iiiul l)i"si(li's I'hrf/oplriis Dijioplrris. I'lm/oplcris pnljipodioidcs. Pohipodiuin I'lih/drc. 

 Aspidiitni I'licliiplcris. jind especially in lolliei- inoimlaiii liaels Mliiiriiim (ilpcslir ajid 

 Alluiiitim cirndlum are to l)c I'ouiul. The eliimi)s ol aspens sonielinies lo he met 

 Willi here, are also a eharaeleristic assoeialion. In similar siluations, the trees attain 

 a height of towards .'!() ni., with slender, neailv hranehless ti-iinl<s, only near the 

 summit Ininished with a erown. Anionic liie more Ivpieal jjlanls in these loealities 

 may he mentioned ai)ove all Ihe pretiy red I'aronid (inonuild. and also Vi'idlniin dlhiini. 

 Mclicd niildiis. Diiplinc Mczcrcum. Alhijiiiuu Fili.v fnuina. and olhcis. 



Moreover, the moist taitja on the north side of the Sayansk mountains is distinj^uished 

 hy a great variety of plants with an all but suharetic character, and the resemblance lo 

 the con-esponding Scandinavian one was many a time quite striking. Of trees and shrubs 

 aie to be lonnd besitles I'icea ohoixila. Ahii's sil)iiic(t, Piniis silnesliis, and Pinus Cemhia 

 var. sibiiicd. constituting tlie l)uli< ol' the wood, sporadical specimens ol" Ldvix sihirica, 

 especially on dry declivities with sonlhern aspects, and scattered Junipenis communis. 

 Of foliage ti'ces BeluUi pnhcscens vur. oixilifolia el I'ltr. rlwmbifolia, Pcliild hiimilis. 

 Popidus Iremidd, Popnliis laiirifolid are predominant, more scalteied and less ai)nn- 

 dantly Sorbiis Auvupaiid. Primus Pndus. Alnus frulicosa. Vd)urnum Opulus. Suntbucus 

 lacemosa, Iih(uunus FrdUfjuld. Ribes nigrum. Rdn-s pubescens, Lonicern coetuled ixir. 

 (/UdM'escens, Snli.r caprea, and Scdi.r uiminidis occuired. The ground in Ihe wood here 

 is generally very fertile, with a luxuriant and varying Mora. On siiady i^round in 

 woods and in copsy woods besides the plants already mentioned, I have collected 

 and observed the following, wbich may give a notion of the vegetation characterizing 

 the lloor in the forest: 



Epilobiuni moiddiimn. Trifolium Lupiudslcr. Lalhijius pruteiisis. Viulii Konuiioi'ii. 

 Epipaclis Idtifolia. Saxifra(]d crdssif'olid. Gndpbntium silvaticum, Cerasliuni j)ilosuni. 

 Cerastium indgulum. Equisetum silvalicum. Pidiculaiis euphrasioides, ddnipdnuhi 

 nipunculoidcs. Pi/roln unifloiri. Pi/rola rolundi/olia var. incdrmda. Senecio iicmonnsis 

 vdt. maver. Ldmiiiiu (dbum, Anlennarin dioica /'. cori/mbosn. Geranium siliHdicnm 

 el f. pari'iflorum, (wranium albi/lornm. (ieraninm pspudosibiricum. Prunella vul(]dris. 

 Erigernn (u-er f. polilus. Pulenlilla jrulicosd. Andro.'^aces jilijormis, Pulmonaria 

 molli.f.sima. Aspeiula odoridd. Polnuonium corruleuni. Allium Viclorialis, Melica nuhins. 

 Ijdhi/rus Giurliiii. Linnaea borealis. Slelhuia Bungeana par. Udifolia. Oxdiis Acelosella, 

 Tiienlalis europaea, Majanthemum bifolium. (lircaea alpina. Slavhijs silv(dird. I'.tjuiselun] 

 hiem(de together wilh Cgstopleris /ntgilis (especially in chinks ol rocksi, Pediculaiis 

 uncinata, Pedicularis versicolor. Viola iiniflora, Vicia cracca. Calamagroslis Langsdar/fii. 

 Mgosolis siUxdica. .\ncliusa mgosolidijJora var. grandiflora. Paris (piadrifolid. Anemone 

 refle.Vd, 'Anemone dUdicd. .\ennilum laeve, Aclaea spiccda var. erglhrocarpa. .\speruld 

 odondd. Aelbusd (Afrnqnum. ('.orgd(dis braeleala. Pna nemor(dis. llumulns Lupulus. 

 Alragene .\ihiiied. Luziihi pdosd. Lgsinnwhid vubidris. Epilobium ungusli folium. Rubus 

 .sd.cdiilis. Ruhus idaeus. ('.umpunuld rolui}ili/olid. Hesperis nudroiudis vni. sibiricd. Pgrola 



