The name oi Asparagus mnriliiuiis wni^ already applied by Min.Eiun 17G8 in The 

 Gardener's Dictionary ed. VIII, no. 2. to another species, which, therefore, according to 

 the principle of priority, is entitled to this name. I therefore enter Pallas's species 

 of 1773 as Asparagus Pallasii. 



Scattered on the steppes in the vicinity of Minusinsk, as well as on the steppes on 

 the Ulu-kem, near Chakul. With flowers, and in part past flowering, at the beginning 

 of July. 



Distribution: South-western Asia, south-western Siberia, northern Mongolia. 



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Majantheiiuim bifolium (L.) F. AY. Schmidt, Fl. Boem. Cent. IV (1794) p. 55; Ledeb. 

 Fl. Alt. IV, p. 333; Kpu.T. a'.i. A.aT. VI (1912) p. 1338. Smilacina bifolia Desf., Turczan. 

 Cat. Baical. no. 1130: Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV. p. 127; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1854, 

 II) p. 109, no. 1150. 



Scattered in the subalpine woods about the Upper Amyl. especially in somewhat 

 moist places, in thickets, etc., near Ust Algiac, on the Upper Sisti-kem. on the Tara- 

 keni. Flowerless specimens occur here and there, with only one long-petioled leaf. The 

 flower-bearing stem, therefore, is not always developed every year. With flowers in .July, 

 and fruits in August. 



Distribution: Europe, except the extreme southern portions. Siberia, northwards 

 to about the arctic circle, northern Mongolia, eastern Asia. 



Polygonatum officinale Allioni, Fl. Pedemontana I (1785) p. 131; Ledeb. FL Ross. 

 IV, p. 123. Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1854, II) p. 107, no. 1147; Kpbi.a. Q>j. A.it. VI 

 (1912) p. 1335. Convallaria Polygonatum L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1762) p. 451; Ledeb. Fl. 

 Alt. II, p. 41. Pohjgonatum vulgare Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 1126; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. 

 PI. Fl. Alt. no. 841. 



Rather common in meadows, and thickets of foliferous trees on the islets in the 

 Yenisei, near Minusinsk, where it begins flowering in the early days of June. Besides 

 the typical form, with stems from 30 — 40 cm. high, and with half enclosing leaves, I have, 

 near Kushabar, collected a rather rich material of a much more vigorous form. Stems 

 to 75 cm. high, quite glabrous, from 5 to 8 mm. in diameter lielow, where distinct 

 marks of lower scales fallen off early. Leaves large, elliptic, to 16 cm. long, and 6 cm. 

 broad, mostly tapering below towards a short, but rather distinct, channelled petiole, up 

 to 0,5 cm. long. Peduncles drooping, rather thick, completely glabrous, angular, to 3 

 cm. long, one-flowered, rarely branching and two-flowered. Peduncles occasionally 

 bearing a single scale, very small, and linear, only 1 — 2 mm. long. Perianth tube 18 

 mm. long, 5 — 7 mm. in diameter. In point of external habitus, this form resembles 

 rather much Polgqonalum multi/lorum, but is markedly distinguished from the latter 

 by the stem, scaly below, one- (rarely two-) flowered peduncle, and quite glabrous fila- 

 ments. I have also observed the species in thickets near Ust Kamsara. 



Distribution: Europe, except the extreme north and south, Siberia, noithern Mon- 

 goHa, eastern Asia, Japan. Sakhalin. 



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