412 ME. N. D. SIMPSON ON THE PLANTS OF 



Lathyrds LiNNiEi, Rouy, var. obientalis, N. D. Simpson, comb. nov. 



No. 303. Open spaces in Poplar, B-ircb, and Spruce forests on the Amil 

 River. 



Orohus luteus, L., var. oriejitalis, Fiscli. et Mey. Index 3 Sem. horti Petrop. 

 p. 42. 



L. luteus, Peterm. Deutschl.fl. p. 155 (1849), non Munby, Fl. Alger, p. 78 

 (1847). 



Distribution. Turkestan and N. Mongolia. 



Lathyrus PRATENHis, Linn. 



No. 422. On the edges of half-dried swamps in open steppe valley- 

 bottomSj Upper Bei Kem. 



I)istrihution. North temperate regions. 



SOPHOEA ALOPECUEOIDES, Linn. 



No. 147. In the cultivated part of valleys near irrigation canals, Shara- 

 sume, Upper Irtish basin. 



Distribution. Asia Minor, Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Dzungaria, and the 



Altai. 



ROSACEA. 

 Peunus Padus, Linn. 



No. 281. A shrub under Birch and Spruce, very common up to GOO m., 

 Amil River. 



Distribution. Europe, N. and Central Asia, and Thibet. 



Spie^a hypeeicifolia, D C. 



No. 41. Barren and dry hill-slopes. Desert floral types in the Kemchik 

 Basiuj Minnusinsk steppe, and southern slopes of the Tannu-ola Mts. 



No. 140. Southern aspects from 1370 m. to open stony desert valleys at 

 760 m., Kran River near Sharasume. 



Distribution. Dahuria, Mongolia, Turkestan, extending westwards to the 

 ■Caucasus and southern Russia, C. K. ScJineider. 



Spir^a media, Schmidt, var. c. seeicea, Begel. 



No. 295. Open glades in forests and on hill-slopes near the Amil River. 

 Distribution. Northern Mongolia, Manchuria, and Sachalin, C. K. 

 ■Schneider. 



RUBUS aecticus, Linn. 



No. 347. Drying swamps amongst moss, or open steppe in valleys where 

 it is dry, Sistikem, Upper Yenisei, and Japsa Rivers. 



Distribution. Subarctic Europe, Asia, and America. Europe, southwards 

 to the Baltic ; Asia, southwards to the Himalayas ; N. America, Canada and 

 British Columbia, Foche. 



