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Geranium albiflorum, Ledeh. 



No. 297. Shade of Spruce, Birch, and Popliir forests on the Ami! River. 

 Very common and universal. 



Distribution. Siberia, Yenisei and Baikal, southwards through northern 

 Mongoha to Dzungaria and Turkestan. 



The flovrers of this species are purple in the bud, but are pale when fully 

 ■expanded. 



RUTACE.E. 



Peganum Harmala, Linn. 



No. 203. Desert on the Chuguchak plain, Dzungarian Gap, and Borotella 

 plains. 



Distrihution. Southern Europe, northern Africa, tropical Arabia, Persia, 

 Afghanistan, extending eastwards through N.W. India into southern China. 



LEGUMINOSiE. 



Thermopsis lanceolata, E. Br. 



No. 113. Dunes of blown sand in the desert in the Achit-Nor basin. 

 Distrihution. Southern Siberia, Mongolia, western China, and northern 

 Thibet. 



Thifolium Lupinasteh, Linn. 



No. 393. Steppe of valley-bottoms, Shabash and Kamsara Rivers. 



No. 431. Shade of Larch forest, Qjiper Bei Kem and Doro Kem Rivers. 



Distrihution. Russia eastwards to Japan. 



Lotus cobniculatus, Linn. 



No. 456. Driest part of valley steppe, Ulu Kem. 



Distribution. World-wide. 



Halimodendron argenteum, DC. 



No. 163. Alluvial and sandy plains at 760 m. and under. Medium dry 

 conditions, near dry watercourses and occasionally moist hollows, Kemchik 

 River. 



Distribution. The Caucasus Bits., Dzungaria, and N. Mongolia. 



Caragana abboresoens, I^am.? 



No. 414 a. Terraces of Kamsara and Upper Bei Kem Rivers and desert 

 parts of open steppe, between the flood-line of the river and the Larch-forest 

 zone. 



Distribution, Turkestan and Tomsk eastwards to Manchuria. 



The material is poor, there being no flowers or fruit. 



