— 272 — 



Rg]. et Herd. PI. Semeiiov. p. 86; Bois. fl. or. IV p. 1030; Franchel pi. 

 turk. I.e. p. 245; Hook. fl. brit. hid. V p. 35; Gage Polyg. India I.e. 

 p. 395. 



Pamir: N, 1285, prov. \Vakliaii, in cultivated land near Langarkisht, 

 Alt. 3000°», Sept. 8. 1898. 



Area: Europe, America, Asia. 



14. P. rumicifolium Royle; Hook, fl. brit. Ind. Y p. 51; Bab. 

 Transact. Lin. Soc. XVIII p. 112; Aitchison Kuram Valley, Journ. Lin. Soc. 

 XVIII p. 90; Gage Polyg. India 1. c. p. 415; ? Fagoijyrum ramoso-spicatuni 

 Klotzsch. Bot. Ergebn. Prz. Waldemar 1862 tab. 87. 



Alai mountains: N. 464, in the Juniper forests at Olgin Lug. 

 alt. 2700™, June 21. 1898. 



My specimen is quite like a specimen in the herbarium of St. Peters- 

 burg, collected in Kungei Alatau by Mr. Brotherus (N. 778) and deter- 

 minated by Mr. Lindau, and it is very like another specimen in hb. Petrop. 

 of the Herbarium of Royle. The leaves of my specimen are 2^/2 — 3"" 

 long and 4 — 4V2™» broad ; the petioles are 2^'2 — 4'='" long. The ochreæ 

 are retrorsely hairy, the flov^^ers red, very young. 



Area: Himalaya, Alatau. Altai. 



15. P. alpinum AH.; Kar. Kir. Enum. alt. I.e. p. 740; Bunge reliq. 

 Lehman, p. 488 ; Bois. fl. or, IV p, 1031; Franchet pl. turk. I.e. p. 246 ; 

 Hook. fl. brit. Ind. V p. 49 : Gage Polyg. India I.e. p. 413. — P. polij- 

 morphum Ldb. fl. ros. Ill p. 524; Trautv. Enum. Song. p. 80; Rgl. et 

 Herd, pl, Semenov. 1. c. p. 87; 0. Fedtschenko Spisok rast. I.e. p. 136. 



Pamir: N. 1048, at the western t;nd of the lake Jashil Kul., Alt. 

 3800'", Aug. 5. 1898 (flowering spec); N. 1525. prov. Garan, at Kuh-i-lal. 

 Alt, 2600»>, Oct. 14. 1898 (fruiting spec). 



Area: Southern Europe, Sihiria, central, middle and western Asia. 



16. P. acerosum Meissn. DC Prodr. XIV p. 92; Trautv. Enum. Song. 

 I. c p. 83; Rgl. et Herd. Pl. Semenov. p. 85; 0. Fedtschenko Spisok 

 rast. p. 137; 0. Fedtschenko fl, Pamir p, 185. 



Alai mountains: N. 410, at Sufi Kurgan, Alt. 2100'". June 18. 

 1898; N. 502, at Olgin Lug. Alt. 2600'", June 22. 1898 (a small form). 

 Aie a: Middle and central Asia. 



17. P. Bellardi All,; Ldb. fl, ros. Ill p. 530; Bunge reliq. Lehman 

 p, 488; Buhse Aufz. transk. pers. Pfl. p. 193; Bois. fl. or. IV p. 134; 

 Aitchison Kuram Valley I.e. p, 90; Aitchison Afghan, delira. Com. p. 105: 

 Gage Polyg. India 1. c p. 380. — P. aviculare Var. stricfa Trautv. Enum. 

 Song. p. 82. 



Ferghana: N. 294, in cultivated land at Margelan. May 27. 1898. 



