var. nipinum, which is very common and characteristic in similar locahties. In the 

 following I shall give a summary of the plants I met with at Ust Tara-kem in order to 

 illustrate the composition of the vegetation of these regions. In the larch-forest and on 

 the wood-steppes, the following species of plants, giving their stamp to the scenery, are 

 common: 



F"ig. 5G. Look-out on swanipy laiiil ;ii the ihira Steppe, near the 

 sacred lake Todshi-kul. The declivities in the foretTound are f>rown 

 willi lA/rhnis sihiricd Sediim hyhndiim. Arlcniisid sarroriuu, Arlcmisid 

 laciniata, and various grasses; the swamps witli Polcimoijclon nalans, 

 Poly gonumamphibium.Bulomustimbellalus, Set/ pus Tabernaemontani, 

 and various sedges. In tlie background the Bei kern is seen. 



Vegetation at Aconilum barbaliim, Draba nenwrosa, Galium boreale, Galium uerum, Scabiosa 



Ust Tara-kem, ochroleuca, Achillea Millefolium, Achillea impatiens, Asler alninus, Purola roiundifolia 



about 880 m. 



above sea-level. ^"^- incarnata, Trilicum cristalum, Phleum Boehmeri, Polygonum undulatum var. alpinum, 



Leontopodium alpinum, Medicago platgcaipa. Lallnjrus pi.siformis. Chamaerhodos erecta, 



Potentilla fruticosa, liubus saxatilis, Rosa (tcicularis, Sedum purpureum, Bupleurum 



multinerue, Solidago Virgaurea, Hgpochaeiis maculata, Campanula glomerala, Gentiana 



Amarella, Bromus inermis, and Brachyfmdium pinnatum. 



On dry, open steppes and on rocky slopes occur: 



Thalictrum petaloideum, Arabis incarnata, Alyssum lenense, Silene repens. Lychnis 

 sibirica, Sedum hybridum, Gentiana decumbens. Sisymbrium heteromallum. Ephedra 

 uulgaiis. Cotyledon spinosa, Atraphaxis frutescens, Hedysaium polymorphum, Potentilla 

 chrysantha, Potentilla subacaulis, Fragaria collina, Agrimonia pilosa, Peucedanum 

 baicalense, Galatella punctata, Artemisia sacrorum, Aitemisia laciniata, Cirsium acaule, 

 and Dracocephalum nutans. 



On the flood-plains are to be found, besides natural meadows, a more or less 

 dense brush-wood consisting of: 



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