Callliit |):iliislris I.. I'l. I.appoii. (17:i7) |). 227 el Siur. PI. cd. II (17(i2) i>. 784; 

 Ledeb. Fl. All. 11. |). :U);;; Tunzaii. Cat. IJaical. no. .52: Lcdcl). V\. Ross. I, p. 18: Tuiczan. Fl. 

 Haical.-Dahur. (1812) p. (11. no. 10: Hci^el, IM. Hadd. (18(11) p. 'Yl; Hutli, Monogr. Gall. 

 Cdllltd ill Mill. Vorli- (u-li. Naluiw. \:\0, l\ (isim p 17; i.'i.i.i.i <!>.i. A.n. 1 (lllOl) p :\2 



Hallicr conimon cnci ywhoio in iiioisl giass-fields. on brooks, flc. in llio leniloiy 

 explored. Tbc inaleiial collecled varies considerably in iicaiiv all cliarailers, and llie 

 numerous [onus seemed lo pass gradually inlo eaeli ollici. 



Near U.sl Abakansk 1 liave galliered a rallier luxuriaiil loriu. willi vigorous, eieel 

 steins, generally bearing from 8 to 10 [lowers caeli. riie leases are markedly reniform, 

 generally eomplelely or ueariv eomiiletcly cnliic. ICaeli flower is comparatively small, 

 length of llie sepals from 12 lo 15 mm., and generally 5 in number. Moreover, these 

 specimens are distinguished by having numerous follicles, varying from 12 lo 17 in num- 

 ber. 1 have met with this species in brooks and swamps between Minusinsk and Kuslia- 

 bar, on the Upper Amyl. the Sisti-kem and Bei-kem, riglil up to tiie Dora Steppe. In 

 the Altaian found ])y me along mountain rivulets, up lo altitudes of about 2000 m. 

 above sea-level. The .species flowers in .lune and July. 



In alpine regions of the Altaian I have collecled specimens Ijelonging to a lower 

 form, with orbicular or cordiform leaves, and the margin acutely serrulate. The 

 flowers are few in number, only 3 on each stem, comparatively large, the flower about 

 3,3 cm. in diameter, and the sepals, of which the number is generally from 5 lo 7, are 

 distinguished by being comparatively broad and short, and furnished with prominent 

 darker nerves. The number of the follicles is cqmparatively small, generally from 5 to 

 6. These specimens may possibly belong lo Caltha alpina Schur, Enum. PI. Transsilv. 

 (1866) p. 26, but all llie specimens being young and flowering, without rijje fruits, a 

 reliable decision is difficult. 



Distribution: Europe, except the extreme south, Siljeria, eastwards lo the Sea of 

 Okhotsk and Manchooria, nodhern and eastern Mongolia, the western Himalayas, China, 

 Japan, Sakhalin, North America. In Tibet and the eastern Himalayas there occurs the 

 nearly allied species, Caltha scaposa Hook, el Th. 



Trollius asiaticus L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1762) p. 782: Ledeb. Fl. All. II, p. 301: Bunge, 

 Enum. All. no. 34: Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 54: Ledeb. Fl. Moss. 1. p. 50: Turczan. Fl. 

 Baical.-Dahur. (1842) p. 63, no. 51 ex parte; Regel, PI. Radd. (1861) p. 57: Kin.i.i. <I>.i. A.it. 

 I (1901) p. 33: Hulh, Rev. Art. Trollius (..Helios" Monall, Millli, Nalurwissensch. B. I\, 

 no. 1) p. 2. 



var. typicus Regel. 1. c. p. 57: Hulh. 1. c. p. 3. 



Rather frecpient on the Abakan Steppe, in moist meadows near Askys, where occur- 

 ring associated with Ranunculus aciis and R. repens. Primula sihirica. Cijpripedilum 

 macranthum. Orchis sp. diu., Carer sp. div.. etc. I have, moreover, found this species 

 near Kushabar, at Kalna. and L'st Algiac. Taken in full flower in June and July. The 

 flowers in this species do not exceed, to judge from the material collected, 3,5 cm. 



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