420 MR. N. D. SIMPSON ON THE PLANTS OF 
phyllis linearibus longe acuminatis margine membranaceis inwqualibus 
0:45 em. longis ; pedicelli ad 1 em. longi. Flores sicco albi; petala late 
spatulata, apice inflexa. — Meriearpia obcordata, 0°55 em. longa, 0'4 cm. 
lata ; alee albidze, 0°1 em. late; valleculee bi- vel trivittatee, commissura 
6-vittata ; stylopodium et styli persistentes. 
No. 108. On moist well-drained alluvial soil, not far from lakes and 
streams, Achit Nor, N.W. Mongolia. 
HERACLEUM SIBIRICUM, Linn. 
Distribution. South-eastern Europe and N. Asia. 
CAPRIFOLIACEZE. 
SAMBUCUS RACEMOSA, Linn. 
No. 318... Shade of Spruce and other ** Taiga," also above the Spruce line, 
near the Amil River. 
Distribution. Central and southern Europe, Siberia south and east, China, 
Japan, and Korea. 
LINNÆA BOREALIS, Linn. 
No. 26. Dry peat in valley-bottoms and often with Larch shade association, 
northern Tannu-ola Mts. 
No. 136. Shade of Larch forest 1700 m. to 1800 m., on northern aspects 
down to 1200 m., southern Great Altai Mts., Upper Kran River, basin of 
Black Irtish. 
Distribution. Throughout Europe, Siberia and Japan, and in N. America. 
LONICERA MICROPHYLLA, Willd. 
No. 40, Common desert bush in stony places, especially in shaded gullies 
or northern aspects when too dry for the Larch association. Kemehik River, 
south slope of the Tannu-ola Mts., and Upper Kobdo River. 
Distribution. Afghanistan, Turkestan, Altai Mts, Mongolia. In Kansu 
and Thibet and in Kashmir, A. Rehder. 
LONICERA C.ERULEA, Linn., var. ALTAICA, Sweet. 
No. 135. Shade of Larch forest 1700 m. to 1800 m., and on northern 
aspects down to 1200 m. Southern Great Altai Mts., Upper Kran, River and 
the basin of Black Irtish. | 
Distribution (of var.). N. Europe and N. Asia to Japan, A. Rehder. 
LONICERA CJERULEA, Linn. 
No. 276a. Forms a small shrub in the shade of Birch and Poplar forest 
and on dry slopes. Kushabar, south slopes of the Sayansk Mts., and the north 
slopes of the Tannu-ola Mts. 
