412 MR, N. D. SIMPSON ON THE PLANTS OF 
Larayrus List, Rouy, var. ORIENTALIS, JV. D. Simpson, comb. nov. 
No, 303. Open spaces in Poplar, Birch, and Spruce forests on the Amil 
River. 
Orobus luteus, L., var. orientalis, Fisch. et Mey. Index 3 Sem. horti Petrop. 
p. 42. 
L. luteus, Peterm. Deutschl. fl. p. 155 (1849), non Munby, Fl. Alger. p. 78 
(1847). 
Distribution, Turkestan and N. Mongolia. 
LATHYRUS PRATENSIS, Linn. 
No. 422. On the edges of half-dried swamps in open steppe valley- 
bottoms, Upper Bei Kem. 
Distribution. North temperate regions. 
SOPHORA ALOPECUROIDES, Linn. 
No. 147. In the cultivated part of valleys near irrigation canals, Shara- 
sume, Upper Irtish basin. 
Distribution. Asia Minor, Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Dzungaria, and the 
Altai. 
ROSACE AR, 
Prunus PADUS, Linn. 
No. 281. A shrub under Birch and Spruce, very common up to 600 m., 
Amil River. 
Distribution, Europe, N. and Central Asia, and Thibet. 
SPIIUEA HYPERICIFOLIA, DC. 
No. 41. Barren and dry hill-slopes. Desert floral types in the Kemehik 
Basin, Minnusinsk steppe, and southern slopes of the Tannu-ola Mts. 
No. 140, Southern aspects from 1370 m. to open stony desert valleys at 
760 m., Kran River near Sharasume. 
Distribution. Dahuria, Mongolia, Turkestan, extending westwards to the 
Caucasus and southern Russia, С. A. Schneider. 
SPIRJEA MEDIA, Schmidt, var. e. SERICEA, Regel. 
No. 295. Open glades in forests and on hill-slopes near the Amil River. 
Distribution. Northern Mongolia, Manchuria, and Sachalin, C. K. 
Schneider. 
Ковоѕ arcticus, Linn. 
No. 347. Drying swamps amongst moss, or open steppe in valleys where 
it is dry, Sistikem, Upper Yenisei, and Japsa Rivers. 
Distribution, Subarctic Europe, Asia, and America. Europe, southwards 
to the Baltic ; Asia, southwards to the Himalayas ; N. America, Canada and 
British Columbia, Focke. 
