slniif^lit. ;uul .sliiiiiiif^ ^huuliihu liairs. I'lHlcr llic minoscopc llicsc f<l;m(lular hairs prove 

 lo foiisi.sl of 2 — 1, f^eiu'ially '.i c-yliiuliical cells, willi an upper one round and scconuMil. 

 I'he leaves are generally f^lahrous. or llie up|)er ones scattered glandulai-hairy. I lie 

 |)elals are oiiovale. L;enerally somewhat longer llinn the dark, distinctly ^-nerved, hioad- 

 ly lanceolate, nearly glahrous or slightly glandnlar-haiiy sepals. The flower is ahoul X 

 mm. in diameter. The length of the pedicels is 2 to 4 times the length of the calyx. 



This form 1 leler to subspecies (icnirdi Ww.i.u. L liipicd Wii.i.d. Spec. PI. p. 2729; 

 Regel, 1. c. p. 224. Alsinc vcinn et nivalis Fkn/.i, in Ledeh. 1-4. Uoss. I, p. 34K Atsine 

 Gerardi Hkk.iiknh. le. 1*4 (lerm. V, tab, 208. Alsine co.slttht y pidcliellu \ivsv,\: in l,i;i)i;ii. 

 1'4. .\lt. II. ]). 171. 



In the .\ltaian, above the tree limit, in gravelly and stony ])laces, willi floweis at 

 the end of July. 



Distribution: Alpine tracts of Europe, Novaya Zemlya, arctic Siberia, the Altai, 

 the Sayansk dislriet, Baikal, Trans Baikal, northern Mongolia, the Caucasus, Russian 

 Turkestan, the Ihian Shan, North Africa, North America. 



Alsine arclica (Stev.) Fcnzl, Verbreit. Alsin. in Tab. Synopt. (18!5:?) p. 18; Veiv/A in 

 Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 355; Turczan. Fl. Haical.-Dahur. (1842) p. 58i). no. 226; Regel, PI. 

 Radd. (1862) p. 227, no. 303; Kj.bu. <I>.i. A.it. I (1901) p. 158. Arcnaria arclica Stev. in 

 DC. Prodrom. I. p. 404; Bunge, Enum. Alt. p. 24: Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 255. 



Fig. 85. Alsinc arclica Stkv. sulispec. scapigcra Regel ('/i). 



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