Lieutenant Olufsen's second Pamir-Expedition. 



Plants collected in Asia-Media and Persia. III. 



By 



Ove Paulsen. 



Amarantaceæ. 



1. Amarantus Blitum L. var. graecizans (L.). A. Blitum var. 

 ungustifolius Moq. Tand. ; Ldb. fl. ros. Ill p. 858. 



Ghiwa: N. 1942, in cultivated land. July 9. 1899. 



2. Amarantus paniculatus L. ; Ldb. fl. ros. III p. 856 ; Bois. fl. or. 

 IV p. 989. 



Pamir: N. 1359, prov. Wakhan, quasi-spontaneous at Langarkisht. 

 Alt. 3000 m . Sept. 13. 1898. 



Phytolaccaceæ. 



Phytolacca decandra L. ; Ldb. fl. ros. III, p. 688, Bois. fl. or. IV, 

 p. 895. 



Persia: N. 2152, prov. Gilan, at Resht. Sept. 13. 1899. 



Berberidaceæ. 



Leontice Leontopodium L. var. Ewersmanni (Bunge). L. Ewers- 

 mannt Bunge reliq. Lehman, p. 190; Bois. fl. or. I, p. 100. 



Ferghana: N. 1653, on a mountain near Osh. April 18. 1899 (with 

 young fruits); Nr. 1666, in the steppe at Ghodshent. April 5. 1899 (with 

 ripe fruits). 



As Boissier says L. Ewersmanni is very like L. Leontopodium, and 

 1 think the first named species is a mere form of the latter and that 

 its peculiarities are to be referred to the dry climate of Turkestan. 



Ceratophyllaceæ. 



(det. G. H. Ostenfeld.) 



Ceratophyllum demersum L.; Ldb. fl. ros. II p. 123; Bois. fl. or. 

 IV p. 1202; 0. Fedtschenko fl. du Pamir, Acta H. Petrop. XXI p. 99. 



Pamir: N. 1139, in the lake Jashil Kul. Alt. 3800 m . Aug. 20. 1898. 

 N. 1411, prov. Wakhan, in marshes at Sermut. Alt. 2900 m . Sept. 22. 1898. 



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