orientalis and Astragalus Alitschuri, and in clefts and hollows 
Arenaria Meyeri, — on the whole a less xerophytic vegetation 
than on the slope with a S.W.-exposure, and corresponding to 
the Trigonella-formation. The large clefts open to the east bear 
on the slopes exposed to the north-east an entirely different 
and totally mesophytic vegetation, in some places dense in 
others somewhat marshy, growing on moist soil rich in humus. 
Here we find the Poa attenuata-formation in an associ- 
ation comprising Carex macrogyna and Kobresia schoenoides, 
Gypsophila cephalotes, Geranium collinum var. saxatile, Myosotis 
_silvatica, Primula nivalis, with beautiful, large, purple blossoms, 
the white-flowering bulbous plant Lloydia serotina, in large 
quantities, succulent Ranunculi, (R. rufosepalus and rubrocaly«), 
Sazifraga cernua and flagellaris, Cerastium trigynum var. glan- 
dulosum, Leontopodium alpinum, Sedum gelidum, Swertia sp. 
Not a single one of these species belongs to the Trigonella- 
formation. 
On the north slope of the mountain a similar vegetation 
is found on similar soil. In a single locality were included: 
Astragalus alatavicus (mentioned above from the south side of 
Jashil Kul), Draba turcestanica, Pedicularis dubia, P. pulchra, 
P. sp., Isopyrum anemonoides, a tiny, fine-leafed ranunculacea 
with white blossoms, Gypsophila cephalotes, Dracocephalum 
discolor, and Nepeta kokanica, gray-leafed, aromatic labiates 
with blue flowers, Artemisia minor, Oryzopsis purpurascens, 
Poa attenuata, Elymus lanatus, for the most part without 
blossoms, Acantholimon alatavicum, Hedysarum cephalotes and 
a few barren cushions of mosses. These last named species 
do not seem to rightly belong in this plant community, and 
the same is true of Nepeta and Dracocephalum, which appear 
to represent another and more xerophytic type, than Pedicu- 
laris and the others with which, however, they always ap- 
pear. I have made no notes on this. 
On another part of the north slope the vegetation grew 
in vertical stripes of various combinations. The most xero- 
phytic were represented by low ridges, with a somewhat 
western exposure, on which Eurotia ceratoides was scattered. 
The slope was dry, and at a depth of 12—14 cm the soil 
was a little moist. The intervening degree of moisture was 
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