rather small spikelets, of which one is nearly sessile, the two others with long, drooping, 

 glabrous stalks. Leaves are generally 2, with short and imperfectly developed laminas, 

 which, like the basal leaves, are nearly quite withered at the time of the ripening 

 of the fruit. The nut is comparatively narrower than in the typical form. This one 

 probably belongs to f. alpiimm Gaud. Synops. Fl. Helveticae I (1828) p. 313. 



Distribution: Europe, except the southern portions, Caucasia, Siberia, northern 

 Mongolia, eastern Asia, South Africa, North America, Greenland. 



Eriophonim gracile Koch in Roth, Catalect. II (1800) p. 259; Turczan. Cat. Baical. 

 no. 1202; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, p. 255; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1855, II) p. 318, no. 

 1217; KpMji. Oji. Ajit. VI (1912) p. 1439. 



In swampy bogs, near Kushabar. 



Distribution: Northern and middle Europe, Siberia, eastern Asia, North America. 



A r a c e a e NECK. 



Calla palustris L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1373; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. IV, p. 178; Turczan. 

 Cat. Baical. no. 1182; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, p. 11; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1854, II) 

 p. 70, no. 1099; KpBur. Q>ji. Ajit. VI (1912) p. 1260. 



Scattered in swampy, muddy places in the forests between Kushabar and Petro- 

 pawlowsk. Flowering in July. 



Distribution: Northern and middle Europe to eastern France, Siberia, Sakhalin, 

 Manchooria, North America. 



Acorus Calamus L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1762) p. 462; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. II, p. 40; 

 Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 1183; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 879; Turczan. Fl. 

 Baical.-Dahur. (1854, II) p. 71, no. 1100; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, p. 13; Epmr. ^x. Ajit. 

 VI (1912) p. 1261. 



On the borders of the swamps on the Dora Steppe, near Mosgalewski. Some spe- 

 cimens in flower in the middle of August. 



Distribution: Europe, northwards to southern Scandinavia, and southwards to 

 northern Mongolia, eastern Asia, Japan, India, Ceylon, North America. 



Lemnaceae DUMORT. 



Lemna minor L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1376; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. I, p. 43; Turczan. 

 Cat. Baical. no. 1185; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, p. 16; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1854, II) 

 p. 68, no. 1097; Kptiji. $jt. Am. VI (1912) p. 1262. 



In swamps, etc., here and there about Minusinsk, and by the road towards 

 Kushabar. 



Distribution: Nearly all over the globe, except the arctic regions. 



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