siclhnis luir. cDinnsd, Saxifnujn inchilciicd. ().iii(/r(iiiliis ijldcidlis. l-'.ijiiischtm siirpoidcs, 

 Scdiim (iiiiiilri/idiiiii. S'dlcriaiKi ciipilnlii. Udiiiinciilns fiif/idiis. Oxtjiid rciti/'<iniiis, 

 Koenif/ia isldiulicd. I'djxtvcr luulirdnlc ixir. xdiilltopcldliini. iind Muthiiitijid Idlcrijlord. 



Fig. 4<i. A view in llic Altaian, above llu' Imiil ol ticcs at an 



altitude of nl)()iil 2000 iii. above sea-level. Mostly urown willi 



licbeiis and mosses willi I'hyllodocc coenilcti. CcnIiniKi (illaicii. 



Ciinthdui iiUjidii. Viola allaicd. and others (see text) 



Of other plants cliaiaclorizing the alpine region here, 1 have collected: 

 Bctulu rotiindi folia, Alniis fruticosa siibspec. monlana. Salix arbuscnla. Salix 

 nuirsiniles. Anemone ndrci.ssijlora, Callianthrmnin nddcfolimu, Hedifsarum obscurum 

 ixir. htsiocarpiim. Vacciniuni Miiiiillus. Vaccinium vilis idara, Vacciniun} nilis idaea /'. 



Fig. 47. Moist and cold mountain side lacing north in the 



Altaian, at an altitude of about 2000 m. above sea-level, 



grown with various markedly arctic plants (see text). 



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