cialcd will) plaiils sucli as lUrrovhlor odoidla, I'olriililld (inscrina. Uimiinciiltis iri)l(ins. 

 Scirptis (tlpintis var. olifidiilliiis. in incipient flowering al llic l)ej^iiiiiiiiy ol .luiic. 



Owiiii; lo liic l;ul liial Ihis plan! ^lows under laliiei' differciil edapliical eoiidilions, 

 ill very salileious lo coiiiplelely sallless, apparently generally sandy soil, there is a po.s- 

 sihilily thai liie |)laiil may he influenced hy this eireumslance. On account ol' the 

 scarcity ol' my material, wilii loo inaccurate records of situations. I have not heeii ahle 

 to perceive any regularity in liiis direction. 



In conclusion I may add thai in the iu'ri)ariuni ol' liie I'niveisity at C.iiristiania I 

 have seen a couple of specimens ,.Ex. llerl). Ind. Or. Hook. til. et riiomson, Hab. Lada- 

 bele". Even in point of ha])itus these specimens differ rather much from the above- 

 mentioned 2 types, the leaves being long and narrow, gi'iierally several times as long as 

 broad. Some are completely entire and lanceolate, and others furnished with some few 

 teeth near the summit. These .specimens also differ in the shape of the petals. Fig. 89, 

 u — X, representing petals from two different specimens, siiow lliat the lamina is oblong 

 elliptic, equally broad, obtusely rounded at both ends. My material, however, is not so 

 extensive as to enable me to examine the constancy of these characters. There remains 

 a possibility that the specimens in question may have to be entered as a third di.stinct 

 species, distributed over south-western Asia, and that future examinations will establish 

 the original Raiuinciiliis Cfimbalaria Pursch lo comprise several well defined species, 

 both systematically and in point of geographic distribution. I might especially draw 

 attention to the more isolated occurrences, such as those in South America and the 

 above-mentioned Indian specimens. 



In alpine situations and in northern regions. Ranunculus (Ajmbahirid occurs under 

 a slightly reduced form, var. alpina, recorded from Asia as well as from America. I have 

 had no opportunity of examining it. 



Ranunculus plantaginil'olius Murr. in Nov. Comment. Goetting. \ 111. p. 391 (excl. 

 syn. Amman.); Ledeb. Fl. Alt. II, p. 312; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 33; Turczan. Fl. Baical.- 

 Dahur. (1842) p. 50, no. 33; Kegel, PI. Radd. (1861) p. 42; Kpbi.i. Oj. A.tt. I (1901) p. 21. 

 Ranunculus salsuginosus Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 33. 



Rather common on the .\bakan Steppe, at Ust Kamuishto, on saliferous soil, accom- 

 panying Lepidium cvassi folium. Polentilla anserina, Primula longiscapa. Plantago mnri- 

 tima, and Triglochin paluslie. In full flower in the second half of June. The leaves of 

 the specimens collected are but slightly, nearly imperceptibly toothed. 



Distribution: Southern Siberia from the Altai region, eastwards to Trans Baikal, 

 Mongolia, northern China. 



Ranunculus pulchellus C. A. Meyer in Ledeb. Fl. Ait. II. p. 3.33; Turczan. Cat. 

 Baical. no. 42; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 33; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1842) p. GO, no. 48; 

 Kegel PI. Radd. (1861) p. 41; Ki)bi.a. <I)j. A.it. I (1901) p. 23. 



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