l)isUil)iili()ii: Hiissiaii 'liirUi'shui, tlir Tliian-Sliaii. llic Allai and Sayaiisli dislricls, 

 noilhcni Moiif^olia, KaiulclialUa, norllieni tUiiiia. 



Chrysospli'iiiuin altcMiiit'olitiin L. Spec. PI. cd. II (17()2) p. 5()'J; Lcdeb. Fl. \\[. II, p. 



11.'): Turczaii. Cal. Haicai. no. .")(»2; Lcdoh. l'"l. Ho.ss. 11. |). 'I'liV. TiiiTzaii. Fl. liaical.-Daiim-. 



(1811) p. 272, no. lUl: Maxim. Diagn. I'lanl. Nov. Asial. l.\ (l<S77j p. 7(J0; Fraiuliol, 



Monoor. Chnisospleniiim (kSiK)) p. KMi; Kpi.i.i. <1m. A. it. II (1903) p. 4S{); llciqiacuiiii, 



liaMiH'.in\|i;iii;i.lM K I. 'l'(M'irin;i i, <l'.i. .\;;iai. i'lii-ciii 7 (litlij) J). -'2. 



Scallercd in nioisl, shady places in llie laiga ahoul liic rppci- Amyl. and near I'sl 



.\!i;iac. Past ilowciing in the second half of July. 



Disliihulion: Furope, except the most southern jjoilions. arclic islands, llie Cau- 

 casus, arctic and wooded regions of Siberia, norlhciii Mongolia. Ihc Himalayas, Man- 

 chooria. norlhein China. Saklialiii. .lapan, North America. 



Pariiassia palustris L. Sj)ec. Pi. ed. II (17()2) |). iJOl: Ledeh. V\. All. I. |). 127: Tuiczan. 

 Cat. Baicai. no. 2()S; Karel. (-1 Kiril. I'.num. PI. Fl. Ail. no. ]K\: Leddi. 1"1. I'.oss. I, p. 2(i2; 

 Tnrczan. Fl. I'.aical.-Dahur. (1842) p. ;>10. no. I',t7: Hegel, Pi. P.add. (18()1) p. .")()1: Kpi.i.i. 



<u.i. A.1T. 11 (i'.K);5) p. 18;;. 



In moist meadows and in liiickel.s. scalteied along the river .\l)akan and in llie 

 subalpine taiga territory about the river Amyl. at Kushabar and Kalna, rather com- 

 mon at Ust Algiac. In the .Altaian found by me in moist, grass-grown places, to above the 

 limit of li-ee vegetation. Ihv species begins flowering in tiie middle of .lunc. 



Distrihiilion: Europe, the Caucasus, soulli-western Asia to Turkestan, the llima- 

 hiyas and Tibet, arctic and wooded regions of Siberia, nortiiern Mongolia, northern C.hina, 

 northern Corca, Sakhalin, ,Iapan. North America. 



Ribcs pelraeum AVulf. in Jacq. Miscell. 11, p. 36: Maxim, in Mel. Biol. IX. p. 230; 

 Ledeh. Fl. Ro.ss. II. p. 198; lledlund in Bot. Not. 1901, p. 106; K,,„i.i. 'l>.i. A.rr. II (1903) p. 

 46.5. Ribcs Hicbcrsslcinii Berk. lledlund in Bot. Not. 1901, p. 105. Ribrs airopuvpuieiun C. 

 A. Meyer in Lcdeb. Fl. All. 1. p. 268. Ribcs Irislc Bunge, Enum. All. j). 11; Turczan. Cat. 

 I'.aical. no. 181; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Daliur. (1814) p. 2.53, no. 470. 



Scattered on the banks of the rivers Amyl and Bei-kem. near the Dora Steppe, and 

 between Ust Sisti-kem and lUduk. especially in moist, moss-grown and shady places, and 

 in humid chinks of rocks, near the river. With ripe fruits in the second half of August. 

 Young twigs of this jilant observed by me as used for pipe-stems by the natives, after the 

 pith being removed. 



Distribution: Middle Europe, Caucasia, south-western Asia, Siberia to the Amoor 

 Province, Manchooria, norlhein Mongolia, the Himalayas, Sakhalin, Japan. 



Ribes piibesccns lledlund, Bot, Not, (1901) p. 100; Kpi.i.i. -t'.i. A.it. II (1903) p. 464. 

 Ribes riibriiin L. Spec. PI. ed. II (17(i2) j). 290 ex paile; Ledeh. Fl. .\lt. I, p. 267: Turczan. 

 Cat. Baicai. no. 48; Karel. ct Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 363; Ledeh. Fl. Boss. II, p. 199; 

 Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1844) p. 252, no. 469; Maxim. Mel. Biol. IX, p. 233. 



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