Common in the tracts about the rivers Yenisei and Abakan, at Kushabar, in the Amyl 

 valley, Ust Algiac, Ust Sisli-kem, in fields and waste grounds, where I have taken it in 

 flower in June — August. All of the specimens collected belong to /. tijpiciim Aschers. et 

 Graebn. Synops. VI, 2 (1907) p. 498. 



Distribution: Europe, south-western Asia to Afghanistan and Baloochistan, the 

 Himalayas, Ceylon, Siberia, northwards to 68)^° north lat., northern Mongolia, Japan, 

 North America. 



Lotus corniculatus L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1092; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. Ill, p. 259; 

 Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 214; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. L p. 560; Kptiji. $ji. Ajit. II 

 (1903) p. 228. 



Rather frequent on dry hills about Kushabar, and in the Amyl valley; scattered in 

 the Urjankai country, at Tapsa, and on the banks of the Ulu-kem, between Bjelosarsk 

 and Cha-kul. 



Distribution: The species is distributed over Europe, and through south-western Asia 

 to India, Afghanistan, the Himalayas, Tibet, south-western Siberia, northern Mongolia, 

 Japan, North Africa, America, Australia. 



Caragana pygmaea (L.) DC. Prodrora. II (1825) p. 268; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. Ill, p. 265; 

 Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 307; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 219; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 

 I, p. 570; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1842) p. 731, no. 297; KptM. $jr. Ajit. II (1903) p. 

 232; KoMapoBTb, MoHorpa^ia PoAa Caragana in Act. Hort. Petropol. T. XXIX, Fasc. II (1909) 

 p. 240. 



Common about Minusinsk and on the Abakan Steppe, in steppe meadows, on stony, 

 hot slopes, and the like, moreover on dry southern slopes about Ust Sisti-kem, and also 

 on the steppes about the Ulu-kem. The species begins flowering in the first half of June. 

 The material collected varies considerably, especially in the pubescence, floweriness, and 

 breadth and length of the leaves. The leaves may be completely glabrous or rather den- 

 sely hairy, with all transitions, the calyx also alternating between glabrous and densely 

 pubescent. Sometimes the calyx may be onlj' ciliate, glabrous for the rest. The pedicels 

 vary from twice to three times the calyx in length. All intermediate forms seemed to 

 occur here between the varieties Pallasiana Komar. 1. c, viridissima Komar. 1. c, 

 and angiisiissima C K. Schneid. (C. incana Runge, C. pygmaea j8 arenaria Ledeb. Fl. 

 Ross. I p. 571). The latter is of especially common occurrence about Ust Kamuishto, 

 partly with leaves to 2 cm. long (« longifolia Komar. 1. c), partly with shorter leaves, 

 only to 1 cm. long (/S brevifolia Komar 1. c). On the steppes about the Ulu-kem, between 

 Buluk and Cha-kul, this species is also very frequent. Besides var. angiistissima C. K. 

 Schneid. there also occur, near Bjelosarsk, pretty typical specimens of var. aliaica 

 Komar. 1. c. 



Distribution: Southern Siberia, from the Altai region to Trans Baikal, north- 

 eastern Mongolia, western China. 



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