localities. It is recorded neither by Herdek nor Turczaningw. In the territory explor- 

 ed, the species also seemed to be rare; I have, at least, only met with it at Kushabar, in 

 meadows and thickets near the village, which, accordingly, represents its most eastern 

 range as yet known, where, however, it was rather frequent. Collected in flower, and 

 partly with fruits in the middle of July. 



Distribution: Europe, except the extreme south, Caucasia, Asia Minor, Syria, Sibe- 

 ria, eastwards roughly to the Yenisei, the Canary Islands, North America (naturalized). 



Veronica agrestis L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1762) p. 18; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. HI, p. 254. 



As a weed, near Kushabar; flowering at the beginning of July. 



Distribution: Throughout Europe and Russian Asia, North America (introduced). 



Veronica arvensis L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1762) p. 18; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 249. 

 In court-yai^ds in the Amyl valley, at Petropawlowsk and Kalna; flowering in the 

 middle of July. 



Distribution: Throughout Europe and Russian Asia, North America (naturalized). 



Veronica sajanensis nov. spec. [Tab. XII]. 



Radix crassa, lignosa. Caulis crassus, validus, erectus, simplex, 60-70 cm. altus, 

 teres, leviter quadrangiilus, praecipue parte superiore dense puberulus, glandulosus. Folia 

 opposita vel terna, sessilia, 2-2,5 cm. lata, 5-7 raro ad 9 cm. longa, anguste ovata — 

 late-lanceolata, basi roiundata, stiperne sensim attenuata et longe acuminata, margins 

 argute et dense serrata, interdum fere duplicato-serrato, utrimque sparse pilosa, glanda- 

 losa, inflma plus minus deminuta ad squamas sensim redacta. Racemus terminalis, 

 erectus, semper simplex, densiflorus, 9-11 cm. longus, circiter 1-1,5 cm. latus, aequila- 

 tus, cylindratus. Pedicelli breves sed distincti, 1-1,5 mm. longi. Bracteae lineares, calyci 

 aequilongi vel longiores, inferiores fere multo longiores. Calyx quadripartita, laci- 

 niae aequales, angustissimae, acutiusculae, fere lineares, 5-6 mm. longae aeque ac brac- 

 teae et pedicelli tomentosae. Corolla pallide coerulea, profundissime fissa, laciniae 4 

 angustae, lineari-ciineatae, ad apicem sensim attenuatae, calyci aequilongae vel ali- 

 quanto longiores, in faucibus dense et longe pilosae. Lacinia superior latior, sectionibus 

 profundis a ceteris 3 perspicue descripta, 3-nervata, inferiores 3 ad basin plus connatae 

 et nervo medio distincto singulae praeditae. Stamina longius prominentia calyce paene 

 duplo longiora. Stylus prominens staminibus aequilongus vel aliquanto brevior. Cap- 

 sula a latere compressa, orbiculaia vel late elliptica, apice subemarginata, dense el 

 longe villosa, 3 mm. longa. 



This plant is represented in my collection by 2 specimens only, taken in subalpine 

 tracts in the Altaian, where it was found in full flower July 28th. 



It is a very characteristic and conspicuous species, which can hardly be con- 

 founded with any other species of Veronica. In point of external habitus it is already 



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