people are to be found, at any rate in summer. In court-yards in such places I have 

 collected for instance: 



Ranunculus repens, Urlica urens, Polygonum aviculare, Plantago majoi, Galeopsis 

 Tetrahit, Euphrasia spec, Veronica arvensis, Poa annua, Trifolium repens, Brunella 

 vulgatis, which are the most characleristic ot such habitats. On the lurf-roofs of the 

 houses plants as Poa alpina. Polygonum Convolvulus, Polygonum aviculare, Chenopodium 

 album, Urtica urens, Stellaria media, and Plantago major frequentlj' occurred. 



About half way between Kushabar and the Algiac Pass, on the river Amyl, is situated 

 the lonely Russian settlement of Kalna. On a sloping hill, in open brushwood here, 

 with a slightly southern aspect, near the houses, I have collected the following trees and 

 bushes: 



Picea obovata, Abies sibiiica, Pinus silvesiris, Beiula pubescens, Sambucus racemosa, 

 Loniceia coerulea var. glabrescens, Populus Iremula, Ribes petraeum, Prunus Padus. 



Fig. .30. Look-out on the upper part of the Amyl valley near Kalna, 

 about 500 m. above sea-level. The vegetation in the loreground con- 

 sisting of Betula pubescens and Saxifraga crassifolia. 



Nearest to the houses the most conspicuous plants were: 



Taraxacum spec, Stellaiia media, Capsella bursa pasioris, Urtica dioica, Rumex 

 domesticus, Rumex crispus, Lappa tomentosa, Antennaria dioica, Galeopsis Tetrahit, 

 Brunella vulgaris, Poa annua. Polygonum aviculare, Geum rivale, Geum Aleppicum, 

 Veronica arvensis, Tanaceium vulgare, Alchemilla vulgaris, Trifolium repens, Plantago 

 major, Plantago media, Hypericum hirsulum, Stellaria graminea, Rumex Acelosella, 

 Linaria vulgaris. Ranunculus auricomus, Valeriana officinalis. Origanum vulgare, 

 Heracleum dissectum. Spiraea chamaedry folia var. ulmifolia, Thalictrum minus, 

 Trifolium pratense, Solidago Virgaurea, Aconitum laeve, Aconitum volubile, Epilobium 



