Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1846) p. 141, no. 567; Herder, PI. Radd. (1865) p. 375, no. 39; 

 KpBM. $ji. Ajit. Ill (1904) p. 585. 



Scattered about Minusinsk, where it especially seemed to occur on grass^grown, not 

 too dry declivities; besides, collected by me on the steppes between Minusinsk and Ust 

 Abakansk, in thicket of Caragana arborescens, together with Iris ruthenica, Fragaria viri- 

 dis, Stellaria graminea, Solidago Virgaurea, and others, and about Karatus. In full flower 

 at the beginning of Juae; the fruits ripen already in the middle of June. In the Urjankai 

 country the species is also rather frequently to he met with, viz. near Ust Sisti-kem, in 

 dry, sandy woods of larch and pine, on declivities at Ust Kamsara, and at Ust Tara-kem. 



Distribution: Middle, southern and south-eastern Europe, Caucasia, western and 

 south-western Asia to Turkestan and Afghanistan, Siberia, northwards to about 60° north 

 lat., and eastwards to Kamtchatka, northern Mongolia, northern China, North America. 



Aster Tripolium L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1226; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. IV, p. 98; Turczan. 

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

 •Dji. Ajt. 111(1904) p. 590. Tripolium vulgare Nees, Gen. et Spec. Aster. (1832) p. 153; Tur- 

 czan. Cat. Baical. no. 586; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 423; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II, 

 p. 477. 



On the borders of the salt-lake Tagarski osero, together with Planiago maritima 

 subspec. ciliata, P. Cornuii, Lepidiiim crassifolium, Saussurea crassifolia, Triglochin mari- 

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



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

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

 Japan, North Africa. 



Aster altaicus Willd. Enum. PL Hort. Berol. p. 881; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. IV, p. 99; Kptiji. 

 Oje. Ajit. 111(1904) p. 587. Calimeris altaica Nees, Gen. et Spec. Aster. (1832) p. 228; Tur- 

 czan. Cat. Baical. no. 590; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 428; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II, 

 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 islets in the river Abakan. 



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



/. typicus Krylow is especially characterized by its low, decumbent, 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 have found to be the most common 

 one in the territory explored. 



/". mediiis Krylow has the stem higher, to 60 cm., strict, commonly only in the 



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