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188. Crawfurdia japonica, Sicb. & Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. I*^^at. ir, p. 36, n.54G; Miq. Piol. 



Fl. Jap. p. 288; Fr. & Sav. Eiium. i, p. 324; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. FI. Biit. 



Ind. IV, p. 107. Goloivninia japonica, Max. Mel. Biol, iv, p. 41, t. 4. 

 Hah. Etorofu, at Furubetsu. 

 Distrib. Japan, China, Formosa, Sikkim, Hiinalaj^a. 



189. Gentiana auriculata, Pall. Fl. Ross, ir, p. 102, t. 02, f. 1; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, irr, p. o-l; 



Herder, PI. Radd. iv, 1, p. 149; A. Gray, Syuop. Fl. ir, p. 118; F. Schm. Fl. 



Saeh. p. 100. 

 Hah. Karile Islands (Herder, ex Georgi). Urwp ! and elsewhere {ex Max.). 

 Dlstrih. Saghalin, northeastern Manchuria, Ochotsk district, Kamtschatka and adja- 

 cent islands, to ^Vlaska? 



190. Gentiana glauca, Pall. Fl. Ross, ir, p. 104, t. 93, f. 2; Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix, \). 



Ill; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 6(3; A. Gray, Synop. Fl. ii, p. 120; Herder, PI. 

 Radd. IV, 1, \). 172. — Var. major, Ledeb., 1. c. 

 Hal). JJnip ! {ex Max.). 



Distrih. Eastern Sibei'ia from the northern Jabbonoi-Chrebet through the Ochotsk 

 region to Tcshuktclies-land and Kamtschatka. In North America, from arctic Alaska 

 along the higher and northern Rocky Mountains to Oregon. 



191. Swertia perennis, L. Sp. p. 226; A. Gray, Synop. Fl. ii, p. 124. S. obtiisa, Ledeb. 



• in Mem. Acad. Petersb. v, p. 526, and Fl. Ross, iii, p. 75; F. Schm. Fl. Amg. 

 Bur. p. 56. — Var. obtusa, Griseb. in DC. Prodr., ix, p. 132; Trautv. & Mey., Fl. 

 Och., p. 68; Herder, PI. Radd., iv, 1, p. 188. 

 Hah. Kurile Islands (herb. Fisch., ex Herder). 



Distrih. This species is widely distributed throughout a greater part of the temper- 

 ate regions of Europe and in northern and central Asia and also in northwestern and 

 westei'u N^orth America. Our present variety is chiefly northern Asiatic and western 

 North American in its i-ange of distribution; and as var. caspidata, Max. (Mel. Biol., ix, 

 p. 398), in the alpine region of middle f Japan. 



192. Swertia tetrapetala, Pall. Fl. Ross, ii, p. 99, t. 90, f. 2. SteUera cyanea, Turcz. in 



BuU.Mosc. 1840, p. 167; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, iii, p. 72. Rellesta cyanea, Turcz. Fl. 



Baic.-Dah. ii, 2, p. 270; Max. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 198. Ophelia papillosa, Fr. 



& Sav. Enum. ii, p. 450. 

 Hah. Kurile Islands (Steller, ex Turcz., etc.). JJnip .' and elsewhere (ea-'Max.). 

 Shikotan, grassy places on top of cliffs along the harbor. Etorofu, at Furubetsu and 

 Shibetoi'o. 



Distrih. Eastern Siberia around the Ochotsk Sea ; northeastern Manchuria ; Kam- 

 tschatka, and through the Kurile Islands to the eastern coast of Yezo; Samani Sands, 

 Province Hidaka (K. M., Aug. 19, 1884, fl.) ; Yubutsu, Prov. Iburi (K. M., Aug. 23, 

 1884, fl.). 



193. Menyanthes trifoliata, L. Sj). p. 145; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, in, p. 76; Fr. & Sav. 



Enum. p. 325; A. Gray, Sjmop. Fl. u, p. 128. 



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