, which can hardly be con- 

 founded with any other species of Veronica. In point of external habitus it is already 



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