A.s|i':)<>alus slciioi-i'ras C^. A. Mtyri in lionyiinl v[ AU'vcr, Siii)i)l('m. I'"l. All. p. 21; 

 15iiiii;i". C'uMUT. .I.s7/Y(7. p. 221: Ledch. Fl. Uoss. I, p. 029: Turczaii. V\. Haic"il.-I);iluii-. (1SI2) 



J). 771. no. illC); |,'|ii.i.i. i|>.i. A.ii. 11 (I'.li.';) \) :\2. AsIku/iiIus suhiihiliis /J Pallas. Spec. 

 .I.s7/ar/ p. -Jo. Aalidfidliis rcrdhiidcs Bim^c ic r(Hi\j)rslns I.i(Kl) l-"!. .\ll 111, p. .';(i(i 



Oil the sl('])pes belwoeu Minusinsk and Ust Ahakansk, in sandy places, and on llic 

 .\l)akan Steppe, near Askys, on stony declivities: in flower and ])ailly done floweiinf^ in 

 llie first iiaif o\ .lune. 



Distribution: South-eastern lUissia (Oreniiurt;), llussian I'm keslan, southern parts 

 of Siberia, eastwards to the government of Yeniseisk. 



Aslragalns nielilotoides Fallas, Spec. Aslidi/. p. M: lUnige. (lener. Aslnu/. p. L'l; 

 Ledel). l"l. ML 111. ]). 208: Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. :m: Ledeb. Fl. Hoss. I. p. 017; Tur- 

 ezan. Fl. Baieal.-Dahnr. (1,SI2) p. 7(kS. no. :;il; I.'im.i.i. -1m. A.ii. 11 (lUO!'.) p. 289. 



In sandy, grass-grown places near the Tapsa, and on tlie stcjjpes on the I'lu-kem, 

 at Ujelosarsk. Past flowering at the end of August. 



I)istiil)ution: From the eastern part of the governnienl of Tomsk through Siijciia to 

 Trans Baikal, northern Mongolia, northern China. 



Astragalus siilcalus L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1703) p. 1003; Ikuige, Gencr. Aslnii/. p. 1'3; 

 Ledeb. Fl. Alt. Ill, p. 302: Karel. et Kiril. Enuni. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 242; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, 

 p. 619: Kjii.i.i. <1'.7. A.rr. 11 (1903) p. 293. Aslraridlus Icploshtcluis Pallas. Spec. Asliacf p. 

 50: Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1812) p. 709, no. 343. 



siibspec. Turczaninowi suhspec. nov. [Tab. IX]. 



Ah forma lijpica dilJ'cii rniilihiis hiimilihiis. Icinlnm "2»-''2r) cm - rnro ad 30 ini. - 

 (dtis. ad basin lignosis, siilfrulicosis, adscendenlibiDi, infcrne b'lnler supcnie allins 

 stilcalis, <il(d^ris vcl leviier pilosis. Folia sessilia. impari-pinncda, .)-(S' jiiga: foliola inferio- 

 niin laliora ovala vel fere rotiiiulala, :>-') in in. bda, 3-S mm. longa. foliola supcrionim 

 angiisliora. (iiudrr-dccics longioribus (piam bdis. Racrmi axillarcs trncnimi el gracillimi, 

 rigidi. crccli. ')-ll) cm. longi, foliis duplo loiigiorcs. sparsijloii. pamijloii, nulgo 7-10 jlori. 

 Strnclitra jlovum praccipiir distinctus (dts lationbus aulicr bdissimis el dislinclc cmargimdis. 

 Tola planla laele inridis. 



The specimens of Astragalus sidadus L. collected by me on the .Vbakan Steppe, near Ust 

 Kanniisiilo. differ in some respects so nuich from the typical plant that I have found it 

 necessary to enter it as a new subspecies. Already in 1842, Turczaninow, 1. c. called at- 

 tention to the fact that specimens of this one from Baikal differ from material from the 

 Altai by frequently having the wings indented. .,Planta nostra ab Altaica parum recedit 

 alls plerumque emarginatis, sed in eodem individuo etiam integrae inveniuntur". To 

 judge from niv material, however, the w ings also differ consideral)l\' in the shape — \\ hieh 

 will appear from the amiexed figure — being broader thou in the typical species, and al- 

 ways emarginate at the apex. There are also other differences, w hich will appear from the 

 following description: The stems arc several, ascending at the base, frequently ligneous, 

 low, only 20—25 cm. high, as a rare exception to 30 cm. high, which is only about half 



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