Scattered in dry meadows on islets in the river Abakan, on dry hill-^slopes on the 

 Abakan Steppe, near Askys, and between Karatus and Kushabar. Nearly done flowering, 

 and partly with ripe fruits in the middle of June. All of the specimens belong to /. vul- 

 gare Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 389. The species is, moreover, rather frequent in the Urjankai 

 country, where I have collected specimens in dry, sandy woods of larch and pine at Ust 

 Sisti-kem, on dry declivities at Ust Kamsara, and near Ust Tara-kem. 



Distribution: Europe, except the most northern and southern regions, Caucasia, 

 Russian Turkestan, the Thian-Shan, southern Siberia, northwards to about 58° north lat, 

 and eastwards roughly to Trans Baikal, northern Mongolia. The typical species does not 

 occur in eastern Asia and in Japan, but is replaced here by the easterly var speciosum 

 Ledeb. (Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 320. D arguense Fischer in Link, Enum. PI. Hort. Berol. 11, 

 p. 118), distributed in Trans Baikal, the Amoor Province, Manchooria, Corea, northern 

 China, and Japan. 



Brunella vulgaris L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 837 (auct. Prunella); Ledeb. Fl. Ah. II, 

 p. 382; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 880; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 392; Turczan. Fl. Baical.- 

 Dahur. (1851) p. 386, no. 910; Herder, PI. Radd. (1887) p. 15, no. 581; Kptu. <Dji. Ajit. 

 IV (1907) p. 1045. 



Pretty common in somewhat moist meadows, and in thickets on islets in the rivers 

 Yenisei and Abakan, frequent between Karatus and Kushabar, in the Amyl taiga, about 

 the Sisti-kem, and at Ust Algiac. The species begins flowering about the middle of June. 



Distribution: Nearly throughout Europe and Asia, in the Yenisei valley-northwards 

 to about 65° north lat., and southwards to the north of India, North Africa, North 

 America, Australia. 



Scutellaria scordiifolia Fischer, Ind. Hort. Bot. Petropol. p. 62; Bunge, Enum. Alt. p. 

 42; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 890; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 398; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. 

 (1851) p. 389, no. 912; Kpti.ii. $ji. Ajit. IV (1907) p. 1050. S. Adamsii Spreng., Ledeb. 

 Fl. Alt. n, p. 393. S. galericulata L. d scordifolia (Fischer) Herder, PI. Radd. (1887) p. 28. 



It appears from the material collected that this species varies considerably as to the 

 shape of the leaves and the length of the petioles; the margin of the leaves is generally 

 more or less distinctly and deeply serrate, with appressed teeth (/". crenata Frevn), more 

 rarely completely entire. The base of the leaves either slightly cuneate, more or less 

 square cut, or cordate, whereby the leaves may sometimes bear resemblance to the 

 nearly allied S. galericulata L. They differ, however, from the latter by having always 

 the under side of the leaves more or less distinctly glandular, and as for the flowers, 

 they are generally considerably larger than in the said species. The stems and the leaves 

 are completely glabrous or nearly so (/. subglabra Komar.), or, at times, densely hairy 

 (/. pubescens Regel). The corolla is 1,8 — 2,3 cm. in length. The tube is in its lower 

 part, right above the calyx, nearly rectangularly curved, whereby the flowers, during the 

 flowering, take up a nearly vertical position. 



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