Distril)uli()ii: I'lic siilispccics ii'i>cns is disli iljiih'd lliioiiuli Siljcria, oashvai-ds lo 

 Kainl(li;ill.;i. and iiuitliwai'ds to ('i7 noilli lat., Maiiiliooiia, Saklialiii, N()rlliAmenca(Silka 

 Island). 



Viola l^ali-iiiii DC. I'rodroni. I (KSlii) p. 2',);;: Turi/an. Cat. jiaical. no. l'.)2; Lcdoi). 

 11. Hoss. I, p. 245: Turczan. Fl. liaical.-Daliiir. (1812) p. 2'.)'.). no. 181; Hegel. I'l. I'.add. 

 (liSCil ) p. 17."). no. 2r)l: |',cia,-<>|ri., <l>ia.ii,ui!i,iii in. '|ic,i,'iciii;(i, 'i>.i. .Auiar. l'i)ccill 8 (1".II5) |). (W. 



Scattered in llie lai_i;a Icniloiv. in lunnid. grass-grown meadows; nearly past flower- 

 ing and with fruits in the middle of .Inly. 



Distribution: Kastern Siberia, from about tin- Yenisei lo the Ainoor Piovinee be- 

 tween 44° and 51) north lat., Manehooria, the Himalayas, China, .Japan. 



Viola biflora L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1326: Ledcb. V\. Ait. I, p. 261: Turczan. 

 Cat. Baieal. no. 203;Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I. p. 2.51: Turczan. Fl. Baieal.-Dahur. (1842) p. 306, 

 no. 192; Kpi.i.i. <I),t. A.it. I (1901) p. 12t): r>eia;eiri>, <l)ia.ii;oiii,iii i!i. <l>e;vieiii;(i, <I>.i. Ai^iar. Pucciii 

 s (1915) p. s;i. V. hilhra u li/pica Uegel. PI. Radd. (1861) p. 498, no. 263. 



Rather common in the su])alpine wood rci^ious on the Upper Amyl. especiallv in 

 .somewhat moist places, and in the Altaian, at altitudes of about 2000 m. above sea-level, 

 in moist, shady places, near the perennial snow. In full flower at the end of July. 



Distribution: Arctic and alpine regions of Europe, Cauea.sia. Turkestan, the Thian- 

 Shan, Siberia, eastwards to Kamtchatka, and northwards to about 70 north lat., Mongolia, 

 northern China, Manchooria, the Himalayas, Tibet, Sakhalin, Japan, Noiih America. 



Viohi uiiiflora L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1327; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. 1. p. 262; Turczan. 

 Cat. Baieal. no. 204:Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 255: Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1812) p. 307, 

 no. 193: Regel, PI. Radd. (1861) p. 499, no. 264 (quoad pi. baieal. ct sibir.): i;pi,,.,. <l..i. 

 A.iT. I (1901) p. 126: BeKKepr,, <I)ia.ii;(»i!Liii m, <I)e;i,'ienKO, ^.i. A:iitir, I'ncciii s (191.')) p. 92. 



I have only a single specimen in my collection, taken near Kalna. on the Upper Amyl, 

 in somewhat moist, shady places, in brush-wood. With ripe fruits in the middle of July. 



Distribution: Southern Siberia lo Kamtchatka. northern Mongolia. Manchooria, 

 Corea, Japan. 



Viola altaica Ker.-Gawl. in Edwards Dot. Regist. (181.5) p. 54; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. I, p. 263; 

 Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 255; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1842) p. .308. no. 194: Wittrock, 

 V;o/a -studier I, p. 104 (Act. Hort. Berg. II, 1897): KpLi.i. cpj. a.it. 1 (1901) p. 127: r,eia;epf,, 

 <I>ituKnni,m iri. 'PcaueiiKo, <l>.i. .\aiaT. Poceiii 8 (1915) p. 98. 



Verv common in the Altaian, on the Upper Sisti-kem, among mosses and lichens, at 

 altitudes of about 2100 m. above sea-level where it is one of the most characteristic plants, 

 growing together with Genliana olgidct and (icniiana allaicd. PhijUodove coernlea. Sti.ri- 

 fnK/d slfllaris var. cowosa. and others. Collected in full flower at the end of July. 



Distribution: The Crimea, the Caucasus and south-we.stern .\sia, the Thian-Shan. 

 the Altai and Sayansk districts, Baikal and Trans Baikal. 



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