Coininon in Ihe I'liankai district, especially along the rivers SisU-kem and Bei-kem, 

 mostly in thickets; with ripe fruits in August. 



Distriljution: Nortliern and middle Europe, the Caucasus, Turkestan, the western 

 Himalayas, Siberia (in the government of Tobolsk to 67'' north lat.), eastwards to Kaml- 

 chatka, northern Mongolia, eastern Asia, Sakhalin. 



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Ribes procunibens Pallas, Fl. Ross. II, p. 35; Bunge, Enum. Alt. p. 14; Turczan. Cat. 

 Baical. no. 483; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II, p. 198; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1844) p. 255, no. 

 473. Maxim. Mel. Biol. IX, p. 117; Kpw.i. 'D.i. A.ir. II (1903) p. 468. 



On the banks of the Bei-kem, between Cha-kul and Ust Uss, especially in moist and 

 boggy places, in thickets of foliferous trees. With quite ripe fruits at the beginning of 

 September. 



Distrilnilion: Throughout southern Sd) ;ria, eastwards to Manchooria, northern Mon- 

 golia. 



Ribes nigrum L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1762) p. 291; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. I, p. 269; Turczan. Cat. 

 Baical. no. 486; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. All. no. 364; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II, p. 200; 

 Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1844) p. 254, no 471; Maxim. Mel. Biol. IX, p. 222; K].m.i. 

 •I'.i. A.iT. II (1903) p. 468. 



Common in the Urjankai district, along the rivers Sisti-kem and Bei-kem, especially 

 in open brush-wood or on sunny hill-sides near the rivers. The fruits ripen here about 

 the middle of August and arc much ajjpreciated by bears, occurring in rather great num- 

 bers in the said district. 



Distribution: Europe, Siberia (in the Yenisei valley northwards to 68° north lat.), 

 eastwards to Manchooria, Mongolia, China, western Asia, Turkestan. According to Hooker, 

 occurring in the temperate parts of the Himalayas as well. 



Hosaccae Jiss. 



Spiraea salicifolia L. Spec. PI. cd. II (1762) p. 7U0; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 393; 

 4'urczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1843) p. 593, no. 384; Maxim. Adnotat. Spiraeac. (Act. Hort. 

 Petropol. YI, 1879) p. 209; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II, p. 15; ],-i,i,i,i. 'I'.t. A.ti. 11(1903) p. 421. 



Common in swampy grass-field, moist thicket, among mosses, and the like, on river- 

 banks, etc., at Ust Sisti-kem, on the Kamsara and the Bei-kem, near the Dora Steppe. 

 Held sacred by the natives of the Urjankai country. 



In part done flowering about the middle of August. 



Distribution: Northern and middle Europe (strayed), Siberia, to 64° north lat., 

 northern Mongolia, eastern Asia, Sakhalin, Japan, North .\mcrica (var.). 



Spiraea trilobata L. Mant. II (1771) p. 244; Maxim. Adnotat. Spiraeac. p. 197: Ledeb. 

 Fl. Alt. II, p. 214; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. All. no. 286; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II, p. 11; 

 Kpw.T. fl>.i. A.IT. II (1903) p. 420. 



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