410 MR. N. P. SIMPSON ON THE PLANTS OF 
CARAGANA BUNGEI, Ledeb. 
No. 4l4b. 
Distribution. N. Mongolia. 
CARAGANA PYGMÆA, DC. 
No. 2. Steppe near Minnusinsk at 270 m. 
No. 202. Alluvial and gravel desert on the Borotella plains. 
Distribution. Southern Siberia, Mongolia, Turkestan, N. China, and western 
Thibet. 
CARAGANA SPINOSA, DC. 
No. 479. Dry alluvial steppe, Ulu Kem, Dja Kul. 
Distribution, Southern Siberia, Mongolia, and N. China. 
/ARAGANA 8р. 
No. 179. Medium dry sandy places in the plains of the Upper Irtish, 
460 to 550 m. 
This plant agrees with C. conferta, Benth., as regards stipules, spines, and 
pubescenee, but the bark is totally different. 
ASTRAGALUS ALPINUS, Zinn. 
No. 445. On dry sandy banks by the River Bei Kem. Under flood-mark 
and only growing in summer. 
Distribution. Alpine regions of Europe, Asia, and N. America. 
ASTRAGALUS DASYGLOTTIS, Fisch. 
No. 458.  Driest part of the Ulu Kem Valley steppe. 
Distribution, The Altai and Turkestan. 
ASTRAGALUS PALLASI, Fisch. 
No. 181. Dry stony desert hills at 600 m., Karin Nairn Hills, Upper 
Irtish basin. 
Distribution. Turcomania and Turkestan. 
ASTRAGALUS sp., $ Phaca, Bunge. 
No. 401. Sandy banks near the Lower Kamsara River. 
OxvrROPIS sp. cf. O. platysema, C. .1. Mey. 
No. 52. Mountain-sides above 2150 m. where the soil is either moist and 
peaty and covered with alpine meadows, or dry shady slopes where some 
soil has accumulated. W. Tannu-ola Mts. at the head of the Saklya River. 
This specimen differs from О. platysema in having calyx-teeth one-third 
the size of the tube, teeth 2 mm., tube 7 mm., instead of being equal in size. 
The vexillum also is emarginate, and not entire as in O. platysema. 
