Prclty ('(11111111111 ill llic lr:i(ls nlioiil Iho l.owcr Sisli-keiii. rouf^lily IVom 'I'sliclici hisli. 

 aiul (low ^^\;ll(l^. wlicic occui riiij; iicar Ilic rivcr-lianks. in woods and In ^rass-f^rowii 

 places. Al I'sl Sisli-kcni. il is ("xccedingly l'it'(iii(nl in llic meadows, wIutc — together willi 

 S(int/itis<irh(i nJliiiiKilis conslilnling one of . llic most eliaraclerislic plants. Collected 

 n()\V( rini; nearly llironf^liont .\iiL;nsl. 1 have also oJDserved il scattered along llic hanUs ol 

 llic i5ei-kem. IVom I'sl Tara-kcm lo I'st Kanisara. 



l)istrii)nli()n: l'".aslcrii Uussia. Silieria. in llic Yenisei valley iioilliwards lo ()9 

 iioilh hit., and eastwards to the .\mooi- Province and northern China. Ihe Thian-Shan, 

 i'amii'. luiilhcrn Mongolia, Norlh .\ineriea? 



(ieiitiana algida I'allas. Fl. Ho.ss. 11, p. 107; l.cdch. 1"1. All. i. p. 'JSl; 'i'mczan. Cat. 

 Baical. no. 7(37: Karcl. cl Kiiil. Imiuiu. IM. Fl. Alt. no. .378: Tuie/.an. hi. Baical.-Dahur. 

 (1849) p. :530. no. 792; i;|,i,i.i (|>.i. A.n. Ill (1904) p. 845. (i. aUjidn I'allas « sihirini Kus 

 ne/.ow. Suhgen. luii/riiliana in Act. Hort. Peliopol. XY (1891)- 1904) no. .'ilJ. (i. frujidd 

 Haencke ;■ ahjida (Pallas) Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 65: Herder. PI. Radd. (1872) p. 4;'):i, 

 no. 125. 



Rather common in the Altaian, al an altilnde of 1700—2000 m. above sea-level, in 

 places covered with moss and lichen, together with Genliana (dlaiid. PhijUndoce coeiiilcd. 

 Drijas oclopi'hdii Sdri/hu/d roiuosn. Hhododi'iulron rliriisdnliiiii. and others. Collected 

 ill fnll flo^ver at llic end of July. 



Distribution: Alpine tracts of middle Europe, Siberia. Ihioiigh llic Altai and Sayansk 

 regions and Trans Baikal lo Ihc I'shuklsher Peninsula and Kamlchalka. D/ungaiia. Ihe 

 Thian-Shan. Mongolia, 4'ibcl, Ihc Himalayas, Cashmere, Japan, Norlh America. 



Genliana niaerophylla Pallas, Fl. Ross. II, p. 108; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. I. p. 286: Turczan. 

 Cat. Baical. ikj. 766: Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. All. no. 587: Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 69: 

 Kusnez. Huncnl. no. 92: Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1849) p. XX\. no. 795: Herder. PI. 

 Radd. (1872) p. 461. no. 132: l,>i,i.i <l>.i. A.n. Ill (1904) p. 847. 



In dry steppe meadows, and in open, dry brush-wood of birch and other foliage trees 

 about Karatus and Kushahar. Collected with young flower-buds in llic first half of July. 



Distribution: Dzungaria, Siberia, in the Yenisei vallcv luntliw ai (Is to about 60" north 

 lat., through the Altai and Sayansk regions. Trans Baikal, and caslw;irds to the Amoor 

 Province, Manchooiia, northern Mongolia, northern China. 



Genliana decumbcns L. Supj)!. p. 174: Ledeb. Fl. Alt. I. p. 280: Turczan. Cat. Baical. 

 no. 773: Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 577; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 64: Turczan. Fl. 

 Baical.-Dahur. (1849) p. 329. no. 791; Herder.PL Radd. (1842) p. 451. no. 124: Kusnez. 

 Eiigent. no. 7S; K|,m.i. <l«.i. .\.u. Ill (1904) p. 848. 



On rockv slopes at Fst rara-kem: flowering and past flowering in the middle of 

 August. 



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