Asia 1(1 llic llinialayns and CaslmiPic. Silx'iia. in llic Ymisci valley northwaids to 72' 10' 

 norlli lal., nortlicni Mongolia. Manchooria, iiortlu-in Cliiiia. Cni-oa. Sakhalin, Japan. 

 Norlli Africa, Norlii Anierioa (introduced from Europe^. 



(iaiium Molliiijo I.. Spec. IM. cd. II (17C.L>) p. 1.55; Ledeh. V\. iioss. 11, |). 107. 

 This planl lias nol ixcn ohscrvid iu'rcloforc in Siberia at all, and is not to be found 

 inserted in anv ol the floras relatinj^ to these regions within my reach. Kohshinskv. 

 Tentamen IHorae Rossiae Orienlalis, St. I'elersbourg 1898, p. I'Ki. also declares: „Planta 

 europaea, in Sibiria plane deesse videtur." I have collected some voung specimens, no 

 doulil i)elonging to this species, in dry nicadoAs on an islet in (lie Yenisei, near I'st .\ba- 

 kansk. 



Distribution: Eurojie. exce])t the extri me north. Caucasia and south-western Asia, 

 southern Siberia (hitherto only in the .Minusinsk district). Xorth .\merica (adventive 

 from Europe). 



('. a p r i f I i a c e a e VKNT. 



Adoxa Moschatclliiia L. Spec. PI. ed. II (17G2) p. .")27: Ledeb. Fl. \\[. II. p. 87: I'nr- 

 czan. Cat. Baical. no. 555; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. (I. p. o82; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1845) p. 

 2U7. no. 543; Herder. PI. Radd. (18^1) p. VX]. no. 1: ibid. 1878. j). :>: l,-|,i,i.i. <l'.i. \.u: III 

 (1904) p. 548. 



In shady thicket, near Kushabar. Nearly past flowering in the middle of .hily. 



Distribution: Europe, Caucasia, all over Siberia, noilhwards to 71 north lat.. lur- 

 kestan. the Thian-Shan, Cashmere, northern Mongolia, Sakhalin. North .\merica. 



Sambuciis racemosa L. Spec. PI. ed. li (1762) p. ;386: Ledeb. Fl. Alt. I. j). 120; lui- 

 czan. Cat. Baical. no. 557; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 402; Ledel). I'l. Ross. II. 

 p. 383: Turczan. Fl. Raical.-Dahur. (1845) p. 300. no. 545; Herder. PI. Uadd. (18&4) p. 

 193. no. 2; ibid. 1878, p. 5: Kpi.i.r 'I'.i. A.n. HI (1901) p. 548. 



In thickets on the river .\myl, between Kushabar and Petropawlowsk. rather frc- 

 f[uent in the .Vmyl taiga and on the Kamsara. With young fruits about the middle of .Inly. 



Distribution: Middle Europe, Siberia, northwards to ()5 .50' north lal. (in the Yeni- 

 sei valley), and eastwards to Kamtchatka, northern Mongolia, northern China, Corea, 

 Sakhalin, ,Iapan. North .Vmerica. 



Loniccra coerulea L. Spec. PI. ed. II (17(i2) p. 249: Ledeb. F\. All. 1. ]). 247 (inch 

 L. Pallasii Ledeb.); Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 561; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II. p. 390: Turczan. Fl. 

 Baical.-Dahur. (1845) p. 305, no. 549; Herder, PI. Radd. (1864) p. 2(W. no. 12: ibid. 1878. j). 

 20; Kpti.T. *.!. A.iT. 111(1904) p. 553; Rehder, Synops. of the Genus Loniccra (Missouri 

 Botanical Garden XIV, 1905) j). 72. 



The specimens collected have the leaves comparatively narrow and subacute, com- 

 pletely glabrous, only along the margin furnished with a number of rather long, vigorous, 



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