Distribution: Europe, the Caucasus, Asia Minor and weslern Asia, Siberia, north- 

 wards to about 66K'° north latitude, northern China, North AMca, and introduced into 

 America and AustraUa. 



Urtica dioica L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1396; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. IV, p. 240; Turczan. 

 Cat. Baical. no. 1007; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 637; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1854, II) 

 p. 363, no. 1011; Herder, PI. Radd. (1892) p. 39, no. 195; Kptur. $ji. Ajit. V (1909) p. 1243. 



At Minusinsk and Kushabar, in subalpine wood regions about the Upper Amyl, 

 especially near habitations (Petropawlowsk, Kalna, and other places), Ust Algiac, Ust 

 Sisti-kem, near the Dora Steppe, Tapsa, etc. 



Distribution: Europe, except the arctic regions, south-western, central and northern 

 Asia (northwards to about 68K'° north latitude), eastern Asia, Sakhalin, Japan, North 

 Africa, North and South America, Australia (introduced). 



UrUca cannabina L. Hort. Upsal. (1748) p. 282 et Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1396; 

 Ledeb. Fl. Alt. IV, p. 241; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 1009; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. 

 Alt. no. 816; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 638; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1854, II) p. 364, 

 no. 1013; Herder, PI. Radd. (1892) p. 42, no. 196; KpBiJi. <5ji. A.it. V (1909) p. 1244. 



In dry meadows on the Abakan Steppe, and near habitations, such as Askys, Ust 

 Kamuishto and Ust Abakansk, and scattered on the steppes near the Bei-kem and Ulu- 

 kem, from the Tapsa, westwards towards Cha-kul. 



Distribution: From the Ural, through Siberia to Trans Baikal and Kamtchatka, 

 northern Persia, Russian Turkestan, northern Mongolia, Manchooria, China. 



Santalaceae R. BR. 



Thesium relractum C. A. Meyer in Bull. Acad. St. Petersbourg VII, p. 340; Karel. 

 et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 804; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 539; Herder, PI. Radd. (1892) 

 p. 342, no. 103. Thesium ramosum Ledeb. Fl. Alt. I, p. 275 (excl. synon. praeter Patrin); 

 Bunge, Enum. Alt. p. 14. Thesium pratense Ehrh., Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1852, 

 IV) p. 470, no. 1002; Kprnji. $ji. A.it. V (1909) p. 1173. Thesium saxatile Turczan. Cat. 

 Baical. no. 1001. 



Rather common in dry, grass-grown places on the Abakan Steppe, near Askys 

 and Ust Kamuishto. Collected by me in dry, sandy places, among loose stones, on sunny 

 slopes, and the like, on the islets in the river Abakan. Taken with flowers and with 

 fruits in June. On the Ulu-kem, near Bjelosarsk, past flowering at the end of August. 

 The specimens collected are quite glabrous, « iypica Krylow, 1. c. 



Distribution: South-eastern Russia, Russian Turkestan, the Thian Shan, Siberia, 

 eastwards to Trans Baikal, northern Mongolia. 



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