Uu dry, sloiiy ilrtlivilios. dry iiioiiiilaiii sides, iiiid llic like, ridlicr eominon in llic 

 tracts about the river Abakan. Taken witli flowers in .luiie. 



Disliiliulioii: 'llie AiUii region, I'lirkeslaii. norllicni Ciiina. 



Spiraea media Seliinidl. Oesterr. Allg. IJaunii-. 1 (1702) ]).."):?; Maxim, .\dnotat. 

 Si)iniriir j). ls7; i;|,i.i.i, (l).i, A.ii. II (1'.I0.S) p. 41'.>. Spinird ohloiiuifolia \V. et Kit. I'l. Har. 

 liuiii;. ill (1.S12) |). 2(11; Ledel). Fl. Moss. 11, j). li'.. Spiidcii hiipcruifolin /i loiu/ifolid 

 Ledel). M. All. II. p. 21."). .S'/j/zv/rr/ rlKimiicdnifnlid (iion. L.) Ledeb. Fl. Ro.s.s. II, ]). 11. 



Haliier connnoii on sinniv clitrs on [he mounlain sides aloni^ the liver .Vbakan, and 

 between Karatus and Kushabar, near IJst Sisti-kem, and on llic Kamsara. In some places 

 there appear inlermediates between Ilie lallcr and llic prcccdini^ one, proba])]v of a 

 hybrid nature. Flowering in June. 



Distribution: South-eastern Kurope, Turktslan. the Tliian-Slian. Siberia, to 68K'° 

 noilli lal.. norlliciii .Mont^olia. eastern Asia, Sakhalin, norlli-wcslcni .\nierica. 



Spiraea liyperieilolia L. Spec. I'l. ed. II (17()2) p. 701; Lcdeb. Fl. All. 11. p. 211; 

 Turczan. Cat. Haical. no. 392; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. All. no. 287; Turczan. Fl. Bai- 

 cal.-Dahur. (1843) p. 592, no. 381 ; l.'pi.i.i 'Im. .\,ri. II (19(13) ]). IKi. 



t'. iijpira Maxim. .\.dnolal. Spiritrdc. p. 178. Spinwd hi] perici folia a (jenuina el fi 

 mivrophijlla Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II. ]). 12: / brcvifoUd Ledeb. Fl. Alt. II. \^. 215. 



The leaves in the .specimens collected are comparatively narrow, to 4 mm. broad, 

 and to \% cm. long, 1- or 3-ncrved, entire, glabrous on both sides. Near Ust Abakansk 

 on dry, stony hills. Nearly past flowering in the second half of June. Scattered in the 

 Urjankai country, e. g. on dry hills between Ust Sisti-kem and the Kamsara. 



Distribution: Middle and south-eastern Europe, Asia Minor, Persia, Siberia, north- 

 wards lo about (10 north lat.. norlhcrn Mongolia. Turkestan, central .\.sia. 



Spiraea chaniaedryfolia L. Spec. PI. cd. II (1762) p. 701: Maxim. Adiiolal. Spimi'ur. 

 p. 186; Ledeb. Fl. All. 11. [>. 21:1: Turc/an. Fl. l'>aical.-l)alun. (1843) p. 590. no. 379; l,-|,i,i.i. 

 '^.l. .\.iT. II (1903) ]). 418. 



siibspec. uhnifolia Maxim. I. c. Spirdca iilmifolia Scopoli. Fl. Carn. I, p. 379. 



Near Kalna and at I'sl Algiac. on hill-slopes facing south, in the subalpine region 

 in the .\ltaian almost up lo the tree limit. Past flowering in July. 



Hy all accounts, sonic of the native tribes are said in preference to use wood oi this 

 })lant for making llic drum-slicks availed of by the shamans during their religious cere- 

 monies. 



Distribution: .\uslria. Siberia, lo (19 norlli lal.. northern .Mongolia, Manchooria, 

 Japan. 



Spiraea alpiiia Pall. Fl. Ross. I, p. 35; Bunge, Enum. .Ml. j). 29; Turczan. Cat. Bai- 

 cal. no. .390: Ledeb. Fl. Ros.s. I. p. 13; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1813) p. .593, no. 383; 

 Maxim. Adnotat. Spintcdc. \) ls2; I.'pi.i.i. <I).i. Am. II (1903) p. 118. 



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