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The specimens have small flowers, leaflets tripartite or trilo- 

 bate, lobes entire or sometimes with one or two teeth, oblong, ob- 

 tuse; the whole plant densely villous. 



Except in the villosity the specimens agree exactly with spe- 

 cimens collected 1877 by A. Kegel at Kuldscha and labelled as above. 



N. 2101. Chiwa; Chasar-asp, commou in the forests along the river 

 Amu-Darja; August 19., 1899 (with flowers and youug fruits). 



Area: Caucasus, Persia, Afghanistan. Himalaya, Thibet, Pamir, 

 Turkestan, Altai, Manchuria; the var. tangutica is confined to Pamir, 

 Thibet and Mongolia. — 



(Separates issued January 15., 1902.) 



