Pictlv comiiioii in llic .\ll:ii:ni. ;il an alliliulc ol ahoul 2()(1() ni. above sra-U'vel, osne- 

 cially in |)lar("s oiown willi mosses and licluMis. on nioisl, sliadv (Icflivilics facinj^ nortli, 

 \\lii'ic 1 have (•(lilcclcci il arcoinpanyini^ (Jiiiliiininc bcUidi folia. Papaocr niulicaulc 

 siil)si)i'c xiinlhojicldhtni. Iliinunciiliis nlhiiciis. v\v. In lull llowci al the end ol .liilv. 



I)is(ri!)nlion: Arclic Hnssia, Xovaya /cndya. aiclic and alpine poiiions of Silx-ria 

 U) Helnint^'s Oeean to the easl. 'Purkeslan. (he Altai and Savansk lej^ions, noitliern Mon- 

 i*olia. 



Valeriana ol'fieiiialis I.. Siiee. IM. ed. 1! (ITC.L') p. 1.'); Tuiczan. Cat. I'>aieal. no. r)75; 

 l.edel). Fl. iioss. 11. p. 1:58: Tnrezan. Fl. Baical.-Daliur. (1845) p. 321, no. 563 (inel. V. 

 /jr/r/-o/>/i(///n Tnie/an. I. e. p. 321, no. 562); Hei-der. I'l. F.add. (^Hi\\) p. 228. no. 211: ibid. 

 1881. p. 178; Kpw.i. <l).i. A.m. Ill (1904) p. 570. 



Thi.s species is pretty common in llie teiriloiy c xplored. where occurring in a 

 series of different vaiietie.s, between wiiich tliere are to be found intermediates. lie.sides 

 Hie typical plant. I have collected specimens of var diihid ISi sdi; (s])ee.). var. hclno- 

 phylld 'ruHczAN. (1. c. spec), and var. umjaslifulia F.ri'ii. 



On the islets in the river .\bakan the species begins flowerini> in the middle of .lune. 

 ll was very common on the islets in the rivers Abakan and Yenisei, al Karalus and 

 Kushabar, in the Amy] valley, at Ust Algiac, Ust Sisti-kem, and at Ust Kamsara. 



Distribution: Europe. Caucasia and south-western .\sia lo Turkestan, the Hima- 

 layas, Cashmere, Siberia, northwards lo 70 north hit. and eastwards to the Pacific 

 Ocean, Manchooria. Corea, China, northern Mongolia. Sakhalin. Japan. North .America 

 (introduced). 



Patrinia sibirica .lussieu in .Vnn. Mus. X, p. WW: Ledeb. Fl. \\L 1. p. 131: Turczan. 

 Cat. Haical. no. 571; Karel. et Kiril. Fnuni. PI. V\. Alt. no. 413; Ledeb. Fl. Ros.s. II. p. 

 426; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1845) p. 317. no. 558; Herder. PI. Radd. (18(il) ]i. 223. 

 no. 25; ibid. 1881, ji. 173; Kpi.i.i. <I).i. A.rr. Ill (1904) p. 565. 



Pretty common on the lops of the ridges on Hie .\bakan Steppe, where especially 

 occurring on dry, gravelly declivities, together with some few other plants, such as 

 Thymus Serpijlliim. Arclogerron gnmiinciis. and the like. Collected in fidl flower, with 

 half ripe fruits about Ihe middle of June. This species varies rather nuieh in the 

 height of the stem, in the size, shape, and incisions of the leaves, as well as in the 

 pubescence. On the stem there is generally to be found one pair of op|)o.site leaves, the 

 place of which, for the rest, is quite accidental, sometimes to be found quite al the top. 

 very near the flower cluster or farther down, sometimes quite below, almost at the base 

 of the stem, where, however, they are readily distinguished from the real basal leaves by 

 having generally deeper incisions than the basal ones, which are sometimes nearly 

 entire. Xi any rate, to judge from my material, there is never to be found more than 

 one pair of stem-leaves, but they always seemed to be traceable, although, in many ca.ses. 

 being displaced right down to the base of the stem. 



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