subspec. cordifolia Bunge, Enum. Alt. p. 34; Kpwji. fl>ji. A jit. I (1901) p. 166. 



On stony declivities and di'y meadows on the Abakan Steppe, near Ust Kamuislilo, 

 where occurring in full flower in the second half of June. The specimens collected 

 belong to f. glandulosa Kegel, 1. c. (Stellaria Schlechiendahliana et Pallasiana Ser. in 

 DC. Prodrom. I, p. 397). This species is, at any rate to judge from my material, very 

 characteristic in having the somewhat swollen nodes rather fragile, so that they are 

 easily broken when dry. 



Distribution: Scattered in southern Siberia from the eastern Altai to Trans Baikal, 

 besides, near Omsk, and in the Ural (Lessing), northern Mongolia. 



Stellaria crassifolia Ehrh. Hann. Magaz. VIII (1784) p. 116; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. II, p. 

 156 (Lus. 1); Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 244; Fenzl in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 383; Turczan. 

 Fl. BaicaL-Dahur. (1842) p. 606, no. 246; Kegel, PI. Radd. (1862) p. 275, no. 323; KpBiJt. 

 $ji. Am. I (1901) p. 167. 



subspec. paludosa Fries, Novit. Fl. Suec. Mant. Ill (1842) p. 192. 



In moist, shady thickets, and in moss-grown meadows, on an islet in the river 

 Abakan, near Askys. In full flower in the middle of June. The leaves in the speci- 

 mens collected are narrowly ovate, up to 1,5 cm. long, and 0,7 cm. broad, gradually 

 and slightly acuminate towards the summit, f. oblongifolia, Fenzl, 1. c; Kegel, 1. c. 



Distribution: Northern and middle Europe, Iceland, Novaya Zemlya, Siberia to 

 Kamtchatka, North America. 



Stellaria longipes Goldie in Edinb. Phil. Journ. VI (1822) p. 183; Fenzl in Ledeb. 

 Fl. Ross. I, p. 386; Kegel, PI. Kadd. (1862) p. 295, no. 335; KpbM. c^n. Ajet. I (1901) p. 168. 



subspec. stricta (Rich.) Fenzl, 1. c. Stellaria stricta Rich., Turczan. Fl. BaicaL- 

 Dahur. (1842) p. 604, Jio. 243. 



In the Altaian, on the sources of the Upper Sisti-kem, near the limit of tree vege- 

 tation. In full flower at the end of July. 



Distribution: Arctic Europe, arctic Siberia, in the Altai and Sayansk mountains, 

 eastwards to Trans Baikal, northern Mongolia. 



Stellaria discolor Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 241; Fenzl in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 389; 

 Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1842) p. 601, no. 239; Maxim. Mel. Biol. IX, p. 47; Regel, 

 PL Radd. (1862) p. 284, no. 330. 



This species is especially characteristic in having the stems rigid, erect and distinctly 

 quadrangular; the leaves are sessile, rather broad and lanceolate, frequently of a paler 

 greyish colour on the under side, and with a strongly marked midrib and recurved 

 margin. Not unfrequent in meadows on the islets in the lower part of the river Abakan, and 

 in the Yenisei, where I have collected it with flowers at the end of June. The speci- 

 mens agree perfectly with specimens I have seen in Karo, Planlae Amuricae et Zeaense, 

 no. 143. 



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