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FLOKA INDICA. 



Stellaria. 



Lychnis. 



Dianthus. 



Astragali, many. 



Phaca. 



Thermopsis. 



Oxytropis. 



Cicer. 



Potentilla. 



(Jhameerhodos sabuJosa. 



Saxifraga. 



Epilobcse. 



Carum Carui. 



Galium Aparine. 



Tussilago T'arfara. 



Mulgedium. 



Tartaricum . 



Artemisia. 



AHardia. 



Erigerea?, 



Aster. 



Saussurea. 



Gentiana. 



Veronica Beccahunga. 



AgroBtis. 



Anagallis. 



Orobanche. 



Euplu'asia officinalis. 



Pedicularis. 



Thymus Serpyllum. 



Menthae, various. 



Dracocephalum . 



Primulfe. 



Statice. 



Orchis. 



Herminium. 



AUia, several. 



The water-plants are Hippuris vulgaris, Limosella aquatica, 

 Zannichellia palustris, Ranunculus aquatilis and radicans, 

 Uiricularia, and several species of Potamogeton. 



In favourable localities a short turf covers the ground, 

 and alFords a nutritious pasturage to yaks, goats, sheep, and 

 horses; this consists chiefly of the common Fescue grass 

 {Festuca ovina) and other European species, with several spe- 

 cies of Stipa and tufted Carices. 



Owing to the great power of the sun there is scarcely any 

 alpine vegetation, even at 15,000 feet ; and above that, though 

 plants may be gathered up to 19,000 feet, vegetation is ex- 

 cessively scanty, and only found by the margins of rills from 

 melting snow. The flora of these regions includes some plants 

 of great interest, as Papaver nudicaule, Oxygraphis glacialis, 

 Ranunculus hyperboreus, Taraxacum officinale, Delphinium 

 Brimonianum, Berber is ulicina. A small Urtica is evei-yv/here 

 common at great elevations. 



The following list of genera aud species that occur above 



