drier and sandy material farther inland. Of shrubs and trees the following were to be 

 found :^) 



Salix viminalis var. Gmelini /'. rufescens, Salix cinerea X S. viminalis var. Gmelini, 

 Salix tiiandra, Salix daphnoides, Cornus alba, Prunus Padus, Populus laurifolia, Beiula 

 verrucosa, Rosa cinnamomea, Rosa acicularis, and Myricaiia davurica (among pebbles 

 on sandy river-banks). 



Fig. 6.|Islet in the i-iver Abakan. Tliicket of Salix viminalis var. Gmelini 



In thickets a ground flora was to be found chiefly consisting of the following 

 species: 



Vicia sepium. Primula patens, Polygonatum officinale, Cacalia hastala, Humulus 

 Lupulus, iMmium album, Galium boreale, Veronica pseudolongifolia nov. spec, Galium 

 Molugo, Potentilla ternala, Chelidonium majus var. grandiflorus, Valeiiana officinalis, 

 Lysimachia vulgaris and Carex Arnelli. 



The islets, of course, mostly consisted of natural meadows, densely clothed with a 

 luxuriant growth of various species of grass, of which, however, only comparatively few 

 were flowering at that time. Among the plants characterizing the meadows was, above all, 

 predominant the pretty, white, large-flowered Anemone silueslris, occurring here in 

 abundance, and, moreover the following appeared: 



Glecoma hederacea, Taraxacum officinale. Taraxacum Piintzii Dahlst. nov. spec. 

 Taraxacum laevigatum, Potenlitla ternata, Potentilla anserina, Rumex Acetosa, Rumex 



^) In this enumeration as well as usually also in the following ones, I have given the plants in sae- 

 cessiou, as put down in my diaries. This gives, at least to some degree, an idea of the domi- 

 nance of the various species. In ordej- to illustrate the composition of the vegetation I generally give, 

 as far as possible, complete lists of plants for each locality, and accordingly not only of the most cha- 

 racteristic ones. I do not consider the said method to be superfluous in this connection involving 

 tracts of land which in point of botany are so unknown as in the present case. 



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