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FLOllA 1ND1CA. 



Stellaria. 

 Lychnis. 

 Dianthus. 



Astragali, man} 



Phaca. 



Thermopsis. 



Oxytropis. 



Cicer. 



Potentilla. 

 Chamserhodos sahulo&a 



Ejnlobese. 

 Carum Carui. 

 Galium Aparine. 

 Tussilago Farfara 

 Mulgedium. 



Tartaricum . 



Erigerea?. 



Aster. 



Saussurea. 



Gentiana. 



Veronica Beccabunga 



Agrostis. 



Anagallis. 



Orobanche. 



Euphrasia officinalis. 



Pedicularis. 



Thymus Serpyllum. 



Mentha^, various. 

 Dracocephalum. 



Primulas. 



Statice. 



Orchis. 



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Artemisia. 

 Allardia. 



Hermmium . 

 Allia, several 



Hippuri 



Zannichellia palustris, Ranunculus aquatilis and radicans, 

 Utricularia, and several species of Potamogeton. 



In favourable localities a short turf covers the ground, 

 and affords a nutritious pasturage to yaks, goats, sheep, and 

 horses; this consists chiefly of the common Fescue grass 

 (Festuca ovina) and other European species, with several spe- 



tufted Carices. 



Owing to the great power of the sun there is scarcely any 

 alpine vegetation, even at 1 5,000 feet j and above that, though 

 plants may be gathered up to 19,000 feet, vegetation is ex- 

 cessively scanty, and only found by the margins of rills from 

 melting snow. The flora of these regions includes some plants 

 of great interest, as Papaver nudicaule, Oxygruphis glacudis, 



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Ranunculus hyperboreus , 

 Brunonianum, 



beris 



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axacum officinale 



A small Urtica is even' where 



great 



occ ur 



