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pinnatum*,. Ruyschianum and nutans, Nepeta lavandulacea, 
Thymus angustifolius, Patrinia sibirica, Androsace dasyphylla* 
(n. sp.) Myosotis rupestris, Onosma simplicissima, and 
Gmelini*, Sibbaldia erecta and altaica, Statice speciosa, Swertia 
dichotoma, Thesium rupestre* (n. sp.), Bupleurum baldense, 
several Allia, Stellera altaica*, Gypsophila thesiifolia, Oros- 
tachys chlorantha, Sedum Eversii*, and hybridum, Silene 
. altaica*, graminifolia, stylosa (n. sp.), Potentilla pensylvanica, 
sericea, and other individuals of this genus: Thalictrum 
petaloideum, Linaria altaica, several Alyssa, Erysimum lan- 
ceolatum, Hesperis aprica*, various Astragali, Oxytropis setosa, 
Aster alpinus, Centaurea sibirica, Prenanihes diversifolia 
(n. sp.), and Ephedra monastachya. On the above-mentioned 
meadow-plain, grew to the height of a man, some Heraclea, 
Seseli athamanthoides, Cirsium heterophyllum, Silybum cernuum, 
Achillea impatiens, several Adenophora, Delphinia, and Aconita, - 
many Veratra and Yhalictra, with Senecillis glauca, Trago- 
pogon orientalis, Pedicularis elata, and the beautiful P. pro- 
boscidea, that covers large tracts. 
Among the peculiar bog-plants of this region, 1 mention 
Androsace filiformis, Viola (tricoloris, aff:), Ranunculus Cymba- 
laria, longicaulis (n. sp.), natans (n. sp.), Gentiana barbata, 
Cirsium Gmelini, Potentilla multifida, Allium uliginosum 
(n. sp.); and where the ground is shaded by shrubs or low 
copsewood, we find Primula sibirica, Phaca exaltata, Pedicu- 
laris speciosa, and others, Where the wallies expand, in 
Consequence of the rivers that water them being swollen by 
the Junction of other streams, as the valley of "Tscharysch, in 
the district where it receives the Kerlyk, and the vale of the. 
Koksun, at the confluence of the northern Abai; there 
between the river and the mountain that bounds the vale, 
are extended flat, steppe-like plains, similar to those found 
x the foot of the mountains, but with less luxuriance 
vegetation, and different from them in their peculiar pro- 
ductions. In such spots grow Convolvulus Ammani, Gentiana — 
Pu P ofentilla (n. sp. subacauli, aff.) Saussurea ies sp-» 
sedonim vaginatum (n. sp.), which, in dry places, is only 
ANS inches high, Aster altaicus, Veronica incana, Alyssum 
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