— 272 — 



Rgl. et Herd. Pl. Semenov. p. 86; Bois. fi. or. IV p. 1030; Franche* pl. 

 turk. I.e. p. 245; Hook. fl. brit. Ind. V p. 35; Gage Polyg. India I.e. 

 p. 395. 



Pamir: N, 1285, prov. Wakhan, in cultivated land near Langarkisht, 

 Alt. 3000 m , Sept. 8. 1898. 



Area: Europe, America, Asia. 



14. P. rumicifolium Royle; Hook. fl. brit. Ind. V p. 51 ; Bab. 

 Transact. Lin. Soc. XVIII p. 112; Aitchison Kuram Valley, Journ. Lin. Soc. 

 XVIII p. 90; Gage Polyg. India 1. c. p. 415; ? Fagopyrum ramoso-spicatum 

 Klotzsch. Bot. Ergebn. Prz. Waldemar 1862 tab. 87. 



Alai mountains: N. 464, in the Juniper forests at Olgin Lug, 

 alt. 2700 m , June 21. 1898. 



My specimen is quite like a specimen in the herbarium of St. Peters- 

 burg, collected in Kungei Alatau by Mr. Brotherus (N. 778) and deter- 

 minated by Mr. Lindau, and it is very like another specimen in hb. Petrop. 

 of the Herbarium of Royle. The leaves of my specimen are 2V2— 3 cn) 

 long and 4 — 4V2 cm broad ; the petioles are 2V2— -4 cm long. The ochreæ 

 are retrorsely hairy, the flowers red, very young. 



Area: Himalaya, Alatau, Altai. 



15. P. alpinum All.; Kar. Kir. Enum, alt. I.e. p. 740; Bunge reliq. 

 Lehman, p. 488 ; Bois. fl. or. IV p. 1031; Franchet pi. turk. I.e. p. 246 ; 

 Hook. fl. brit. Ind. V p. 49 ; Gage Polyg. India I.e. p. 413. — P. poly- 

 morphum Ldb. fl. ros. III p. 524 ; Trautv. Enum. Song. p. 80; Rgl. et 

 Herd. pi. Semenov. 1. c. p. 87 ; O. Fedtschenko Spisok rast. 1. c. p. 136. 



Pamir: N. 1048, at the western end of the lake Jashil Kul., Alt. 

 3800 m , Aug. 5. 1898 (flowering spec.) ; N. 1525, prov. Garan, at Kuh-i-lal. 

 Alt. 2600™, Oct. 14. 1898 (fruiting spec.). 



Area: Southern Europe, Sibiria, central, middle and western Asia. 



16. P. acerosu m Meissn. DG Prodr. XIV p. 92; Trautv. Enum. Song. 

 1. c. p. 83; Rgl. et Herd. PI. Semenov. p. 85; 0. Fedtschenko Spisok 

 rast. p. 137; 0. Fedtschenko fl. Pamir p. 185. 



Alai mountains: N. 410, at Sufi Kurgan, Alt. 2100 m , June 18. 

 1898; N. 502, at Olgin Lug, Alt. 2600™, June 22. 1898 (a small form). 

 Area: Middle and central Asia. 



17. P. Bellardi All.; Ldb. fl. ros. III p. 530; Bunge reliq. Lehman 

 p. 488; Buhse Aufz. transk. pers. Pfl. p. 193; Bois. fl. or. IV p. 134; 

 Aitchison Kuram Valley I.e. p. 90 ; Aitchison Afghan, delim. Gom. p. 105; 

 Gage Polyg. India 1. c. p. 380. — P. aviculare var. stricta Trautv. Enum. 

 Song. p. 82. 



Ferghana: N. 294, in cultivated land at Margelan, May 27. 1898. 



