range itself, some of (lie show-iIihI peaks :ilUiiiiiiif< a lieiglil of lo 2r)(IO m. 'I'liis l)raneli 

 is followed by the moist taiga, wiiere 1 observed once more the common, tyj)ical SayansU 

 subalpine taiga vegetation. Besides the plants already mentioned, I have collected here 

 among gravel and stones Aslnif/alus alpinus. Aslnif/dliis jiii/idiis. Eitphorhia luti'sri'iis, 

 Agroslis viiniiui. and various species of (Aildindf/mslis. On moist, moss-grown declivities 

 close by the river, I have, in addition, collected />/7)<'.s iiclnicinu and Scdiini populifnliiiiii. 

 and in grass-grown |)hu'es near Ihe river Itdiumniliis acris ixir. puniilus. In places, 



Fig. Gl. P'roni the Yenisei valley about Sebi, where we enter the 



eru|itive zone in the Tashkj'l and Artool mountains — and where 



the primeval forest begins. 



Fig. 6'2. From the Bei-kem valley, near Utinski porog. Naked, 

 sandy and gravelly river-bank below the highwalci- mark. 



