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several Alyssa, Chorispora stricta, Goldbachia, many Lepidia, 
Megacarpea laciniata, Sterigma tomentosum, Tauscheria; a 
host of Astragali, several of them frutescent, Hedysarum splen- 
dens, Robinia Halodendron, Cirsium igniarium, and a variety of 
Saussurec, Serratule and Scorzonere, with Tragopogon ruber, 
and many others. Nevertheless, many of these plants occur 
. also even in the territory of Loktewsk. If you ascend from 
these steppes to the mountain, the vegetation assumes, when 
at an elevation of 4,500 Parisian feet, a greater similarity to 
that of Europe than it presents in the steppe itself; although 
many of the peculiar productions of this country may be seen 
here too. The latter principally belong to the vernal plants; 
they also grow on the steep sides of the rocks, or adorn the 
banks of the wild mountain-streams, wherever these are 
subject to occasional inundations. It is in such spots that 
Gentiana acaulis and Cortusa Matthioli flourish, where Car- 
damine macrophylla, Saxifraga Geum,* Pedicularis resupinata 
and others, grow in the greatest luxuriance. Also, rich flat 
meadows, situated at the foot of the higher mountains, or 
stretching between them, produce many of the peculiar plants 
of Siberia; while, on the contrary, gently rising hills, or 
spots clothed with scattered woods, exhibit such vegetation 
only as is common to Europe. This is likewise observable 
in such places as form standing bogs, and are neither 
irrigated by the fresh water trickling down the mountains, 
nor shaded by a thick covering of foliage. Still the morasses 
of this region do possess some plants peculiar to themselves. 
The Spring Flora is peculiarly marked by the abundance 
of its Ranunculacee and Liliacee, Ranunculus polyrhizos, 
Adonis vernalis, sibirica, and villosa, Paonia hybrida, Anemone 
patens, cerulea, altaica, and umbrosa (n. sp.), Atragene alpina, 
Ornithogalum angulosum (n. sp.), and uniflorum, Tulipa altaica 
. and tricolor, Iris ruthenica, glaucescens (n. sp.), and flavissima. 
Among the rock-plants of this region, may particularly be 
noticed the following, as being most numerous; although 
Some are not generally diffused, but abound in individual 
tracts—(the latter are indicated by *.) Veronica pinnata, 
Siziphora media, Dracocephalum origanoides*, peregrinum, 
