NORTH-WEST MONGOLIA AND CHINESE DZUNGARIA. 415 
ABIES SIBIRICA, Ledeb. 
No. 270a. Moist sunless hollows or shade under Pines in forests, 
Kushabar. 
Distribution. The Altai Mts. and Turkestan eastwards to China, from 
Irkutsk province southwards to Thibet. 
LARIX stprrica, Ledeb. 
No. 343. Sistikem River. 
No. 355. Shade of Picea and Pinus forest from 900 to 1200 m., Upper 
Japsa River, Sistikem. Also from the Kobdo River. 
Distribution. The Altai Mts., Okhotsk region, and Manchuria, 
MONOCOTYLEDONES. 
ORCHIDACEÆ. 
CYPRIPEDIUM MACRANTHON, Sir. 
No. 409. Natural meadows by the side of the Lower Kamsara River and 
under the shade of scattered Larch. 
Distribution, S. and E. Siberia and in China. 
ORCHIS MILITARIS, Linn. 
No. 368. Dry slopes of Kandart Range up to 900 m. 
Distribution. Throughout Europe and western and southern Siberia. 
IRIDE Ж. 
ІкІз ENSATA, Thunb. 
No. 114. Medium dry loam in valley bottoms and shores of lakes, 
Achit Nor basin. 
No. 178. Edges of marshes and oases in plateau desert, Kobdo Valley. 
No. 475. Dry steppe association near rivers on alluvium, Dja Kul and 
Ulu Kem. 
Distribution. Dahuria, Mongolia, and Afghanistan eastwards to China. 
[RIS RUTHENICA, Ait. 
No. 272. Shade of Pinus forests, medium moist soil, Kushabar. 
Distribution, Throughout central Asia from Transylvania to Japan. 
LILIACEÆŒ. 
MAIANTHEMUM BIFoLIUM, DC. 
No. 317. Shade of Pinus, Picea, Birch and Poplar “Taiga,” and also 
open glades, Amil River. 
Distribution. Europe, N.E. Siberia, Mongolia, China, Japan, and N 
America. 
