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IX. Cystopteris Beruh. 



9. C. fragilis (L.) Bernh. ; Trautv. Enum. Song. p. 122; Ledeb. fl. 

 ros. IV p. 517; Bunge reliq. Lehman, p. 531; Buhse 1. c. p. 234 ; Bois. 

 fl. or. V p. 740; Duthie Pl. coll. on the Pamirs, in Alcock Rep. on the 

 Pamir boundary commiss. Calcutta 1888. O. Fedtschenko Spisok rast, 

 p. 171; 0. und B. Fedtschenko 1. c. p. 1 1 ; 0. Fedtschenko flore du 

 Pamir, Acta H. Petrop XXI St. Pb. 1903 p. 219. - Aspidium fragile Sw.; 

 Kar. Kir. Enum. Alt., Bull. Soc. nat. Moscou 1841, p. 870; Kar. Kir. 

 Enum. Song., Bull. Moscou 1842 p. 534; — Woodsia glabella Rgl. et 

 ß. bipinnatisecta Rgl. in Rgl. et Herder 1. c. 



Alai mountains: N. 480, in the juniper forests at Olgin Lug. 

 Alt. 2600 m . June 21. 1898. — Pamir: N. 1364, prov. Wakhan, at a 

 Stream near Langarkisht. Alt. 3000 m . Sept. 13. 1898. 



Area: Almost all over the world, in the temperate countries. 



Gnetaceæ. 



Ephedra Tourn. 



1. E. distachya L. ; Bois. fl. or. V p. 713; Aitchison Afghan Delim. 

 Com., p. 112; 0. Fedtschenko Spisok rast. p. 170; — E. vulgaris Rich,; 

 G. A. M. Mon. Eph., Mem. Ac. Pétersb. VI Ser. Senat. Vp. 80 (270) ; Ldb. 

 fl. ros. III p. 663; Trautv. Enum. song. p. 93; Buhse Aufz. Pers. Transe. 

 Pfl. p. 204; Rgl. et Herd. pl. Semenov. 1. c. 1868 p. 423; Hooker fl. brit. 

 Ind. V p. 640; — E. monostachya L.; Kar. Kir. Enum. Alt., Bull. 

 Moscou 1841 p. 747; Rgl. PI. turk.. Acta H. Petrop. VI p. 482; — E. 

 gerardianaWsdi.; Hemsley fl. of Tibet, Journ. Lin. Soc. 35. 1902 p. 198. 



Alai mountains: N. 414, at Sufi Kurgan. Alt. 2100 m . July 18. 

 1898. — Pamir: N. 1045, on an insolated spot near the lake Jashil 

 Kul. Alt, 3800 m . Aug. 5. 1898. 



Area: Southern Europe, middle and Central Asia, Himalaya. 



2. E. nebrodensis Tin.; Bois. fl. or. V p. 713; E. procera F. et M.; 

 Meyer Mon. Eph. p. 91 (296); Ldb. fl. ros. III p. 664 ; Rgl. PI. turk. 

 Acta H. Petrop. VI p. 480; Franchet PI. Turkestan, Ann. Sc. nat. Bot. 

 6 Ser. 18. 1884 p. 253. — E. equisetina Bge Reliq. Lehman, p. 500; 

 0. Fedtschenko Spisok rast I.e. p. 170. 



Pamir: N. 1078, at the lake Jashil Kul. Alt. 3800 m . Aug. 8. 1898 (?) ; 

 N. 969, on an insolated spot at the lake Jashil Kul. Alt. 3800 m . Aug. 28. 

 1898 (sterile specimen, but with the characteristic habit of E. nebrodensis.) 



Area: Southern Europe, western and middle Asia. 



