ruiv/.an. IL Haical.-Daluir. (18 Ki) p. 1 11. no. 567; Herder, Pi. Rackl. (1865) p. 375, no. 39; 

 K|iM.i. 'I>.i. .\.n. Ill (li)Ol) p. 585. 



Scattered abuiil Minusinsk, where it especially seemed to occur on f<rass-f>ro\vii, not 

 loo dry declivities; besides, collected by me on the steppes between Minusinsk and Usl 

 Abakansk. in thicket oiCaragdixi (irhorescens. tof^elher wilh Iris nilhcnicd. Fnuiditd oiri- 

 dis. Slcllniid (inimiiifd. Soliddgo Virgaurcd. and others, and about Karalu.s. In full flower 

 at the beginning of June; the fruits ripen already in tiu' middle of .lune. In the Urjankai 

 country the species is also rather frequently to be met with, vi/. near I'sl Sisti-kem. in 

 dry. sandy woods of hucii and pine, on declivities at I'st Kamsara, and at Ust Tara-kem. 



l)islii])ulion: Middle, .soulliern and .south-eastern Europe, Cauca.sia, western and 

 south-western Asia to Turkestan and Afghanistan. Silx'ria. norlliwards to ai)ont (iO north 

 lat.. and eastwards to Kamtchalka. nortliern Mongolia, nortlu'rn Ciiina. North .America. 



Aster Tripoliuni L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1226: Ledeb. I'l. Alt. IV, p. 98; Tuiczan. 

 Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1846) p. 146, no. 572; Herder, PI. Radd. (1865) p. 382, no. 49; Kpi,i.i. 

 <li.i. A.n. 111(1904) p. 590. Tripoliiim imlgdre Nees. Gen. et Spec. Aslrr. (18.52) p. 153: Tur- 

 czan. Cat. Baical. no. 586: Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 123: Ledel). Fl. Uoss. II. 

 p. 477. 



On the borders of the salt-lake Tagarski osero, together with Pldnlago nuiriliiud 

 subspec. ciliala. P. Corniili, Lcindiiim crassifolium, Saussurea crassifolia. Tnglochin nuiri- 

 iiina, and others. With young flower-buds at the beginning of .July. 



Distribution: On the coasts and sail marshes of Europe, Caucasia and western 

 Asia to Turkestan, southern Siberia, eastwards to the Amoor Province, China, Sakhalin, 

 Japan. North Africa. 



Aster altaieus Willd. Enum. PI. Hort. Berol. p. 881: Ledeb. 1-1. .Ml. IV, p. 99; Ki,i.u. 

 <]'.T. A.n. 111(1904) p. 587. Calimeris altaicd Nees, Gen. et Spec. Aster. (1832) p. 228; Tur- 

 czan. Cat. Baical. no. :")90: Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 428: Ledel). Fl. Ross. 11. 

 p. 482: Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1846) p. 152. no. 577: Herder. PI. Radd. (1865) p. 386, 

 no. 56. 



Pretty common in the steppe area about Minusinsk, where it especially seemed to 

 prefer not too dry places, for instance along borders of fields on the Abakan Steppe, near 

 habitations, such as Askys, in dry meadows near Ust Kamuishto, and among stones and 

 gravel on the i.slels in the river Abakan. 



Krylow, 1. c, separates of this species 2 forms from southern Siberia: 



/'. liipiciis Kkvi.ow is especially characterized by its low. decuudienl. nearly trailing 

 stems, being branched from the very base. The whole plant is rather densely beset with 

 short, appressed hairs, and, besides — especially as regards the leaves and the upper parts 

 of the stem — rather densely glandular. This form I iiave found to be the most common 

 one in the territory explored. 



/'. mediiis Kuvi.ow has the stem higher, to (K) cm., .strict, commonly only in the 



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