Dish ihiilion: l''urn|)c. Silx-ria. noilliwards lo ;il)(>iil llic Aiclic (■.irclc. ;iii(l cnsl- 

 waid.s roiinlitly lo l.akr l>aikal. soulli-w i'sUtii Asia, ('.asliiiicic. 



Vicia amoena Fisclu-r in \)('.. i'lodiom. II (1825) ]). 355; Lcdcb. Fl. All. III. p. .11:5: 

 'rurcv.an. Cat. Haical. no. 'M2: l.riici). I'l I'.oss. 1, p. ()72: Tinrzan. I"l. liaical.-Daliui-. 

 (1812) p. 788, no. :^(i2: Ki.r.i.i. 'I'.i An. 11 ilUO;}) p. ;};}(). 



Il a])))i'ars from llic rallici- rich inalcrial collected Dial lliis species is subjected to 

 i^rcal \ai'ialions in lu'arly every resjieel. Koiisuinsky (.\cla llorl. l'clroi)ol. Ml. p. 

 1523) separates 3 forms ol lliis one from eastern Asia. viz. /'. hipicaWvAw.i.. f. ohloiu/ifolid 

 Ki:c.i:i„ and /". y/a/'/v/ KoKsii. (without diagnosis). The same forms also occur in my 

 material, but as all transitions and coml)inalions are to be found between them, il is (piile 

 impossible to .sei)arale di.stinct forms with well defined characters, and the decision 

 w lure Ihe lines Ijetween them sliould be drawn, llms Ijecomes a mere matter of judge- 

 inenl. I-"irslly, as to the hairiness there arc to l)e found all transitions between specimens 

 with dense hairs and nearly quite glabrous ones. The leaves are 5 — 10 pinnate, and llie 

 leaflets vary in shape from broadly ovate through all transitions to very lengthened, up to 

 6 times as long as broad. Some leaflets are of about equal breadth throughout their 

 lenght, others are broadest in the middle, and tapering to the ends, or they are nearly 

 lanceolate and acuminate, tapering upwards fiom a broader base. The apices of the leaf- 

 lets are generally broadly rounded, or they may be nearly truncate, or even slightly emar- 

 ginatc; others are more or less acuminate and mucronate. For the rest, the leaflets vary 

 very considerably in shape and size, even in the very same plant. In my material the 

 maximal length of the leaflets is 3,3 cm., and the corresponding breadth 1,5 cm. Leaves 

 w ilh broad leaflets have, as a general rule, few pairs, and leaves with narrower leaflets 

 more pairs. The pubescence of the leaflets is, like that of the stem, much van'ing. The 

 stipules are larger or smaller, with Ihe margin entire or toothed. It is, moreover, a rather 

 characteristic fact that the leaflets frecpiently are not opposite, but often alternate. The 

 flowers, which are to be found in a number of 10—15 in each raceme, are 15—18 mm. 

 long. The raceme is about twice as long as the axillary leaf. The length of the pedicels 

 is 2 — 3 nnn., and the bracts, wliicli, ))y the way. are deciduous early in season, vary from 

 being small, fine, filiform to attaining a length of over 10 mm.. Iluis by far overtopping the 

 pedicel itself. The species is of very common occurrence on islets in the rivers Yenisei 

 and Abakan, especially in meadows and in thickets, where I have collected it in full 

 flower in .lune. Besides, 1 have found the species to be rather common in the Urjankai 

 country, about Ust Sisti-kem, at Ust Kamsara, and Ust Tara-kem. 



Distribulion: Soulhern and south-eastern Siberia, northwards lo al)oul (il '4° north 

 lal.. norlhcrn Mongolia. China, Manchooria, Corea, Sakiialin. .Japan. 



Vicia mcgalotropis Ledeb. Fi. All. Ill, p. 344; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fi. .Ml. no. 

 271; Ledel). Fi. Ross. I, p. ()71: Kpi.i.i. <Im. .V.n. II (1903) p. 331. 



var. fypica Traulv. Catal. Viricdi: P.oss. in Act. Hort. Petropol. Ill (1871) I. p. .50; 



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