Populus laurifolia, Populus tremula, Alnus fruticosa, Ribes nigium, Ribes pubescens, 

 Sorbus Aucuparia, Prunus Padus, Betula humilis, Betula pubescens, Salix depressa, and 

 others, and where the ground is drier, scattered larches occurred. Farthest away from 

 the river the flood-plain is rather dry, containing a series of plants, such as; 



Cerastium vulgatum, Hypericum hirsutum, Geranium pseudosibiricum, Vicia amoena, 

 Vicia megalotropis, Vicia cracca, Geum Aleppicum, Potentilla bifurca, Potentilla viscosa, 

 Rubus idaeus, Epilobium angustifolium, Peucedanum vaginatum, Anthriscus silvestris, 

 Erigeron acer, Artemisia macraniha, Cacalia hastata, Carduus crispus, Dactylis glomerala, 

 Aera caespitosa, Serratula coronata, Campanula lotundifolia, and Pedicularis euphrasioides. 



Moreover, I have found on these flood-plains: 



Sanguisorba officinalis, Sisymbrium Sophia, Urtica dioica. Polygonum aviculare. 

 Lathy rus palustris, Ranunculus acris, Cardamine pratensis, Alchemilla vulgaris, Heracleum 

 dissectum, Halenia sibirica, Rumex crispus, Rumex arifolius, Gymnadenia conopsea, 

 Pleurogyne rotata, Pedicularis resupinata, Bupleurum multinerve, Tiifolium Lupinastei, 

 Onobrychis saliva, and nearer to the river, where it is moisler and partly swampy, 

 occurred : 



Fig. 57. From the wooded steppe region, near the Dora Steppe. The decli- 

 vities facing south, wliich are exposed to the burning of the sun's rays, are 

 partly stripped of forests. 



Impatiens noli tangere, Saussurea serrata, Rumex aquaticus. Ranunculus sceleratus, 

 Nasturtium palustre, Galium trifidum, Lysimachia thyrsiflora, Potentilla fragarioides, 

 Mentha arvensis, Comarum palustre. Spiraea salicifolia, Ulmaria pentapetala, Epilobium 

 palustre, Cicuta virosa, Cenolophium Fischeri, Peucedanum salinum, Cirsium heterophyllum, 



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