diller clistinclly Ironi my spcfiiiu'n.s. II seciued upon llir whole, in Ihis spoc-ics, as in 

 the genus Vicia. Ilial I'oinis witli Ijioad leaflets mostly have less pinnae than leaves cha- 

 racterized by narrow pinnae. 



Distribution: Europe, southwards to middle Italy, the Caucasus, Siberia, northern 

 Mongolia, eastern Asia, Sakhalin. .Japan. North America. 



Lathyrus Gmelini Fritsch in Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Math.— Nalurw. CI. CIV 

 (1895) p. 479. Orobiis lulciis L., Ledcb. Fl. Alt. Ill, p. 361; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. 

 Alt. no. 283. Orobiis lulciis /i oricnialis Fisch. et Mey., Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 690; Kpw.i. 

 <1).T. A.IT. II (1903) p. 343. 



In subalpine wooded tracts about the Upper Amyl, and in the Altaian, on the Upper 

 Sisti-kem, in mixed wood of coniferous and foliferous trees. In part done flowering and 

 with nearly ripe fruits at the end of July. 



Distribution: Siberia, from the Ural to Trans Baikal, and northwards to about 58'' 

 north lat., northern Mongolia, Turkestan, the western Himalayas. 



Orobus alpestris Waldsl. et Kit. PI. Par. Hungar. (1803-12) II, p. 133; Ledeb. Fl. 

 Ah. Ill, p. 358; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 689; l^pw.i. Oa. A.rr. II (1903) p. 342. 



On slopes on the Upper Sisti-kem. Past flowering in the second half of July. 

 Distribution: Southern Siberia (the Altai and Sayansk districts), northern Mongolia. 



Hedysaruni obscurum L. Syst. Nat. ed. X (1759) p. 1171;<l»(',i,qeiii;(i, (>rw()[)i, PuAa //e(/_(/- 

 sar.49in Act. Hort. Petropol. XIX, p. 231; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. III. p. .311; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 

 706; Rasiner, Monogr. Hcdijsar. no. 5; Kpi.i.i. <I>.i. A.it. II (1903) p. 347. H. con sang iiineiim 

 Runge, Enum. AH. p. 73. H. inundnlum Tuiczan. Cat. Raical. no. 366; Turczan. Fl. Bai- 

 cal.-Dahur. (1842) p. 781, no. 356. 



var. lasiocarpum (Ledeb.) Fedlsch. 1. c. 



In the Altaian, on the banks of the Upper Sisli-kem. in alpine meadows. 



Distribution: Arctic and alpine regions of Europe, Caucasia, Trans Caucasia, Rus- 

 sian Turkestan, Siberia, northern Mongolia. Sakhalin, North America. 



Hedysariim polyniorphuni Ledeb. Fl. All. III. p. 338; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 701; 

 Basiner, Monogr. Hedijsar. no 20; Kiiuji. <I>.i. A.ix. II (1903) p. 346. 



On dry, open steppe, and on rocky slopes at Ust Tara-kem; almost past flowering in 

 the second half of august. 



Distribution; South-eastern Russia, Russian Turkestan, soulhern Siberia, north- 

 wards to about 56 north lat., and eastwards to Trans Baikal, northern Mongolia. 



Onobrychis viciaefolia Scopoli, Fl. Carniolica ed. II, 2 (1772) p. 76. 0. saliva Lam. 

 Fl. France II (1778) p. 652; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 708; Turczan. Fl. Raical.-Dahur. ( 1842) 

 p. 783, no. 358; KpM.T. <lM. A.rr. II (1903) p. 349. O. arenaria Ledeb. Fl. Ah. Ill, p. 342. 

 0. carpatica Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 369. 



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