(■(if)ill(il(t ixtr. Jodiinis. rriliciim icju-ns. I'lxi (itlrminia, Aqmslis taiiiiui. Curcx pnlifoiinis. 

 Carex stcnophijlla. Cobrcsid siicc. Ai>ci}<i (Icscrlorum. Avenu jualcnsis. Difilciclinc sfjiuirrosa: 

 more iiiti'is|)CTse(l tlicro also ociui' licie Ihr i)ii'lly. hrinisloiie coloiiied lirijsimuin 

 aHniniiJi and Silcnc .Icinsrd. ('.ijinh<ui(t ddi'iuivn. Hujilfui inn iiiiilliiii'ri'r. Onosiiui vcluoidrs 

 i>(ii. (iiiK'lini. (IcKisliiim <iri>ciis('. ScorzDiicrii nidiiila. (jinvdlviiliis Ainiiunii. csix'cialK' on 

 llie «Kurgans» (generally accompanying liic ijreceding oiu'i. Ilclichiiistim niciKiiiiim. 

 (idliiim vcrum. Echinospetnmm Ijippulit ixu: iinisiiranUiiim. f.ilhosprnuiim o/firiiiiilc. 

 and Liiuim peicniic. .Moreover, on more sLony grouiKl. and on Ihe Devonian cliiis 

 of sandstone there occur: 



Stclldiin pclnicd. Poli'iililld srriccd var. (p'luiiiui. ('.dinpimula sihirivd. Pithinin 

 sibiricd. (Uudtjana pi/gmdcd. Vrmiiicd rriicriiini. rhjinius ScrpiiUun) niir. diifiuslifolius. 

 Alfissdin Irncnsc, Drdaxcpbdliiiu discolor. SerrcduUi iiilidd ixir. gluiicd, Polcniilla bi/urcd. 

 I'olfigdld sibiricd, PIdoinis tuberosd, Alliuni rldUiKduiu. Allidin trniiissiiniun. Thcsiiiii} 

 irfrdcluin. Crcpis tcnnifolid. Liliuin Mdiidgon. Spinwa Irilohd. Aslnupdds slenoccnis. 

 Aslragdlus miilliraiilis. Thaliclriim foelidiim. Liiuiria odora uar. iiuijor /'. diigiislifoliu. 

 Aiiemisid vomiunUild, and Sibbdldui ddprcssd. 



Hardly any vegetation whatever was to he found in Uic especially dry and hot places Vegetation on 



on the declivities of the rocks. Here the ground is either quite hare or covered onlv hy extremely dry 



iuui liot rocks, 

 a thin layer of earth, delicient ni organic mould and chielly lormed hy dismtegration ol 



Ihe rock itself. Onlv a verv scallercd floi-a was ohserved in the chinks of the rocks, 



such as Epliedid uulgdris, Aliriphdxis frulcscens. Arclogerron grnmincds, Tluinius 



Serpglluin luir. dngusiifoliiis. Plielipden Idiiuginosd. and Oxglropis sicnophglld subs])ec. 



cdulescens nov. sdbsper. 



These seemed to he the only plants occuring here in such extremely dry and hoi pla- 

 ces. The soil is loo dry and shallow, Ihe sun loo hurning for the thriving of oilier i)lanls. 



On the mountain sides, in gravel, etc., along dried up river-beds I have noted 

 the following species: 



Galium veriim, Glgcgnhiza iinilcnsis, Alrdphaxis frutcsrens. Aster alpinus. Cnragnna 

 pggiuaea. Thymus Serpyllum. Polentilla dnserina. (a very densely silver-hairy form) 

 Lamium album. Coloneasler meldiwrdrpa. (jimpanula glomenila. Alyssum Icnensr, 

 Thdliclnim pelaloideum. Thaliclrum foclidum, Slellaiia peiraca, (Ajnoglossum offivimde. 

 Spiraea triloba, Polygala comosum forma. 



About Ust Kamuishto, the steppe itself seemed to be nol quite so dry as in liie said 

 localities, giving rise to a considerably greater amount of other plants besides some of 

 the above-mentioned grasses, which here are not so predominant either as regards 

 quantity or quality. A mumber of .\bakan Tatars have settled here in peculiar eight- 

 sided wooden huts, the so-called Uluses, finding sufficient grazing-grounds for their 

 herds of cattle near by. 



The most important species generally occuring in llu^ slepjies here arc: 



Koeleria gravilis. Fe^lucd oviua var. .•<ulrald. Phleinu Boehmeri subspec. decurlatum 

 nov. subspec.. Pod (dicnudld. Elgmus dasiisldchys luir. sdlsuginosus. Cdre.v pediformis- 



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