NOBTH-WEST MONGOLIA AND CHINESE DZDNGAEIA. 411 



OxYTEOPis sp. cf. 0. sulfurea, Fisch. 



No. 395. Open steppe viiUeys of the iShaljash and Kamsara Rivers. 



OXYTEOPlS TE.^GACANTHOIDES, Fisch. 



No. 115. Stony desert on hill-sides and in plateau valleys up to 2450 ni. 

 under the driest vegetative conditions in the S. Tannu-ola Mts., Achit-Nor 

 basin, and Great Altai Mts., north side, in the Suok Valley. 



Distribution. The Altai region. 



This plant is used for fuel by the Mongols. 



Glycyeehiza ubalexsis, Fisch. 



No. 175. Alluvial plains where slightly moist or sand dunes above water- 

 level. Irrigated fields near Dja Kul and sandy plains of Upper Irtish basin. 



G. uralensis differs considerably from G. glandulifera. In the Herbarium, 

 however, there is some confusion, and there appear to be intermediate forms 

 between this plant and the true G. glandulifera of "Waldstein and Kitaibel, 

 which is a European plant. 



Alhagi Kieghisoexjm, Schrenk. 



No. 204. Alluvial flats between Ala Kul and Ulu Nor, Dzungarian Gap. 



Distribution. Dzungaria. 



Lathyecs Feolowii, N. D. Simjjson, sp. nov. (PI. 21. figs. 8-14.) 

 Ab Orobo verno L., foliis mucronatis nee acuniinati.s, foliorum rachi saspe 

 dilatata, foliolis in margine minutissime papilloso-denticulatis, racemis 

 paucifloris et calycis dente inferiore lanceolate acute nee lineari-lanceolato 

 acuminate distinguendus. 



Caules glabri, canaliculati. Folia 3-4-juga ; rachis glabra, ssepe dilatata ; 

 foliola 2-4 cm. longa, O'6-l cm. lata, membranaceo-chartacea, anguste 

 oblonga, mucronata nee acuminata, margine papilloso-denticulata, nee 

 ciliolata ; stipulse semisagittatje, superiores foliolis duplo breviores usque 

 ad 2 cm. longse, inferiores multoties minores 0'7 cm. longse. Flores 

 purpurei, pedicellati ; pedunculi pauciflori 6 cm. longi, 1-4-flori nee 

 pluriflori. Calyx 1 cm. longus, dentibus supremis abbreviatis mucronatis 

 0'2 cm. longis, infimo 0"5 cm. longo tubum subsequante, lanceolate, acute. 

 Corolla calyce duplo longior; vexillum circiter 1'8 cm. longum, 0"9 cm. 

 latum ; alse 1'4 cm. longse, 0'4 cm. latse, carina breviores ; carina 1'5 cm. 

 longa, obtusa. Ovarium sessile, 14-15-ovulatum ; stylus lateraliter com- 

 pressus 0"6 cm. longus. Legumen compressiusculum, glabrum. — Orobus 

 Frolowii, Fisch. MSS. 



No. 269. On cultivated or semi-cultivated land and in the shade of 

 forests near Kushabar and Amil River. 



Distribution. Altai, Ledebour ! ex Herb. Besser ! Prescot ! Siberia, Yenisei, 

 Torgaschina, H. Willi. Arnell ! in Flerh. Kew. 



