upper parts of the stem strigose, while the lower parts of the stem are glabrous and shin- 

 ing, and often finely striate. The leaves are, on the upper as well as on the under sides, 

 rather densely covered with thick, appressed hairs, showing the peculiarity of being turned 

 downwards on the under sides of the lower leaves, while, on the upper sides of the same 

 leaves as well as on both sides of all the leaves higher up, they are turned upwards. The 

 style is about Va shorter than the calyx. Specimens from the different localities show, for the 

 rest, that the species varies rather much in the size and number of the flowers, in the 

 shape and size of the leaves, etc. The lobes of the corolla may be entire and rounded at 

 the top, or more or less indented. On the Lower Abakan I have found a form with large, 

 white petals, /. lacliflora. It occurs here together with specimens of the typical colour. 

 A form with very small flowers, only about 4 mm. broad, has been collected by me at 

 Askys, and a similar small-flowered form, with a more concave limb, occurs on the 

 islets in the Yenisei, near Ust Abakansk. In some specimens the lower parts of the stem 

 are sparingly pubescent, as it also appears from some specimens that the stem may be 

 slightly winged. 



The species is of very common occurrence in the territory explored, where growing 

 in marshy places, such as moist meadows and thickets, on river-banks, and the like. On 

 the islets in the rivers Yenisei and Abakan, near Karatus, at Kushabar, in the Amyl val- 

 ley, Ust Algiac, Ust Sisti-kem, on the Kamsara, and near the Tara-kem. In full flower in 

 June and July. 



Distribution: All over Europe, except the southern parts, south-western Asia, Sibe- 

 ria, in the Yenisei valley northwards to 71° north lat., and eastwards to about the Lena, 

 northern Mongolia, Madeira, North America. 



Myosotis caespitosa Schultz, Fl. Stargard. II, p. 11; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. I, p. 188; Tur- 

 czan. Cat. Baical. no. 812; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IH, p. 144; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1850) 

 p. 510, no. 822; Herder, PI. Radd. (1872) p. 522, no. 173; Kptiji. $ji. Ajit. IV (1907) p. 890. 



In moist, partly inundated, shady places on the banks of islets in the Yenisei, near 

 Ust Abakansk. Young flowers at the end of June. 



Distribution: Nearly all over Europe, except the southern parts, Caucasia and south- 

 western Asia to the Himalayas, Siberia, to southern Kamtchatka, the Amoor Province, 

 Manchooria, North Africa. 



Myosotis silvatica Hoffm. Deutschl. Fl. I, p. 65; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1850) 

 p. 510, no. 823; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IH, p. 145; Herder, PL Radd. (1872) p. 529, no. 174; 

 KpBiJi. $j. Ajtt. IV (1907) p. 891. M. intermedia a grandiflora Ledeb. Fl. Alt. L p. 187. 



Rather common in meadows on the islets in the Abakan, and in moist, grass-grown 

 places on the steppe, near Ust Abakansk, in thickets of Caragana arborescens. together 

 wilh Aster alpinus, Stellaria graminea, Solidago Virgaurea, Fragaria uiridis. Iris ruthe- 

 nica, and others. In full flower at the beginning of June. 



var. alpestris (Schmidt) Koch, Synops. p. 505; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 145; Herder, 



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