In slightly moister meadows were to be found besides some of the above-mentioned: 



Juncus bufonius, Beckmannia eruciformis, Carex leporina, Polygonum amphibium 



f. terrestre, Androsaces Gmelini, Pedicularis palustris, Geranium sibiricum, Nasturtium 



palustre, Cirsium paluslre, and in muddy, swampy places, especially in still creeks and 



in pools with stagnant water the most conspicuous species are: 







Fig. 11. From an islet in the river Abaltan near Ust Kamuischto. 



Hemerocalis flava, Thalictrum minus, Thalictrum simplex and various 



species of grasses. In the bacliground Salix and Rosa. 



Scirpus palustris, Alisma Planlago, Batrachium fluviatile, Cicuta virosa, Armoracia 

 sisgmbrioides, Cenolophium Fischeri, Carex orthostachys, Carex intermedia, Scirpus 

 acicularis, Ulricularia vulgaris, Slum cicutae folium, Piiragmites communis, Bulliarda 

 aqualica, Petasites laevigatas, Lysimachia Ihyisiflora, Lysimachia thyrsiflora var. davurica. 

 Polygonum amphibium f. aquaticum, Potamogeton peifoliatus, Polygonum Hydiopiper, 

 Carex vesicaria, Carex vesicaria var. alpina, Carex giacilis var. erecta, Equisetum 

 Heleocharis, Hippuris vulgaris, Bidens tripartita, Ranunculus sceleratus, and Eriophorum 

 angusti folium. 



In rather dry meadows also here a flora predominates with many species in com- 

 mon with that of the surrounding steppes: 



Galium verum, Thesium refractum, Peucedanum vaginatum, Poa attenuata, 

 Anagallidium dichotomum, Hypochaeris maculala, Slellaria dichotoma, Erodium 

 Stephanianum, Erysimum hieracifolium, Crepis tectorum, Arabis hirsuta, Vincetoxicum 

 sibiricum, Carum Carvi, Libanotis montana var. sibirica, Senecio Jacobaea, Dontostemon 

 micranthus, Festuca rubra, Fesluca rubra var. arenaria, Carex dilula, Carex heteroslachya. 



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