314 
FL of British India I p. 18, Komarow, 1. c. p. 62; O. & B. Fedt- 
schenko, 1. c. p. 414. 
I do not agree with Hooker, Regel etc. in considering R. net¬ 
terns a mere variety of the Arctic R. hyperboreus, the leaves, the 
heads of achenes and tke wkole habit are very different. 
N. 512. Alai-Mountains, in the Taldyk-stream at Olgin Lug, 
alt. 2600 m., June 23., 1898 (fl. and fr.). 
N. 696. Pamir, in pools at Pamirsky Post, alt 3800 m., July 8., 
1898 (fl. and fr.). 
N. 1113 b. Pamir, in the lake Jashil Kul, alt. 3800 m., August 15., 
1898 (fl. and fr.). 
Area: Altai, Himalaya, Tjanschan, Pamir, Alai. 
14. R. pulchellus C. A. Meyer in Ledeb. Fl. Alt. Il p. 333; 
Ledeb., Icon. PI. Fl. Ross. Alt., tb. 111, Fl. Ross. I p. 33; Boiss. 
Fl. Orient. I p. 32; Hook. Fl. of British India I p. 17; O. & B. 
Fedtschenko, 1. c. p. 414; Komarow, 1. c. p. 60. 
— — var. pseudo-Hirculus (Schrenk) Trautv., Enum. PI. 
Songor., Buil. Soc. Nat. Moscou 1860 p. 68; R . pseudo-Hirculus 
Schrenk in Fisch. & Meyer, Enum. pi. Schrenk II p. 65. 
N. 805. Pamir, on moist ground at the Alitshur-stream by Bo¬ 
sala, alt. 3900 m., July 16., 1898 (fl.) 
N. 1194. Pamir, at the shore of the lake Bulung Kul, alt 3800 m., 
August 30., 1898 (fl.). 
— — var. longicaulis (C. A. Meyer) Trautv., 1. c. p. 68; 
Duthie, Plant coll. in the Pamirs; R. longicaulis C. A. Meyer in 
Ledeb., Fl. Alt. II p. 308; Ledeb., Icon. PI. Fl. Ross. Alt. tb. 117; 
Fl. Ross. I p. 33. 
N. 698. Pamir, in a pool near Pamirsky Post, alt. 3800 m.. July 
8., 1898 (fl. and fr.). 
Area: Mongolia, Dahuria, West Tibet, Pamir, Himalaya, Tjanschan, 
Afghanistan, Dschungaria. 
15. R. alaiensis n. sp. 
Caespitosus sine stolonibus; radix tibroso-grumosa; caules ad- 
scendentes, 1 — pauciflori, adpresse pilosi vel in parte inferiori 
glabri; scapus primarius 5—10 cm. altus infra medium folio so- 
