8o HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 



Kan-su ranges ; the absence of the hazel is equally 

 notable. 



The streams are frequentl)^ fringed with willow 

 [Salix sp.), and tall buckthorn {Hippophae rham- 

 noides) fifteen feet high ; on the open mountain side 

 are the hawthorn {Cratcegus sp.), yellow camel- 

 thorn {Caragana sp.), and white Kiirile tea ^ {Poten- 

 tilla glabra). 



Herbaceous plants are even more numerous. The 

 wild strawberry {Fragaria sp.) is plentiful on the 

 moist loamy soil ; patches of moss are sometimes 

 covered with pink flowers of a pretty PediculaHs ; 

 in the woodland glades many a bright peony may 

 be seen, with a groundsel [Ligitlaria sp.), valerian 

 {Valeriana sp.), meadow rue {Thalictrum sp.), ge- 

 ranium {Geranium sp.), columbine {Aquilegia sp.), 

 winter-green {Pyrola rohtndifolia), garlic {Allinm 

 Vtclorialis), great burnet {Sanginsorba officinalis), 

 Rubia yavanica ? Prenanthes sp., Pleurospeinmim sp., 

 the clematis twining round the bushes, and the 

 rosebay willow-herb {Epilobium angustifolinni) 

 adorning the grassy slopes with its rose-coloured 

 flowers. Later in the season, towards the end of 

 July, we found in the same localities the great yellow 

 and twining wolf's-bane {Aconittmi lycoctontcm, and 

 the A. volubile), larkspur {Dclphinimn sp.), tansy (ТТг- 

 nacehini sp.), the upright bitter-vetch {Orobus Lathy- 

 roides), feverfew {PyrctJirnm Sinense), the creeping 



'^ The Potcntilla frtiticosa and P. glabra are known in Siberia under 

 the name of Kurilc tea ; a name given to this plant owing to the cir- 

 cumstance of the inhabitants of Kamchatka and the Sea of Okhotsk 

 infusing a beverage from its leaves. — M. 



