r.oinnion in llic Irncls iilxuil llic rivers Yenisei and Ai);\l<;ui, al Kiishabni-, in llir Ainyl 

 \aliey. I si Alyiat. I sl Sisli-kcni. iu lieiils and wasle grounds, wlieie 1 have lai<en il in 

 I'lowoi- in June Auqusl. All of tlie specimens collected belong lo /'. Ii]})iviiin Aschems. el 

 C.itAr.HN. SyiH.ps. VI. 2 (1907) p. 198. 



Disliiliulion: l'",iii'()})e. soiUli-wcslei n Asia lo Afgluniistan and Uaioochistan, the 

 Himalayas. Ceylon, Siberia, iioiliiwards lodS'- iioilli lal., noilheni Mongolia. .Japan, 

 North Ameriea. 



Lotus coniiciilalus L. Spec. 1>1. ed. 11 (ITlili) p. 1092: Ledeb. I'l. Ail. Ill, p. 259; 

 Karel. et Kiril. iMiiini. I'l. 1"1. All. no. 211: Ledei). b'l. Ross. I, ]). .")(>(l: l.-pi.i.i, -Im. A,n. II 

 {V.KYA) p. 228. 



liatber frequent on dry hills about Kushabar, and in the Amyl valley; scattered in 

 tlie UrjanUai country, at Tapsa, and on tlie banks of the riu-keni, between Bjelosarsk 

 and Cha-kul. 



Distiibution: The species is dislril)uli(l over luno])e, and through south-western Asia 

 lo India, Afghanistan, the llinialayas, Til)el, sonlli-\M'slein Siberia, northern Mongolia, 

 Jajian, Norlli Africa. America. .Australia. 



Caragaiia pygmaca (L.) DC,. Prodrom. 11 (182:"j) p. 2(j8: Ledeb. ¥\. \\[. 111. j). 2l)5; 

 Turezan. Cat. Baical. no. 307; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. AH. no. 219; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 

 1. p. .'')70: Tmczan Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1842) p. 731. no. 297; K|,i,i.i. <l>.i. A.rr. II (1903) p. 

 232; KoJKi|iiii!i,, Mniinip;i(()iii I'liia (jintiiann in .Act llorl. Pelropol. T. WIX, l-'ase. 11 (1909) 

 p. 210. 



Connnon al)out Minusinsk and on the Abakan Steppe, in steppe meadows, on stony, 

 hot slopes, and the like, moreover on dry southern slopes about Ust Sisti-kem, and also 

 on the steppes about the Ulu-kem. The species begins flowering in tlie first half of June. 

 The material collected varies considerably, especially in the pubescence, floweriness. and 

 breadth and length of the leaves. The leaves may be completely glabrous or rather den- 

 sely hairy, with all transitions, the calyx also alternating between glabrous and densely 

 pubescent. Sometimes the calyx may be only ciliate, glabrous for the rest. The pedicels 

 vary from twice to three times the calyx in length. .All intermediate forms seemed lo 

 occur here between the varieties I'alhtsidnd Komm!. I. c, luridissiiud KoM.xii I. c, 

 and nngiislissimct C K. Scunkid. (/.'. inctiiut P>rNGK, C. pijcjiniwd /i (ucnniitt Lkuki;. Fl. 

 Ross. I p. 571). The latter is of especially common occurrence about Ust Kamuishto, 

 partly with leaves to 2 cm. long (a longifniia Kom.vr. 1. c), partly with shorter leaves, 

 only to 1 cm. long (/? brevifoUa Kom.xh 1. c.J. On the steppes about the Ulu-kem, between 

 Ruluk and Cha-kul. this species is also very frequent. Besides var. (inguslissinid C. K. 

 ScHNHU). Iliere also occur, near Bjelosarsic. j)rel[y typical specimens of var. (ilUiicd 



KOMAH. 1. C. 



Distiibution: Southern .Sil)eria. from liie .\ilai ret^ion lo Trans I'aikal. n')ilh- 

 eastern Mongolia, western China. 



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