stellaris var. comosa, Saxifraga melaleuca, Oxygraphis glacialis, Equisetum scirpoides, 

 Sedum quadrifidum, Valeriana capitata, Ranunculus frigidus, Oxyria reniformis, 

 Koenigia islandica, Papaver nudicaule var. xanthopetalum, and Moehringia lateriflora. 



Kig. 46. A view in tlie Altaian, above llie limit of trees at an 



altitude of about 2000 m. above sea-level. Mostly groiwn witli 



lichens and mosses with Phyllodoce coe'rulea, Gentiana altaica, 



Gentiana algida, Viola altaica, and others (sec text). 



Of other plants characterizing the alpine region here, I have collected: 

 Betula rotundifolia, Alnus fruticosa suhspec. montana, Salix arbuscula, Salix 

 myrsiniies. Anemone narcissiflora, Callianthemum rutaefolium, Hedysarum obscurum 

 var. lasiocarpum, Vaccinium Myrtillus, Vaccinium vitis idaea, Vaccinium vilis idaea f. 



Fig. 47. Moist and cold mountain side facing north in the 



Altaian, at an altitude of about 2000 m. above sea-level, 



grown with various markedly arctic plants (see text). 



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