Wry coinmoii in meadows and in ()])('ii lirusii-wood on islets in llic Lower Aba- 

 kan, on llie liei-keni. neat llie Dora SU'ppe, and on fioo(l-|)lains near I si Tara-iieni. In 

 lull llower al llie end of June, pasl llowering and willi lipc pods in llie second liall of 

 Augusl. 



Distrihulion: Middle and .southern I'.urope, soulli-w cstern Asia, soulliern Siheria, 

 northwards to ahoul .")(> north lat.. and eastwards roughly to Trans Haikal, noilliein 

 Mongolia, North Afriea. 



<i e r ii II i 11 <• e ae SI. IIILAIKi:. 



Geranium sil)irieiiiii L. Sjiee. I'l. ed. 11 (lyii;)) |). \)7)~: Kiuilli, (irntiiidcciic in 1-iigl. 

 IMlan/enr. 11. y.\ (IV. 11i'.», 1912) p. 195; l.edeh. V\. Alt. 111. p. ^liT: Ture/an. Cat. liaicai. no. 

 27(1: Ledeb. Fl. Hos.s. 1, p. 4.59: Tnrczaii. Fl. l'>aieal.-l )aliiir. (1812) p. (12 I. no. 2(1."): Kpi.i.i. 

 ||M, A.iT. I (1901) p. 19:5. 



1^'ound in flower in llie seeoiid iialf of June, in inoisl. grass-grown jilaees on islels in 

 the river Abakan, near I'st Kamuishto. Near Kushai)ai . at Hie beginning of July, I have 

 collecled sonu' speeiinens of this one, with very low, deeuiiibenl, or trailing sleins, only 

 3 — 8 cm. long, with spreading l)raiulies and petioles, and smalU'i', sometimes only o-parl- 

 ed leaves. For tfie rest, Ihey agree perfectly with the typical j)lanl, and I consider them 

 only to be reduced starved form.s. The species also occurs in meadows, near Ust Kam- 

 sara, where collected by me in fruit in the middle of .August. 



Distribution: Middle and southern Russia (occurring also strayed in middle Euro- 

 pe), the Caucasus, Turkestan, Tibet, the Himalayas, Siberia, Mongolia, eastern Asia, Japan, 

 Noitli America (introduced). 



Geranium albiflorum Ledeb. Fl. Alt. Ill, p. 230; Knuth, Geraniaceae in Engl. Pflau- 

 zenr. H. 53 (IV, 129, 1912) p. 124; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 282: Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. 

 Fl. Alt. no. 194; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 463; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1842) ji. ()30. no. 

 271; Kptu. *ji. A.Tr. I (1901) p. 194. 



In open coniferous forest in the Amyl taiga, and on slopes, etc., near Ust Algic. With 

 flowers in the second half of July. 



Distribution: Eastwards from the Tliiaii-Shan. through Siberia and northern Mon- 

 golia, roiighlv to Trans l^aikal. 



Geranium pratcnse L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 954; Knuth, (ieraniaceae in Engl. 

 Pflanzenr. II. .53 (IV, 129, 1912) p. 127; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. Ill, p. 229; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 

 279; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 191; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 466: Turczan. Fl. Bai- 

 cal.-Dahur. (1812) p. 627. no. 268; Kpi.u. (I).:. A.it. I (1901) p. 19.5. 



Scattered in meadows and in thickets on islets in the Lower Abakan, and on slopes 

 about Ust Sisti-kem. where collected in flower and with half ripe fruits in June— .Vugust. 

 The stems are rather densely pube.scent. with spreading or retrorse, rather coarse hairs, 

 their upper parts and also the peduncles and sepals, glandulous. with dense purple- or 

 violet-tipped glandular hairs. 



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