no. 517; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 378; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II, p. 264; Turczan. Fl. 

 Baical.-Dahur. (1844) p. 720, no. 507; EptM. $.1. A.riT. II (1903) p. 505. B. ranunculoides 

 Pall, (non L.), Ledeb. Fl. Alt. I, p. 347 (excl. var. is). B. ranunculoides L. var. multinerve 

 (DC.) Koso-Poljanski, Epit. Bupleurum Rossiae (1914) p. 191; Koso-IIojiflHCKifi, 3ohth<ihi,ih 

 BT) $eATOHKO, <E>Jt. AsiaT. Poccia 10 (1915) p. 14. 



Pretty common in steppe meadows, on dry hills, and the like, about the river Aba- 

 kan, at Ust Sisti-kem, on the Kamsara, and near the Dora Steppe. The species begins 

 flowering in the middle of June. 



Distribution: Eastern Russia, through southern Siberia, in the Yenisei valley to 57° 

 north lat., Manchooria, northern Tibet, north-western Mongolia, Japan. 



Bupleurum falcatum L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1762) p. 341, sensu latissimo, emend. Wolff, 

 UmbelUf. in Engl. Pflanzenr. H. 43 (IV, 228, 1910) p. 127; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. I, p. 349; Turczan. 

 Cat. Baical. no. 517; Karel. et Kiril. Enuni. PL Fl. Alt. no. 378; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II, p. 266; 

 KptM. $ji. Ajit. II (1903) p. 58; EoBO-IIojiHHCKift, SoHTnqHBia bi> $eAieHKO, $ji. AsiaT. PoccIh 

 10 (1915) p. 23. 



subspec. bicaule (Helm.) Koso-Poljanski, Epit. Bupleurum Rossiae (1914) p. 217 et 

 1. c. (1915) p. 25. B. baldense Ledeb. Fl. Alt. I, p. 350, ex parte. B. exaltatum Ledeb. Fl. 

 Ross. II, p. 266, ex parte; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur (1844) p. 722. no. 510. B. falcatum 

 subspec. exaltatum var. bicaule Wolff, 1. c. (1910) p. 140. 



var. angustifolium (Ledeb.) Koso-Poljanski, 1. c. (1914) p. 217 et 1. c. (1915) p. 26. 

 B. angustifolium Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II, p. 265. 



In dry steppe meadows at Ust Kamuishto, where associated with plants as Iris 

 ensata and the like. Most of the specimens collected bearing only young flower-buds, 

 only few with opened flowers at the end of June. Collected nearly past flowering at Sebi, 

 at the end of August. 



Distribution: Southern Siberia, from the Altai through the Sayansk region to Trans 

 Baikal and northern Mongolia. 



subspec. eufalcatum Wolff, 1. c. (1910) p. 129 var. scorzonerifolium (Willd.) Wolff, 

 1. c. (1910) p. 132. B. falcatum in Ledeb. Fl. Alt. I, p. 349, ex parte. B. scorzoneriaefolium 

 Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. I (1809) p. 300; Turczan Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1844) p. 721, no. 509. 

 B. falcatum var. scorzonerifolium (Willd.) Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II, p. 267; Koso-Poljanski, 

 Epit. Bupleurum Rossiae (1914) p. 219 et in <I>eRTOHKO, <l>jt. AsiaT. Pocciii 10 (1915) p. 27. 



In dry thickets and meadows on the islets in the Yenisei, near Ust Abakansk. With 

 young flower-buds in the first half of June. 



Distribution: Southern Siberia, from the Altai to the Amoor Province, northern 

 China, Corea, Manchooria, Japan. 



Aethusa Cynapium L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1762) p. 367; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II, p. 270. 

 This species, which seemed to be very rare in Siberia, I have met with in waste 

 places near habitations in the Amyl taiga; in full flower in the middle of July. 

 Distribution: Europe, Siberia, North America (adventive from Europe). 



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