Oil llii' AInikiui SU'ppc, on rocks, mid in sandy places near llic lower ])arl of the 

 river. Pailly done flower! nj,' al llie cud of June. 



Disliiliiilioii: I'roiu llie eastern [)arl ol' llie All.ii llirou^li sonlliein Siberia to 'I'laiis 

 Baikal. 



? Oxylropis aiiunopliila rurczan. in liullel. Soc. Xaluial. .Moscou (1810) ]>. (id; 

 Ledel). Fl. Ross. I. ]). :)<»,"■). 



On Ihe Al)ai<an Sleppe 1 lia\c tollecUd a lallier rieli nialt'iial of a species of 

 Ort/ltopix. which — nol willinnl havin^^ my doubts, however — 1 have referred to (). 

 (inunopluhi. the specimens being loo young for a rehable decision. This plant is veiy 

 coniinoii on tlie steppes between Minusinsk and Ust Al)akansk. where being a characteri- 

 stii' plant in di y, ^andy places, together with Thcnnopsis lancculala, Onnsnui cchididi-s, 

 etc. Collected willi flower-buds and young flowers in the first half of .\ugust. During a 

 stay in Petrograd. I'rof. Dr. V>. pKorscnHNKo, the noted sliuiciit of Leguminous j)lanls, 

 declared my detei ininalion to l)e very probable. 



Distribution: .Soutliein Sil)eria (the government of Yeniseisk). 



Oxytropis stenophylla Bunge, Enum. Alt. (1836) p. 65; Bunge, Spec. Oxiilvopis (l>i74) 

 1). 122: Lcdcb. Fl. Ross. 1. p. 58:5: Ji'i.i.i.i. <I>.i. A.n. II (1903) p. 266. 0. pumiUi Ledeb. Fl. 

 Alt. 111. p. 275. 



.v«/)5/>cr. caule.scens suhspcc. unv. [Tab. XIII. Fig. 2]. 



Radix cnissd. nolida. lif/iiosii. l')-W cm. lonqa. Folia (>-9 cm. Iniupi. 3-'> jiiga : foliola 

 liiicdiia. l-"! mm. lain, V2-''2.') mm. longa. fere aequilala, saepe Icuiler ciinxitci, compliccdii. 

 apice acuminata, niimpiam miicronala. supra parce albi-pilosa. nonnuiupuun fere omnino 

 glabra, .^ubtus .semper omnino ghduii. mnrgine dislincte revolula. pilis albis. rigidis dense 

 ciliala. Slipulae pnrvae. membranaceae. connalae. supra parlim liberac oblusae. mar- 

 ginibus pilosae. Scapus 6-9 cm. longus, foliis fere aequilongus. teres, crassior et validior, 

 pilis albis. longis. (ulpres.sis sparse iieslitus. uni - trijlorus. Bracleiw herbaceae. longe 

 obonalae vel ouato-lanceohilae. /-Hmm. longae. plus minus dense cilicUae, ceterum omnino 

 vel fere omnino glabrae. Flores cum ceteris comparati magni. (kdg.x- lumens. I'i-ij mm. 

 longus. membruiuu-i'us. (dhidi-fulnus. lanugine alba, molli. palula I'eslitus. pilis brei'is. nigris, 

 adpressis inlerspersis. Ve.rillum (das superans, '26-:i<l mm. longum. lamina ovaia. apice 

 leni.s.sime emargintda. iuupus VI-Vi mm. longus. 2 /;(//(. bdus. aeipubdus. Alae anlice 

 lidissimae el in lacinias inaapiales leviter /issue, postice pindalim angusliores el supra 

 uiuiuem lacinia parva. rotundala praedilae. Carina curnala, 20 mm. longa, apice mucrone 

 lenui. :i mm. longa. projeclo. Legumen calgcem rumpens. oboixdum. 1.')-1H mm. longum, 

 pilis densis. iongis. idbis vel pidlide ferrugineis. apice villo nigio ueslilum. Semina 10-1') 



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;'/) singulis leguminibus. reniformia. glabra, fusco-nigra. 2-2. .3 mm. longa. 



In point of external habitus our plant differs rather much from the typical species, 

 chiefly owing to the long, vigorous scape, while in Bingk's authentic specimens, which 

 1 have seen in the herbarium of the Imperial Botanical dardens in Petrograd, however, 



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