Near I'sl Ali;ilv;msk. in diy. _t;riis.s-i^ri)\\ ii jjlaics, jiiid on cliffs near I'ibal. Nearly past 

 flowiMiiiq in till' mitkllc o! .luiic. 



DistrihiUioiK Soulliciii and casUi ii liiissia, soulli-wcslcni Asia, Siberia, cxct'pl llio 

 easleni porlions. 



PoU-iitiila siibacanlis L. Sysl. Nal. vd. X (17:)S) p. IOC).") ct Spec. I'l. cd, II (ITb:'.) p. 

 71."): Wolf. Monogr. Gall. Polenlilla ]). (V.V2: Ledeh. I-'l. All. 11. p. 2(11; Tiirc/.aii. Cal. Baical. 

 no. Ilo; Kard. el Kiril. Kmiin. PI. Fl. All. no. 315; Turczan. V\. Baical.-Daiiur. (181:5) j). 

 l)U), no. 101. P. ciiierea /i Irifoliala Lcdel). 1-"1. Hoss. II, p. 54 ex parte. 



Scattered on dry cliffs, dry hills, elc on llie .steppes belween Minusinsk and I'sl Aba- 

 kansk. 'I'lie sjx'ciniens I'olleclcd. taken at liie iie^inninj; of .lune. are. for a i^real pari. 

 airea(i\' past llowcring. 1 have also found tlie .species in liu' Irjankai country, at I'sl Sisli- 

 i^eni, tiie Kanisara. I'sl Tara-Ueni. and in sexcral |)hHCs on liie sle|)i)es about liie I'lu- 

 keni. belween HjelosarsU and Cha-kul. 



Dislribulion: Throui^houl southern Siberia, from the t,o\ ci lunent of lOnrsk to tiic 

 eastern parts o\ the Anioor Province, nortiiern .Moui^oiia. nortii-eastern Tibcl, eastwards 

 to Manciiooria. 



PolnillHa IrasJarioides L. S])ec. PI. ed. II <17(i2) p. 710: Wolf. Monoiir. (iall. Polrn- 

 lilla[h boo: Ledeb. Fl. .Ml. 11. p. 218: 'lurc/.au. Cat. Baical. no. 129: Ledeb. Fl. Ros.s. II, p. 38; 

 Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1813) j). (ilo. no. 410: Kjim.!. <I>.i. .\.rr. II (1903) p. 376. 



var. typica Maxim. Mel. Biol. IX, p. 158; Wolf. 1. c. p. l);57. 



Rather common in meadow s and in Ihickels on the islets in the Yenisei, near I'sl 

 Abakansk, where taken by me in full flower at the beginning of June. It was also found 

 bv me near Kushabar. and in the rrjankai country, at Ust Tara-kem. 



riie specimens collected have ralhcr low and tender stems, about 10 em. bii;h. and 

 are always destitute of runners. The flowers arc small. 9 — 14 mm. in diameter. 4"he 

 petals, only slighlly exceeding the calyx in length, differ from Woi.i's description in 

 having generally the margin distinctly emarginate. Komauow, in his <l>.i. .Maiii.'i-,i,\ iiiii 

 II. 2, p. 494, however, reports in this variety <vpetala integra vel leviter emarginata>. 

 Otherwise, the specimens collected agree rather perfectly with Wolf's description. Some 

 specimens are considerably coarser, however, with rather vigorous stems, ahout 15 cm. 

 high, and larger flowers, reaching up lo 16 — 18 mm. in diameter, and with cordilorm 

 petals more indented at the margin, their breadth in all cases exceeding llieir length. 

 These villous forms, willi long, while, spreading hairs, recall, in some respects, the 

 specimens of var. Spiruiu'limia Maxim, wliicli T have seen from Sakhalin, figured in 

 PiUNTZ, Vase. PI. Sakhalin (1916) p. 13, lab. 11, and form distinct transitions to Ihese. The 

 last-mentioned variety, the most typical representatives of which are to be found in ea.st- 

 ern .\sia (Sakhalin and .lapan), and where it is especially common, grows, according lo 

 Krylow. weslwanls lo Omsk. Thus, the above varieties seemed, for the resl. lo pass quite 

 imperceptiblv into each oilier. 



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