cinnamomea, ('.rtiUictiux s(tn(/iiiric<i, (juiiiis tiUxt. and Laii.isihiricd. Of llu' hisl mentioned 

 one only a few specimens were to be found in the interior of the islet, in a rather drier 

 and gravelly meadow. 



The meadows here were generally somewhat moist and very luxnriant, with a 

 vegetation in places reaching nearly shoulder-high. Here is a list of the most important 

 species belonging to such localities: 



Valeriana officinalis. Archangelica decurrens, Pleurospermum auslriacuni, Veralruin 

 album (leaves) Heracleiuu (lissccliun. Onobrychis viciae folia. Tii folium Lupinaster. 

 Lalhijrus pralcn.ti.s. Lallujiiis lubeio.'tus. Ilemerocalis jlava, Vicia amocna. Tlialictrum 

 minus. Tlialirlrum simplr.v. Polijf/onum undulalum rar. alpinum. and Cuscuta euiopaeu. 



Fig. 10. From an islet in the river Abakan near UstAbakansk. Meadow with 



Plcurospeimum aiislruiciim. Onobrychis viciaefoUa. Sanguisorba 



officiniilis. Orobus lubcrosii.'!. 



Where the vegetation was less dense and lower, were to be found: 

 Medicago falcata. Vicia teirasperma, Medicago lupulina. Ranunculus acris, Ranun- 

 culus polganthemos. Hoideum secalinum. Poa alpeslris. Poa iriviulis, Poa palustiis. 

 Alopecurus pratensis. Avena pubescens, Avena pubescens i>ar. alpina. Bronms inermis. 

 Bronms inermis var. arislaius. Daciglis glomeraia. Carex curaica. .Juncus compressus. 

 Mentha aruensis. Polygonum riviparum. Polygonum aviculare. Polygonum Bistorta, 

 Euphrasia Jaeschkei. Galium boieale. Galium Aparinc. Slellaria crassifolia subspec. 

 paludosa. Slellaria discolor. Anemone silvesti is. Myosotis paluslris var. nemorosa. Lathy r us 

 palustris, Trifolium repens, Tragopogon pratensis var. orientalis. Cirsium arvense. 

 Herminium Monorchis, Planta go major, Plantago media var. Urvilleana. Potentilla anserina, 

 Halenia sibirica. Geranium pratense, Camelina microcaipa. Sisymbrium Sophia. Vina 

 cracca. Vicia amoena. Potentilla flagellaris, Taraxacum Bessarabicum. Taraxacum 

 laevigatum. Cypripedilum macranthon. Cypripedilum gullalum. and Rumex Acetosa. 



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