Caragana frutcx K. Kocli. Dcmlroloiiio I (1869) p. 18: li'iiMnp. MdiimiJ. Catiu/dna p. 

 ■_'24. Caragana jrulescens DC. Prodroiii. II (1825) p. 268: LliIcI). 1"1. All. 111. p. 2(ir>: Karcl. 

 et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 218: Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I. p. 569: Kpi.u. $.i. A.it. II (1903) 

 p. 231. 



var. latifolia C. K. Schneid., KoMii]). 1. c. p. 226. 



In drv, grass-grown places on Ihe Abakan Steppe, belNveen Askys and Usl Kamui- 

 shto. In full flower about the middle of June. 



Distribution: Russia, south-western Siberia to the government of Yeniseisk, western 

 Mongolia, Dzungaria, Russian Turkestan, Manchooria. northern China, Japan ('?). 



Caragana spinosa DC. Prodrom. II (1825) p. 269; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. Ill, p. 266: Tur- 

 czan. Cat. Baical. no. 308; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 1, p. 571; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1842) p. 

 732. no. 298: Kpbi.i. 5'.i. A.w. II (1903) p. 233; Kome]). Mdndrp. Caragana p. 260. 



On drv, hot steppes near the Tapsa. and on the Ulu-kem Ste])pe. Past flowering 

 at the end of August. 



Distribution: Southern Siberia and nortliern Mongolia: from Dzungaria to Trans 

 Baikal. 



Caragana jubata (Pall.) Poir. in Lamarck. Encyclop. Method. Supplem. II (1811) 

 p. 89; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 309; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 572: Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. 

 (1842) p. 732, no. 299; KoJiaji. Munurii. Caragana p. 2S7. 



This very characteristic plant has not been collected by myself, but at Ust Tapsa I 

 got some rather small specimens from a Russian lady, mrs. Safianow by name. 

 According to her statement, it occurs about 100 wersts south of Ust Tapsa, on river- 

 banks, where attaining the height of a man. The specimens belong to /'. crccla (.Regel) 



KOMAR. 



Distribution: North-eastern Siberia, from the Ai-ctic Ocean (at the mouth of the 

 Lena) and the Sea of Okhotsk, westwards to Lake Baikal, the Sayansk mountains. Mon- 

 golia, China, ribet, Turkestan. 



Caragana Biingei Ledeb. Icon. etc. (1829) tab. 464: Ledeb. Fl. Alt. Ill, p. 264: Bunge, 

 Enum. Alt. p. 63; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 569; Kpbu. <^j. A.tt. II (1903) p. 231; KuMap. 

 MoHorp. Caragana p. 317. 



Pretty common on dry, rocky steppes about the I'lu-kem. from tlie 4'apsa west- 

 wards to Cha-kul. Specimens collected at the end of August, are i)ast flowering. This 

 species constitutes, togetlier with some few others, such as Potentilla frulicnsa. Cam. 

 gana spinosa. etc., the shrub-steppes, a plant society characteristic of the interior of Asia, 

 where the shrubs, about 1 m. high, are scattered at regular intervals. The undergrowth 

 chiefly consists of .species of Slipa and other xeropile grasses (fig. 69, p. 98). 



Distribution: The Altai, north-western Mongolia. 



Caragana arborescens (.\.mm.) Lamarck, Encyclop. Method. I (1783) p. 615; Ledeb. 

 Fl. Alt. Ill, p. 263; Bunge. Enum. Alt. p. 63; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 569: Turczan. Fl. Rai- 



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