Ilian llic slylo. These well-developed eai]iel.s, however, cnniKil l>c laken for a])S()luIe 

 proofs at;aiiisl a liy])ii(l nature, for llieri' arc instances tliat aulhenlic bastards of 

 Polenlillci may jiive well-developed carpels. In my opinion, such specimens as those 

 described may as well be explained as an evidence of the near relationship of Polrnlilld 

 Icnidlii lo /'. fidf/iirioidrs — as intcrinediales between them — and it would therefore pcs- 

 sibly be as right to eiilcr our plant under M wimow kv. s name as Polrnlilld /'KK/arioidrs 

 var Irituila. 



Occurring in thickets and meadows on the isiels in tlie Yenisei, between Minusinsk 

 and Ust Abakansk. wliere the specimens sae mostly past flowering at the beginning of 

 June. 



Dislribulion: I'dlriililhi IrriKild is previously known in the .\nioor Province, eastern 

 Manchooria, the Ussuri Province, Japan. 



I'oleiitilia flagellaris Willd. Herb, ex Schlecht. Mag. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Ikrlin, VII 

 (1816) p. 291; Wolf, Monogr. Gall. Pnlcnhlhi p. ()()2; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 114; Ledeb. 

 FLRoss. II, p. 52;Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Daliur. (1843) p. (ill, no. 40,"): i;|,i,i.i. «1m. .\.n. 11 

 (1903) p. 392. />. nrmoidlis Bunge in Ledcl). V\. .\][. II, p. 256 (excl. syn.). 



Pretty common in moist meadows in brush-wood, and the like, on an islet in the 

 river Abakan, near Ust Kamuishto, where I have collected it in flower and partly ])asl 

 flowering at the end of June. It also occurs in the Urjankai country, in humid grass-fields 

 on the banks of the Ulu-kem, at Bjelosarsk, and near Cha-kul. 



Distribution: Temperate portions of Siberia, northern Mongolia, Manchooria. north- 

 ern Corea, northern (>hina. 



Polentilla argentea L. Spec. PL ed. II (17(52) p. 712: Wolf, Monogr. Gatt. PoU-nlilln 

 p. 256; Ledeb. Fl. All. II, p. 252; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 307; Ledeb. Fl. 

 Ross. II, p. 47; KpM.i. <I>.i. A.rr. II (1903) p. 385. 



Scattered about Kuslialiar where found be me on diT hills with flowers at the middle 

 of July. 



Distribution: Europe, Caucasia and south-western Asia, Siberia, eastwards to about 

 Lake Baikal, northern Mongolia, North America (introduced). 



Polentilla anserina L. Spec. PL ed. II (1762) p. 710: Wolf, Monogr. Gait. Polrnlilld 

 p. 669: Ledeb. Fl. All. II. p. 249; Turzan. Cat. Baical. no. 428: Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II. p. II: 

 Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1843) p. 623, no. 418; Kphu. <Ki. A.rr. II (1903) p. 393. 



Very common in the territory explored, where occurring under a great many different 

 forms. In the Minusinsk district it is veiy common along banks of rivers, etc., and on 

 saliferous soil at Ust Kamuishto. .\mong the material collected the following forms may 

 be separated: vulgaris, sericea. incisd. discolor, and lenella. In the \ltaian, near the tree 

 limit, I have found specimens of a form much recalling /". graiidis. Collected in full 

 i)loom from June to .\ugust. 



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