NORTH-WEST MONGOLIA AND CHINESE DZUNGARIA. 411 
OXYTROPFIS sp. cf. O. sulfurea, Fisch. 
No. 395. Open steppe valleys of the Shabash and Kamsara Rivers. 
OXYTROPIS TRAGACANTHOIDES, Fisch. 
No. 115. Stony desert on hill-sides and in plateau valleys up to 2450 m. 
under the driest vegetative conditions in the S. Tannu-ola Mts., Achit-Nor 
basin, and Great Altai Mts., north side, in the Suok Valley. 
Distribution. The Altai region. 
This plant is used for fuel by the Mongols. 
GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS, Fisch. 
No. 175. Alluvial plains where slightly moist or sand dunes above water- 
level. Irrigated fields near Dja Kul and sandy plains of Upper Irtish basin. 
G. uralensis differs considerably from G. glandulifera, In the Herbarium, 
however, there is some confusion, and there appear to be intermediate forms 
between this plant and the true G. glandulifera of Waldstein and Kitaibel, 
which is a European plant. 
ALHAGI KinaursonuM, Sehrenk. 
No. 204. Alluvial flats between Ala Kul and Ulu Nor, Dzungarian Gap. 
Distribution. Dzungaria. 
Latuyrus Fnorowir, N. D. Simpson, sp. nov. (РІ. 21. figs. 8-14.) 
Ab Orobo verno L., foliis mucronatis nec acuminatis, foliorum rachi вере 
dilatata, foliolis in margine minutissime papilloso-denticulatis, racemis 
paucifloris et calycis dente inferiore lanceolato acuto nee lineari-lanceolato 
acuminato distinguendus. 
Caules glabri, canaliculati. Folia 3-4-juga ; rachis glabra, вере dilatata ; 
foliola 2-4 cm. longa, 0°6-1 cm. lata, membranaceo-chartacea, anguste 
oblonga, mucronata nec acuminata, margine papilloso-denticulata, пес 
ciliolata ; stipule semisagittate, superiores foliolis duplo breviores usque 
ad 2 em. longs, inferiores multoties minores 0:7 em. longe. Flores 
purpurei, pedicellati ; pedunculi pauciflori 6 cm. longi, 1-4-flori nec 
pluriflori. Calyx 1 em. longus, dentibus supremis abbreviatis mucronatis 
0:2 em. longis, infimo 0:5 em. longo tubum subequante, lanceolato, acuto. 
Corolla calyce duplo longior; vexillum circiter 1°8 em. longum, 0'9 em. 
latum ; alee 1*4 em. longz, 0:4 em. late, carina breviores ; carina 1:5 em. 
longa, obtusa. Ovarium sessile, 14-15-ovulatum ; stylus lateraliter com- 
pressus 0:6 cm. longus. Legumen compressiusculum, glabrum.— Orobus 
Frolowii, Fisch. MSS. 
No. 269. On cultivated or semi-cultivated land and in the shade of 
forests near Kushabar and Amil River. 
Distribution. Altai, Ledebour ! ex Herb. Besser! Prescot! Siberia, Yenisei, 
Torgaschina, H. Wilh. Arnell! in Herb. Kew. 
