Abstract:Abstracts:This paper studied the seed germination characteristics and germination patterns of 15 Leguminous plants from Hexi Corridor area.Results were as follows.In the presence of light,the germination rate of Caraganas ssp. was significantly higher than the germination rate in dark.The germination rate of Caragana korshinskii in dark was significantly higher than that under light.It had no effect on the germination of other species whether light existed.There were four main germination patterns. The first pattern was rapid germination,whose representatives were C.korshinskii,C.intermedia and Lotus corniculatus grown in the presence of light.The second pattern was intermediate germination,whose representatives were C.intermedia,L.corniculatus, Ammopiptanthus mongolicus, C.bongardiana,C.erinacea and Caraganas ssp.grown in dark.The third pattern was slow germination, whose representatives were Thermopsis schischkinii, Sophora alopecuroides, Sophora flavescens, C.arborescen,Glycyrrhiza uralensis and Hedysarum multijugum grown in the presence of light,and T. schischkinii,S. alopecuroides,S.flavescens,C.arborescens grown in dark. The last pattern was low germination, whose representatives were Glycyrrhizas ssp.,Medicago falcate, Glycyrrhizas sp,G.uralensis, H.multijugum,C.korshinskii and M.falcate.