NORTH-WEST MONGOLIA AND CHINESE DZUNGARIA. 445 



Abiks sibirica, Ledeh. 



No. 210 a. Moist sunless hollows or shade under Pines in forests, 

 Kushabar. 



l>lstr'dndion. The Altai Mt.s. and Turkestan eastwards to (Jhina, front 

 Irkutsk province southwards to Thibet. 



Larix sibirica, Ledeh. 

 No. 34i!. Sistikem River. 



No. S;!."). Shade of Pirea and Pinus forest from 900 to 1200 m., Upper 

 Japsa River, Sistikeui. Also from the Kobdo River. 



Distnhutwii. The Altai Mts., Okhotsk region, and Manchuria. 



MONOCOTYLEDONES. 



OR(JHIDACE^. 



Cypripediuji macranthon, Su\ 



No. 409. Natural meadows by the side of the Lower Kamsara River and 

 under the shade of scattered Larch. 



Distribution. S. and E. Siberia and in I'liina. 



Orchis militaris, Limi. 



No. 368. Drv slopes of Kandart Range up to 900 m. 



Distribation. Throughout Europe and western and southern Siberia. 



IRIDE^:. 



Iris exsata, Tlninli. 



No. 114. Jiledium dry loam in valley bottoms and shores of lakes,, 

 Achit Nor basin. 



No. 178. Edges of marshes and oases in plateau desert, Kobdo Valley. 



No. 475. Dry steppe association near rivers on alluvium, Dja Kul and 

 Ulu Kem. 



Distribution. Uahuria, Mongolia, and Afghanistan eastwards to China. 



Iris ruthenica, Ait. 



No. 272. Shade of Pinus forests, medium moist soil, Kushabar. 



Distribution. Throughout central Asia from Transylvania to Japan. 



LILIACE^. 



MaIANTHEMDM BlFOLIUM, DC. 



No. 317. Shade of Pinus, Pieea, Birch and Poplar " Taiga," and also 

 open glades, Amil River. 



Distribution. Europe, N.E. Siberia, Mongolia, China, Japan, and N 



America. 



