czan. C.al. B;ii(;il. no. I'A: 'I'nivz;m. 1. c. (1812) |). 79. no. 70. ,\, ocltninlhiini C A. Meyer in 

 i.edcl). l'"i. .Ml. II. |). L!cS."). .1. Ijiiocliniinn \:\\\ dmrlini el vai. Ixirlxiliim Hcf^el, PI. 

 Hiukl. (18(il) p. 111. iH). IKi. 



The ai)()vc is one of llic iiio.st CDinitioii .species of Aconiliiin in the lorrilory 

 explored, oeeuiiini; especially in dry meadows and on dc(li\ ilies in liie ti'ansition zone 

 Ixiwccn liic slepjic and \\()od icj^ions — in llie wooded steppe rej^ion — as for instance 

 alioni Kushaliar. About I'st Sisti-Ueni and I'sl Tara-keni I have taken it on dry, slopinj^ 

 lulls, in open woods of pine and aspen, associated with ('.Dlijledoii sjnnosd. and others. 



Ihe species begins flowering about the middle of July. 



Dislribulion: Soulhcin Siljeria from Ihe goNernn.u'ul of Tomsk, eastwards lo the 

 Amoor Province, northern Mongolia, noilhern China, Manchooria. 



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Aconitum lacve Uoyle, Illuslr. llimal. (1834) p. I.'i: Papcs. System. Aconili Gener. 

 (11)07) p. 1G7; Stapf, Aconites India Monogr. in Aim. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcut. X (190.")), 

 p. 136, t. 92. A. c.rce/.s(/nj Reichenb. Illustr. Spec. Aconili (1823—27) tab. LIII parlim. 

 Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 20. .1. liicorlonuin L., Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 66 ])artim; Tuiczan. 

 Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1842) p. 78. no. ()8. A. Lijcodoniini L /? scplenlrionale Herder, PI. 

 Radd. (1861) p. 72. .1. vulparia C. A. Meyer in Ledeb. Fl. Alt. II, p. 287. A. Lijcocionum 

 p. lilac Regel in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou XXXIV (1861) p. 73 partim. .4. scplcn- 

 liionale Kollc, KpH.T. <l).i. A.rr. I (1901) p. 42. 



A. laeve Royf.e is very nearly allied to A. seplenlriomde, occurring as a 

 substitute for this species in Asia. The specimens found by me resemble much 

 Reichenh.\(:h's figure of .1. e.vclsiiin I. c, entered by Rai'.vics R.WMrxi) loo. 

 as a synonym of this species. The stalk of the nectaries, however, in the sjieci- 

 mens collected by me, are furnished with scattered, but rather long, downy hairs. The 

 medial sepals are rather ol)lique. which appears distinctly from the annexed figure of the 

 flower and its component parts, fig. 91. The specimens are also readily distinguished from. 

 St.\pi-'s drawing of this species 1. c. by their equally broad spurs, spirally rolled up at 

 the top. tlie lips of which are also considerably shorter. Moreover, the flowers are larger 

 than recorded by Siai'f, the maximal breadth of the galea, near the top, from 7 to 8 mm. 

 The stamens are about 6 mm. long. 



Of common occurrence in the subalpine woods about Kushabar, in the .\myl valley, 

 near IJst Algiac, and in Ihe laiga on the Sisti-kem. In full flower and incipient fruit for- 

 mation in the middle of July. 



Distribution: Siberia, eastwards as far as the Amoor Province, northern Mongolia, 

 C.orea. China. Tuikestan. the Himalayas, Cashmere. 



Actaea spicala L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1762) p. 722. 



siibspcr. crylhrocarpa Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 79: Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I. p. 71; Regel, 

 PI. Radd. (1861) p. 110: h>i,i.i. (I>.t. A.n. I (1901) p. 44. /i spicala in Turczan. Fl. 

 Baical.-Dahur. (1812) p. 8 1. no. 76. ,S riil^ra Big., Ledeb. Fl. Alt. II, p. 27."). /J ^'n/Z/f/wo/yja 



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