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Dead Nettle. The two plants grow in the same 

 localities and by the careless observer might 

 easily be taken for the same thing. This Dead 

 Nettle has a large pink flower. Both plants are 

 common on the Mongolian grasslands north of 

 Kalgan, as well as all over North China. 



Several other Labiates are to be met with, 

 one variety of which, bearing a fine pm'ple-blue 

 flower, is very conspicuous. Wild Thyme is very 

 abundant in North Shansi. 



In the mountains of Shansi, Shensi and North 

 Chihli a species of Japanese Anemone {Anemone 

 sp.) is very common. A^liite, pink and even 

 mauve blooms are met with, though the last are 

 not common. There are several other species of 

 Anemones, notably a fine blue variety, a pink one 

 and a small white one resembling the British 

 AYood Anemone. 



Buttercups and Celandines are also common. 

 A fine variety of Marsh Marigold was noticed in 

 some of the swampy valleys near Lama Miao 

 in Mongolia, while in the permanent streams 

 of North China I have frequently found the 

 Bulbous Crowfoot and the Water Ranunculus. 



In Kansu a fine Wild Peony grows, sometimes 

 in great profusion. This is not the shrub or tree 

 variety, which as far as I know has not yet been 

 discovered in a wild state, though Shensi is sup- 

 posed to be its original home. 



On the plains and in the lower hills there are 



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