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venture to assign its highest station on Sawalan at 11,000 ft. 
Ruprecht and Owerin report this plant in its white-flowered 
variety at 10,000 ft. from Daghestan. 
*PEDICULARIS CRASSIROSTRIS, Bunge, is united by Boissier 
(Fl. Orient. iv. 488) with P. araratica, Bunge. Trautvetter 
considers them distinct. I give the following information as 
regards P. crassirostris: I collected it on the Nussa Pass at 
11,000 ft,, and still it was 12 cm. [5 in.] high, flowering 13/25 
June, 1885; the same also on the northern side of Alagös in 
June 1875. Those which were found on the southern side, 
20 July/1 August, 1875, were only 7 cm. [2? in.] high, and came 
from close upon 12,000 ft. Specimens from Elbruz, at 8000 ft., 
have flower-stems of 25 em. [10 in.]. 
*PEDICULARIS ARARATICA, Bunge. On the ascent from Kiip- 
göl to the north side of the Great Ararat, on 9/21 August, 1871, 
this plant was found in solitary specimens at fully 14,000 ft. 
It was in fruit, and the ripe capsules stood on stalks of 2-3 em. 
[1-12 in.] high. 
PEDICULARIS NORDMANNIANA, Bunge, I have from Borbalo at 
10,000 ft. 
*NEPETA SUPINA, Stev. The specimens from Kiip-gol are 
nearly 30 em. [112 in.] in height; those which were gathered on 
Azunta, 5/17 July, 1876, immediately under the pass, at nearly 
12,000 ft., were growing more underneath the slate-rubbish than 
above it. The part above ground extended only 10-12 em. 
[4-5 in.] in height, whilst I was unable to get to the end of 
the main root. 
SCUTELLARIA ORIENTALIS, Linn., var. ALPINA, Boiss. Fl. Orient. 
iv. 682. Brought from Palünteken at nearly 10,000 ft., and 
from the Little Ararat at 11,000 ft.; the strong, tough creep- 
ing root bore a peduncle of 2 cm. [1 in.] high, with two 
flowers, Palinteken, 2/14 August, 1871. The specimen from 
Little Ararat was past flowering. I have specimens from the 
lowlands near Lenkoran, so that it occurs from the sea-level 
to 11,000 ft. 
*LAMIUM TOMENTOSUM, Willd., = L. alpestre, Trautv. Speci- 
mens are before me from most of the high alpine points in 
our region. On 10/22 August, 1865, I collected the extreme 
specimens on the north side of Elbruz at 12,000 ft., where 
