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GENTIANACEiE. 



188. Crawiurdia japonica, Sieb. & Zucc. PI. -Jap. Pam. Nat. rr 5 p. 86, n.546; Miq. Prol. 



PI. Jap. p. 288; Pr. iV Sav. Enum. i, p. 324; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. PI. Brit. 

 End. i\\ p. LOT. Golowninia japonica, Max. Mel. Biol. rv,p.41, t. 4. 

 Jldb. Etorofu, at, Furubetsn. 



Distrib. Japan, China, Formosa, Sikkim, Himalaya. 



189. Gentiana auriculata, Pall. PI. Ross, n, p. 102, 1. 92, f. 1; Ledeb. PI. Ross, nr, p. 55; 



Herder, PI. Radd. iv, 1, p. 149; A. Gray, Synop. PI. n, p. 118; P. Schm. Fl. 

 Saeh. p. 100. 



Hah. Kurile Islands (Herder, ex Georgi). Urup I and elsewhere (ex Max.). 

 Distrib. Saghalin, northeastern Manehui'ia, Ochotsk district, Kamtsehatka and adja- 

 cent islands, to Alaska? 



190. Gentiana glauca, Pall. Fl. Ross, ir, p. 101, t. 93, f. 2; Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. p. 



Ill; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, in, p. (56; A. Gray, Synop. Fl. ir, p. 120; Herder, PI. 

 Radd. iv, 1, p. 172. — Var. major, Ledeb., 1. c. 

 Hab. Urup ! (ex Max.). 



Distrib. Eastern Siberia from the northern Jabbonoi-Chrebet through the Ochotsk 

 region to Tcshuktches-Iand and Kamtsehatka. In North America, from arctic Alaska 

 along the higher and northern Rocky Mountains to Oregon. 



191. Swertia perennis, L. Sp. p. 22G; A. Gray, Synop. Fl. II, p. 124. S. obtusa, Ledeb. 



in Mem. Acad. Petersb. v, p. 526, and Fl. Ross, in, p. 75; F. Schm. Fl. Amg\ 

 Bur. p. 56.— Var. obtusa, Griseb. in DC. Prodr., ix, p. 132; Trautv. & Mey., Fl. 

 Och., p. 08; Herder, PI. Radd., iv, 1, p. 188. 

 Ilab. Kurile Islands (herb. Fisch., ex Herder). 



Distrib. This species is widely distributed throughout a greater part of the temper- 

 ate regions of Europe and in northern and central Asia and also in northwestern and 

 western North America. Our present variety is chiefly northern Asiatic and western 

 North American in its range of distribution; and as var. cuspidata, Max. (Mel. Biol., ix, 

 p. 398), in the alpine region of middle Japan. 



192. Swertia tetrapetala, Pall. Fl. Ross. H, p. 99, t. 90, f. 2. Stellera cyanea, Turcz. in 



Bull.Mosc. 1840, p. 107; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, in, p. 72. Bellesta cyanea, Turcz. Fl. 



Baic.-Dah. n, 2, p. 270; Max. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 198. Ophelia papulosa, Fr. 



& Sav. Enum. n, p. 450. 

 Ilab. Kurile Islands (Steller, ex Turcz., etc.). Urup I and elsewhere (ea?Max.). 

 Shikotan, grassy places on top of cliffs along the harbor. Etorofu, at Furubetsu and 

 Shibetoro. 



Distrib. Eastern Siberia around the Ochotsk Sea; northeastern Manchuria ; Kam- 

 tsehatka, and through the Kurile Islands to the eastern coast of Yezo; Samani Sands, 

 Province Hidaka (K. M., Aug. 19, 1884, fl.) ; Ynbntsn, Prov. Ibnri (K. M., Aug. 23, 

 1884, fl.). 



193. Menyanthes trifoliata, L. Sp. p. 145; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, in, p. 76; Fr. & Sav. 



Enum. p. 325; A. Gray, Synop. Fl. n, p. 128. 



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