Disli il)iili()ii: iMiiopc. r.;nic;isi;i. Iiiissi:in 'luikcstaii, Silx'iia, eastwards lo ;ili()ul 

 Lake Ikiikal. 



Haimiiciiliis acris I.. Spec. IM. c.k II (17(i2) p. 77!l; I.cd.'h. ]•']. All. II. ]>. .VM. 

 'ruirzan. (".at. Hairal. no. 17; Lcdt'h. Ik lioss. I. |). 10; runzaii. I'l. liaicak-Daliur. (1812) 

 p. (■)(). no. 17; Hrn,>l, ]>!. Macld. (18(11) p. 18; j;|,i,i.i. 'l-.i. A.n. I {\'M)]} p. 29. 



Oil liu' islets in tlu- rivers Yenisei and Abakan this species is very connnun, and 

 oecuis in diffei'ent forms. Forms are lo be fonnd Iiere recalling much f. Friesii (in. et 

 (looi).. 1. I'cliilimis LiNDiii.., i' ciili/oi iiiciis Hi.xin., and intermediates between these. 

 WIicIIht llie s|K'einiens be (|uile idenlieal wilii liie said forms. 1 dare not assert willi 

 aljsolute certainly, my material being loo scarce. The s|)ecies is also very common in 

 the IJrjankai country. On the banks of the Bei-kem. near Utinski porog, in grassy 

 places, near the river, I have collected a very low form, with stems, only 5—10 cm. 

 high, witii 1 or 2 flowers, and wliieli seemed to ])e identical with L iiiinulti.-< W.\Mi,i;.Nii. 



subspec. Slevenii Andrz. in Besser, Knum. PI. Volh. (1822) j). 22; Ledeb. Ik lloss. 

 I, p. 41; KpLi.T. I. c. Hanunciilns propinqiiiis C. A. Meyer in Ledeb. Fl. .\ll. II. p. :').">2; 

 Karel. ct Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. All. no. 31; Ledeb. Fl. Ho.s.s. I, p. 40 et 732. 



In diy fields about U.st Abakansk, near the river, and in the taiga about the Upper 

 .\myl. In full flower at the end of .lune. 



Distribution: The species is distributed all over Europe, soulli-western Asia, Siberia, 

 Mongolia, the Himalayas, China. .Ia])an, Sakhalin, North .\nierica. 



Ranunculus auricomus L. Spec. PI. ed. II (17(i2) p. 77r>; Ledeb. l-"!. .\ll. II p. 318 

 (excl. var. ;^ ); Furczan. Cat. Baical. no. 10; Karel. el Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 22; 

 Ledeb. Fl. Ross, l, p. ,38; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Daliur. (1812) p. r^'i. no. 39; Kegel. PI. I'.add. 

 (1861) p. 47; KpLi.i. «Im. Ajit. I (1901) p. 28. 



snbspcc. sibiricus Glehn in Act. Hoi-t. Pelropol. IV. p. Ki. 



This one constitutes, in many respects, an intermediate between the typical R. 

 aiiriconuis and R. cossiibicns, and is, in preference, distributed in the eastern geogra- 

 jihical area of the species. 



In humid, grass-grown places, in thickets on the road between Minusinsk and 

 Kushabar, and on the river .\myl. In flower in the middle of July. 



Distribution; The species is distributed over Europe, Caucasia, Siberia, Manehoo- 

 ria. the Thian-Shan, and the Himalayas. 



Ranunculus frigidus \Villd. Spec. PI. ed. II. p. 1312; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 44; 

 Regel, PI. Badd. (1861) p. 46; KpH.!. Oj.i. A.rr. I (1901) p. 27. Rdnimciiliis altaivtis Laxm. 

 in Nov. Comm. Acad. Petropol. XVHI. p. ;"i33; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. II. p. .32.5; Ledeb. Fl. 

 Boss. I, p. 37; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1812) p. 57. no. 12. Rdiiiinciiliis fralerniis 

 Schrenck, Ledeb. Fl. Boss. I. p. 731. 



Frequent in the Altaian, at altitudes of about 2000 m. above sea-level, especially 

 on moist and cool declivities, with a northern a.specl. among moss etc., near the melting 



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