410 ME. K. D. SIMPSON ON THE PLANTS OF 



Caeagana. Bungei, Ledeh. 



No. 414 h. 



Distribution. N. Mongolia. 



Caeagana pygm^a, DC. 

 No. 2. yteppe near Minnusinsk at 270 ni. 

 No. 202. Alluvial and gravel desert on the Borotella plains. 

 Distrihvtion. Southern Siberia, Mongolia, Turkestan, N. China, and western 

 Thibet. 



Caeagana spinosa, DC. 



No. 479. Dry alluvial steppe, Ulu Kem, Dja Kul. 



Distribution. Southern Siberia, Mongoliaj and N. China. 



Caeagana sp. 



No. 179. Medium dry sandy places in the plains of the Upper Irtish,. 

 460 to 550 m. 



This plant agrees with C. conferta, Benth., as regards stipules, spines, and 

 pubescence, but the bark is totally different. 



ASTEAGALUS ALPINUS^ Linn. 



No. 445. On dry sandy banks by the River Bei Kem. Under flood-mark 

 and only growing in summer. 



Distribution. Alpine regions of Europe, Asia, and N. America. 



Astragalus dasyglottis, Fisch. 



No. 458. Driest part of the Ulu Kem Valley steppe. 



Distribution. The Altai and Turkestan. 



Asteagalus Pallasii, Fiscli. 



No. 181. Dry stony desert hills at 600 m., Karin Nairn Hills, Upper 

 Irtish basin. 



Distnbution. Turcomania and Turkestan. 



Asteagalus sp., § Phaca, Bunge. 



No. 401. Sandy banks near the Lower Kamsara River. 



OxYTEOPis sp. cf. 0. platysema, C. A. Mey. 



No. 52. Mountain-sides above 2150 m. where the soil is either moist and 

 peaty and covered with alpine meadows, or dry shady slopes where some 

 soil has accumulated. W. Tannu-ola Mts. at the head of the Saklya River. 



This specimen differs from 0. platiisema in having calyx-teeth one-third 

 the size of the tube, teeth 2 mm., tube 7 mm., instead of being equal in size. 

 The vexillum also is emarginate, and not entire as in 0. platysema. 



