Caragana frutex K. Koch, Dendrologie I (1869) p. 48; Eojiap. Mnnnrp. Caragana p. 

 224. Caragana fnilescens DC. Prodrom. II (1825) p. 268; Ledeb. Fl. All. Ill, p. 265; Karel. 

 et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 218; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 569; KptM. $.t. A.tt. II (1903) 

 p. 231. 



var. latifolia C. K. Schneid., Kojiap. 1. c. p. 226. 



In dry, grass-grown places on the Abakan Steppe, between Askys and Ust Kamui- 

 shto. In full flower about the middle of June. 



Distribution: Russia, south-western Siberia to the government of Yeniseisk, western 

 Mongolia, Dzungaria, Russian Turkestan, Manchooria, northern China, Japan (?). 



Caragana spinosa DC. Prodrom. II (1825) p. 269; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. IIL p. 266; Tur- 

 czan. Cat. Baical. no. 308; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. L p. 571; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1842) p. 

 732, no. 298; Kpw.i. $ji. A.it. II (1903) p. 233; Koiiap. MoHorp. Caragana p. 260. 



On dry, hot steppes near the Tapsa, and on the Ulu-kem Steppe. Past flowering 

 at the end of August. 



Distribution: Southern Siberia and northern Mongolia; from Dzungaria to Trans 

 Baikal. 



Caragana jubata (Pall.) Poir. in Lamarck, Encyclop. Method. Supplem. II (1811) 

 p. 89; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 309; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 572; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. 

 (1842) p. 732, no. 299; KoJiap. MoHorp. Caragana p. 287. 



This very characteristic plant has not been collected by myself, but at Ust Tapsa I 

 got some rather small specimens from a Russian lady, mrs. Safianow by name. 

 According to her statement, it occurs about 100 wersts south of Ust Tapsa, on river- 

 banks, where attaining the height of a man. The specimens belong to f. erec.la (Regel) 



KOMAR. 



Distribution: North-eastern Siberia, from the Arctic Ocean (at the mouth of the 

 Lena) and the Sea of Okhotsk, westwards to Lake Baikal, the Sayansk mountains, Mon- 

 golia, China, Tibet, Turkestan. 



Caragana Bungei Ledeb. Icon. etc. (1829) tab. 464; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. IB, p. 264; Bunge, 

 Enum. Alt. p. 63; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 569; Kprnj. $.i. A.it. II (1903) p. 231; Koiiap. 

 MoiKirp. Caragana p. 317. 



Pretty common on dry, rocky steppes about the Ulu-kem, from the Tapsa west- 

 wards to Cha-kul. Specimens collected at the end of August, are past flowering. This 

 species constitutes, together with some few others, such as Potentilla fruticosa, Cara. 

 gana spinosa, etc., the shrub-steppes, a plant society characteristic of the interior of Asia, 

 where the shrubs, about 1 m. high, are scattered at regular intervals. The undergrowth 

 chiefly consists of species of Slipa and other xeropile grasses (fig. 69, p. 98). 



Distribution: The Altai, north-western Mongolia. 



Caragana arborescens (Amm.) Lamarck, Encyclop. Method. I (1783) p. 615; Ledeb. 

 Fl. Alt. Ill, p. 263; Bunge, Enum. Alt. p. 63; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 569; Turczan. Fl. Bai- 



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