Sdlix pi] lolac folia. Rhododendron dauiicnm. Coiijdalis pauciflova, Aslragahisfiifiidus. 

 [jilhi/rux hiunilis. Orohiis alprstris, Chnisospleniitm niidicaide. Aegopodium nlpeshr, 

 l>('l(isilcs friqidiis. Scoizonera radiala. Pediculaiis nnvincda, Luzida nudtiflora. Lalhiims 

 (inielini. Saussincd (ilpino. Myosolis sUimlica var. alpestiis. Euphorbia lutescens. Aconitum 

 ambiquum subsprr. (dpiniun nov. comb., (Mlaniagrostis Langsdorffii f. gracilis. Veronica 

 sajanensis nop. .spec. Cgstopleiix monlana. Polemoniinu coeruleum. Trifolium Lupinasler, 

 Spiraea chanmedrgfolia. and others anion" Iho most characteristic. The traveller's 

 eyes, however, are here perhaps ai)ovc all leasted with the heautiful aznre A(inilegia 

 glandidosa. with its ilowers to 10 cm. wide, clolhinsT the alpine, parlh' stony meadows 

 with a dense cover, visihle at a great distance. 



Fig. .58. Saxifraga crassifoliu I... from tlu' '.\llaian 

 iicjir the tree limit 



Of the arbuscular vcLjctation about the tree limit here may be mentioned Belula 

 pubescens v. ovalifolia. while Belula humilis only rarely seemed to reach up to the tree 

 limit proper. Moreover, there occur here a low. alpine form of .Alnus frulicosa, desci-i- 

 bed l)y me as subspec. monlana. lo^clhcr with .luniperus cominuni.f var. nana, and 

 various species of .Sali.v. 



Moreover, several plants the proper range of which lies above the tree limit, also 

 descend into this zone, such as Belula rotundifolia. Sibb<ddia procumben.s. arid many 



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