Cultivated 



plants. 



Noxious weeds. 



scenery here and that of the Abakan Steppe. The hst was made in an area only of some 

 40 or 50 m.-, in open brushwood of Betiila verrucosa, Populus tremula, Prunus Padiis, 

 and Rosa pimpinellifolia: 



Agrimonia pilosa var. dalmrica, Galium verum, Hieracium spec, Achillea Millefolium, 

 Di acocephalum Ruyschiana, Campanula glomeiata. Hyphochaeris maculala, Achillea 

 impatiens, Carum Caivi, Planlago media, Daclglis glomerata, Sanguisorba officinalis, 

 Thalictrum simlex, Trifolium repens, Trifolium pratense, Brunella vulgaris, Galium 

 boreale. Stellaria graminea, Hemerocalis flava, Phleum pralense, Plantago major, Linaria 

 vulgaris, Tragopogon pratensis var. orientalis, Ranunculus acris, Erigeron acer. 

 Taraxacum spec, Bunias orientalis, Chrysanthemum Leucanlhemum var. irculianum, 

 Festuca elatior, Geniiana macrophylla, Ulmaria pentapelala. Lychnis flos cuculi, Trollius 

 asiaticus. Poa annua, Aera caespiiosa, Poa paluslris, Equisetum silvalicum, Heracleum 

 dissectum, Polygonaium officinale, Rubus saxatilis, Primula officinalis var. macrocalyx, 

 Geianium pseudosibiricum, Melandryum album. Inula salicina, Pteridium aquilinum, 

 Epilobium anguslifolium, and Aconitum laeve. 



Here the route leads through one of the very richest provinces of Siberia, with a 

 mild and pleasant climate and a sufficient amount of rain. In spite of a rather defec- 

 tive cultivation of the ground, the fields, extending for miles, yield a rich supply of corn, 

 especially of rye, the rye-fields covering some 30 or 40 per cent of the cultivated 

 ground. Wheat is also grown successfully, the wheat-fields occupying about 30 or 35 

 per cent of the cultivated fields, and besides are to be found fields of oats and buck- 

 wheat. Flax and hemp are grown as well, and a great quantity of hemp is 

 exported from the Minusinsk region. P o t a t o-fields are more rarely to be seen. More- 

 over, cucumbers and water-melons are grown, and are sold in the market- 

 places of Minusinsk at a price of only few kopek a-piece. 



In these fields and near by, various weeds are to be found, of which I have obser- 

 ved the following occuring rather frequently: 



Thlaspi arvense, Galeopsis Teirahit, Sonchus oleraceus, Sonchus ai vensis, Papaver 

 somniferum subspec setigerum, Erodium cicutarium, Brassica campestris, Capsella bursa 

 pastoris, Stellaria media, Polygonum tomentosum. Polygonum Convolvulus, Fagopyrum 

 tataricum, Bunias orientalis, Agrostemma Githago, Centaurea Cyanus, Pisum sativum, 

 Vicia saliva, Raphanus Raphanistrum, and Turritis glabra. 



On the road or along the road-side here I have collected: Lappa tomentosa, Plantago 

 major, Plantago media. Polygonum aviculare, Junciis bufonius, Malva borealis, Matricaria 

 discoidea, here and there in rich abundance, Lepidium apetalum, Trifolium repens, and 

 besides were sunflowers, having grown from seeds dropped by the roadside, very 

 characteristic. The seeds of this plant, abounding in oil, are extensively used for chewing 

 by the inhabitants of these regions and also of all Russia, and very frequently offered 

 for sale in their market-places. 



Along the road there occur small thickets and groves, mostly consisting of Belula 

 verrucosa. Piniis silvesiris, and Populus tremula, with a ralher hixui-iant vegelation usu- 



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