G n e t a c e a c LlXDLKV. 



Ephedra vulgaris Richard, Comm. Conif. Cyc. (1826) p. 26; C. A. Mcy. Mouogr. d. 

 Gatl. Ephedra (18-16) p. 270; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 663: Kpi.i.i. a>,i. A.n. VII (1914) 

 p. 1737. E. monostarluja L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1472; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. IV. p. 300; 

 Karel. et. Kiril. Eiuim. PI. Fl. .\lt. no. 827; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 1077. E. inonosperma 

 Gmel. ex Amni. Ruth. p. 178. no. 255; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1854. II) p. 121. no. 

 1078. E. distachiia L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1472. 



Scattered on the Aliakan Steppe, especially on dry, hot. sloping Devonian cliffs of 

 sandstone, most frequently in chinks facing south, collected with flowers in the middle 

 of June at Ust Kamuishto and Askys, where accompanying Atniphaxis fnilcsccnft. Gathe- 

 red on rockv places, near the banks of the I'lu-kem, on the rock-steppes, at a short 

 distance above Cha-kul, with ripe fruits al the beginning of September. Occurring here 

 together with (iiildenstddlia monophijlla. 



Distribution: Southern Europe, Persia, Trans Caspia, Turkestan, Siberia, northern 

 Mongolia, central Asia, North .\frica. 



P i n a c e a e LlM)LEY. 



Juniperus communis L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1470; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 1073; 

 Ledeb. Fl. Ross. III. p. 684: Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1854, II) p. 417, no. 1072; 

 KpLi.i. $.1. A.n. VII (1914) p. 1732. 



Dispersed in the Amyl taiga, south of the Algiac Pass, and on the Sisti-kem. 



Distribution: Europe, Siberia, northern Mongolia, western and central Asia, North 

 America, Greenland, North Africa. 



siibspec. nana (Willd.) Loud. Arb. Frut. Brit. (1838) p. 2486; K[ir,i.i. 1. c; Juniperus 

 nanaW\\ld. Spec. PI. IV (180.5) p. 854; Ledob. Fl. Alt. IV, p. 299; Turczan. Cat. BaicaL 

 no. 1074; Karel. et. Kiril. Enum. PL Fl. Alt. no. 826; Ledeb. Fl. lioss. III. p. 683; 

 Turczan. 1. c. p. 418, no. 1073. 



Dispersed in the Altaian, where to be found below as well as above the liuiit of tree 

 vegetation, right up to the lichen belt. 



Distribution: Europe, Siberia, northern Mongolia, western and central Asia, North 

 America, Greenland, North Africa. 



Juniperus Pseudosabina Fisch. et. Mey. Animadvers. Botan. ad. Indie. VIII, Seni. H. 

 Petropok p. 15; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Ill, p. 682; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1854, II) p. 419. 

 no. 1076; Kpu.i. $.i. A.it. VII (1914) p. 1736. J. Sabina L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 

 1472 ex parte; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. IV, p. 298; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 825. 



This species growing in nature not found by myself, but fresh branchesj have met 

 with, more than once, among the natives, the so-called Soyotes. at Tshernoretska, as well 



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