Sedum purpureum (L.) Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. I (1821) p. 437; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. XL 

 p. 190; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. XL p. 181; KptM. (fji. Ajt. XX (1903) p. 458. Sedum Telephium 

 L. var. purpureum L., Maxim. Crassulac. Asiae Orient, p. 752. Sedum Telephium L. /S 

 Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1844) p. 246, no. 464. 



Rather common in somewhat dry meadows, frequently in open larch-forest, etc., 

 about the Sisti-kem, at Tshebertash, and Ust Sisti-kem. 



Distribution: Europe (in Norway, Sundalsoren, X'rintz 1914, introduced?), Sibe- 

 ria, northwards to about 62° north Xat. (the government of Tobolsk) and eastwards to 

 XCamtchatka, northern Mongolia, Manchooria, northern China, Sakhalin, Japan. 



Sedum Aizoon L. Spec. PI. ed. XX (1762) p. 617; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. XX, p. 193; Turczan. 

 Cat. Baical. no. 472; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. XI, p. 183; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1844) p. 245, 

 no. 462; Maxim. Crassulac. Asiae Orient, p. 756; Kpm. $ji. A.it. XI (1903) p. 459. 



On the Sisti-kem, on dry slopes facing south and overgrown with copse wood, 

 rather common, and in full bloom at the end of July. Form of leaves broadly lanceolate. 



Distribution: Throughout Siberia, from the Ural and Altai to Kamtchatka, north- 

 ern Mongolia (var.), eastern Asia (Manchooria, northern and central China, Corea), Sak- 

 halin, Japan. 



Sedum hybridum L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1762) p. 617; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. II, p. 192; Turczan. 

 Cat. Baical. no. 473; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 359; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. H, p. 

 183; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1844) p. 245, no. 463; Maxim. Crassulac. Asiae Orient, p. 

 761 ; Kpwj. 'Dji. Ajit. II (1903) p. 460. 



On the Abakan Steppe, between Askys and Ust Kamuishto, on dry, sloping cliffs, 

 and near the Bei-kem, at Ust Sisti-kem. "With young flowers in the second half of June, 

 with flowers and fruit about the middle of August. 



Distribution: The Ural, the Caucasus, Russian Turkestan, southern Siberia, east- 

 wards to about Lake Baikal, northern Mongolia. 



Cotyledon spinosa L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1762) p. 615; Maxim. Crassulac. Asiae Orient, 

 p. 725; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. II, p. 200; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 467; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. 

 Fl. Alt. no. 355. Umbilicus spinosus DC. Prodrom. Ill, p. 400; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II, p. 174: 

 Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1844) p. 241, no. 459; Kptur. fDji. Ajit. II (1903) p. 452. 



Young, globular to ovoid clusters of leaves, only from 2 to 3 cm. high, gathered by 

 me on dry, sandy slopes on the Yenisei, between Minusinsk and Ust Abakansk, at the 

 beginning of June. Besides, rather frequent at Ust Sisti-kem, in dry, sandy places, on 

 sandy declivities towards the Bei-kem, etc., where collected in full flower in the middle 

 of August. 



Distribution: South-eastern Russia, Russian Turkestan, the Thian-Shan, the Altai, 

 southern Siberia, eastwards to Manchooria, Mongolia, southwards to western Tibet and 

 Gobi. 



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