loi' a long liiiir as w iLlRTiiif; iiiiiains near llic .suiniuil ol llic lallcr. Tlic slandard is 

 loiifjer than the wings, 26—30 mm. long; the claw equally broad, about 2 mm. in breadth, 

 and 12-11 nnn. in lenylli, the jilale ovale and emarginale al liic ajjcx. 'I'lie wings 

 are about 20 mm. lung: tlieir claws are very narrow, only about 0,3 mm. broad, 11 — 13 

 nun. long, llic |)lales l)roadesl near the apex, where slightly incised into 2 unequal- 

 ly iaryc K)l)cs: iiindmost, where pa.ssing into the claw, they are provided with a round- 

 ed lolu". The keel is about 20 mm. long, at the apex furnished with a protruding beai<, 

 2 — 3 mm. long. The pods, bursting the calyx rallicr early during their develop- 

 mcnl. arc ovoid. \3 — 18 nnn. long, densely i)ubcsccnl. willi Ioul;. while, of li.nlil lusly 

 blown hairs, near the sunnnil. al Ihe i)ase of Ihe ])crsislcul style, wilii a lull of i)iack 

 hairs. The seeds are lo \)v found in a number of 10 — 15 in eacii luxl; they are reniforn), 

 glai)rous, dull, of a brownish i)lack colour, 2 — 2..'i mm. long, and, accordingly, nearly 

 twice as large as in Ihe lypical species. 



Colh'ctcd by me on liie .\bakan Steppe, near .\skys, on dry Devonian sandstone 

 cliffs facing south. The specimens taken in the middle of .hine arc i)ast flowering, wilii 

 ripe and partly ripe j)ods. 



Distributior.: The main species is very rare and is previously known only from 2 

 places, viz. on the river Tsharysh, and near the mouth ol the river Kan in southern 

 Siberia (Bunge). 



Astragalus aipinus L. Spec. PI. ed. II (17(j;5) p. 1070; Pallas, Spec. Aslrag. (1800— 

 02) p. 11, I. 32: Bunge, Gener. A.slicu/. II (Mem. Acad. Imp. Sc. St. Petersb. Ser. VII, T. 

 XV, 1870) p. 26; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 345; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 237; 

 Ledeb. F'l. Ross. 1. p. 601 ex parte: Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1842) p. 761, no. 332; 

 KjiM.i. 'i'.i. .\.n, II (ino;')) ]). 298. Phacd aslrafidlina DC. Aslragalogia p. 52; Ledeb. Fl. 

 Alt. Ill, p. 270. 



On the banks of the Iici-kcm, between Sebi and I'linski porog. in shady places, 

 among blocks of stone. Partly done flowering in the second half of Augu.st. 



Distribution: .\rclic and al]iinc regions of Europe. Novaya Zemlya. Siberia, Turke- 

 stan, northern Mongolia, western Tibet, arctic America. 



Astragalus frigidus Bunge, Gener. As{ro<]. ]). 2S; h'pi.i.i. <l\i. .\.rr. II (1903) p. 299. 

 Pluicn frigida L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10 (1759) p. 1173; Ledeb. Fl. All. III. p. 2()8; Turczan. Cat. 

 Baical. no. 311; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. I, p. 575; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1842) p. 735, 

 no. 301. 



In the .Mlaian. on Ihe r|)per Sisti-kem. in alpine meadows and on mountain slopes, 

 and in the Bei-kem \alley. near I linski porog. 



Distribution; Arctic and alpine tracts of Europe, arctic Siberia, the Altai and 

 Savansk momitain.s. the Mimalavas, North .Vmcrica. 



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