408 MR. K. D. SIMPSON ON THE PLANTS OF 



Reaumueia soongaeica, Maxim. 



No. 200. Alluvial desert, Borotella plains (often where saline). 



Distribution. Turkestan, Altai, western Mongolia, and northern Thibet. 



PORTULACAOEiE. 



Claytonia aectica, Adams. 



No. 378. Summit o£ Mount Ulug Taiga, dry patches on rocky boulders- 

 over 1800 ra., Sayansk Mts. 



Distribution. Siberia, N. Mongolia, and Hall Island in the Behring Sea. 



MALVAOEiE. 



Althaea eosba, Cav. 



No. 123. Southern aspects, 900 to 1700 m., southern Great Altai Mts.,. 

 Upper Kran River, basin of Black Irtish, Dzungaria. 



Distrihution. South-eastern Europe, Asia Minor, Cyprus, Kashmir, N.W. 

 India, southern China, and Japan. 



LINAGES. 



LiNUM PEKEXNE, Linn., 13. siBiEicuM, ScMede. 



No. 461. Dry valley steppe near rivers, when occasionally flooded, Ulu 

 Kem. 



Distribution. N.W. Mongolia, Dahtiria, and southern China. 



ZYGOPHYLLACE^. 



NiTEAEIA SCHOBEEI, Linn. 



No. 198. Alluvial and gravel deserts, Borotella plains and south of 

 Uzungarian Gap. 



Distribution. Southern Russia, Caspian Sea, Turkestan and Mongolia,. 

 Persia and Afghanistan ; N. Africa a^ far south as Senegal. 



GERANIACE^. 



OxALis Acetosella, Linn. 



No. 298. Shade of Spruce and Larch and Pine forest, where the soil is 

 wet, associated with mosses, ferns, and lycopodiums, Amil River. 



Distribution. Europe, North America, Kashmir, northern Himalayas, and 

 Amur River. 



