430 MR. N. T). SIMPSON ON THE PLANTS OF 



Rhododendkon DAUKICUM, Linn. 



No. 35-4. In open Pine and Birch forest or " Taiga," Kalmakop, 40 versts 

 W. of Minnusinsk. 



Distribution. Southern and eastern Siberia. 



Pteola rotundifolia, Linn. 



No. 34G. Dry slopes under Larch on the Sistikem River. 

 No. 432. Moist shady places ou the shores o£ Todju Kul. 

 Distrihntion. Europe, Asia Minor, southern and eastern Siberia, China and 

 Japan, extending southwards into N. India, and in N. America. 



PLUMBAGINE^. 



Statice Gmelini, WilUL, var. 



No. 452. Driest part of valley steppe on the Ulu Kem River. 

 LHstriljiition. South-eastern Europe, Asia Minor, southern Siberia, and 

 Turkestan. 



Statice speciosa, LJmi. 



Dry sandy banks round Lake Todju Kul, Upper Yenesei basin. 

 Distribution. S.B. Russia, Asia Minor, southern Siberia, N.W. Mongolia, 

 and Turkestan. 



PRIMULACE^. 



Primula elatioe, Jwq., xav. S. Pallasii, Fax. 



No. 259 6. Damp hollows in the "Taiga" or forest under the shade of 

 Abies sibirica and Po-pulv.'t saaveolens, associated with grasses which 

 had not begun to grow. Altitude 320 m., Kushabar. 



Distribution (of var.). Ural and (.Caucasus Alts, to Armenia and N. Persia, 

 Pax &,- Kniith. 



Primula elatioe, Jac</. 



No. 4611. Associated with stunted Ldvi.v and Pinits forests on drv rocky 

 slopes, Japsa River, near the Bei Kem Rapids. 



The flowers of this specimen agree with P. Pailasii, but the leaves, which 

 are detached, do not agree with the Herbarium material. P. Pallasii, 

 howo^-er, is poorly represented at Kew. 



Distribution, England, central Europe to southern Russia. 



Primula algida, Adams, «. sibirica. Pax. 



No. 25;'). Peat bog at 300 m., Kalmakop, 40 versts W. of IMinnusinsk. 



