312 



Differs from the type: bracts and bracteolae small, linear; 

 "bracteolae often removed from the sepals; upper petals sparingly 

 hairy at, the top, lower petals without yellow spot. 



N. 1176. Pamir, on moist ground in a valley near Bulling Kul; 

 alt. 3800 m., August 27., 1898 (fl.j. 



Area: Caucasus, Persia, Turkestan, Pamir, Himalaya. 



8. D. persicum Boiss. , An. sc. nat. XVI, 1841, p. 362; 

 Fl. orient. I p. 76; Huth, Monographie, p. 370; Aitchison, Afghan 

 Deliminat. Comm., 1888, p. 30; Komarow, 1. c. p. 71; 0. & B. 

 Fedtschenko, 1. c. p. 423. 



var. Regelianum Huth, 1. c. 



N. 182. Buchara, on the steppe at Kujumasar, May 13.. 1898 (fl.). 

 Area: Buchara; Area of the main species: Transcaucasia, Meso- 

 potamia, Persia, Turkestan, Afghanistan. 



9. D. rugulosum Boiss., 1. c. p. 361, Fl. orient. I p. 76; 

 Aitchison, 1888 p. 30; Komarow 1. c. p. 71; 0. & B. Fedtschenko, 

 1. c. p. 423. 



N. 147. West Turkestan, on the steppe at Kunikud between Djisak 

 and Syrdaria, May 10., 1898 (fl.). 



Area: Persia, Turkestan, Buchara, Afghanistan. 



VI. Ceratoceplialus Moench. 



10. C. orthoceras DC; Boiss., Fl. Orient. I p. 58; Ledeb. 

 Fl. Koss. I p. 26; Komarow, 1. c. p. 52; 0. k B. Fedtschenko, 

 1. c. p. 410 ; Ranunculus falcatiis v. orthoceras Aitchison, Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. XVIII, p. 30. 



N. 76. Samarkand, in cultivated ground; May 3., 1899 (fl. and fr.). 

 N. 593. Alai-Steppe, common, alt. 3300 M., July 27.. 1898 (fr.). 

 N. 1652. Ferghana, on a mountain near Osh, April 18., 1899 (fl.). 

 Area: South-Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Persia. Beluchistan to Altai. 



11. C. falcatus (L.) Pers; Boiss., Fl. Orient. I p, 58; Ledeb., 

 Fl. Koss. I p. 26; Komarow, 1. c. p. 52; 0. & B. Fedtschenko, 

 1. c. p. 410; Ranunculus falcatus Hook. f. Fl. of British India I 

 p. 16; Aitchison, Afghan Deliminat. Coram., 1888 p. 30. 



