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 boct. /jojiroTBi ott. TpHHBHHa. rpaiiHH&i ero kt> 3ana/jy 

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 ct> xpeSTaMH rHMa.naHCKOH cncreMBi, na cfeBep-B Ky3irc>- 

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 ycjiOBJiHBaercfl bbicokhmt> no/yiflTieMT. Kpafl iia/rb MopeMT, 

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 3eMje/jf>Jie, *aynoio h <i>jiopoio n HaKoneHT> ero TaHiyT- 

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<i>. 6.JH3B ropo/jKa Xyfi-jjyfl), YpyHb-By, TyMyiiT>-rya.Hb 

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 jiaeTCfl BBiuie n BBiuie. — Otcw/ui kt> boctokv Mesmy 36 

 n 35° iunp. 3ajieraioTT> bt> HanpaBJieHin kt npoB. IIIaHcn 

 rpoMa/ijibiH jieccoBBiH tojiiiiji, jaonpnHTiiiecKnnspf 3aiiHbiH 

 6e3Hnc.jeHHBiMH ynje.iBHMH n KpyTBiMH OBparaMn; ro/KHfe- 

 ace, ott> 35 /u) 32° unrp., OTHacrn bt> npe/jfjaxT npoB. 

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KHMH H BBICOKHMH H'k nHMH TOpi> E TJiyOOKHMn JJO.innaMH, 

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m,aa no noTaiiHiiy J ) nepexo/jT> kt> 6o.ife Hn3MeiinbiMT> 

 HacTflMi> KnTafl. H Ta h Apyran no xapaKTepy mbctho- 

 CTH,no pacTHTejiBiiocTH n no nacejeHiio /jojauia 6biTbOTiie- 

 cena kt> KnTaio. 



1) OTien». II3B. Teorp. 06m,. XXIII. 



dem aspectu satis facere videri possimus, si ad haec 

 opera lectores remittamus et nihil praefati eorum quae 

 ibi jam inveniuntur statim ad enumerationem planta- 

 rum collectarum accedamus. Quod nihilominus operi 

 meo summatim quaedam de natura earum terrarum 

 praemittere ausus sum ubi materies collecta est, id 

 praecipue lectorum botanicorum causa feci, quippe 

 quorum nonnullis libri Przewalskii desint; idque eo 

 magis necessarium visum est, quod notitiae de quibus 

 agitur per singula illa opera dispersae inveniuntur eae- 

 demque hinc illinc ex recentissimis explorationibus 

 supplendae erant. 



Altissima planities Tibetana, excepta parte raeri- 

 dionali quam nos prorsus omittemus cujus incolae se- 

 dem stabilem habent, quadriangulum inaequilaterum 

 et angustum efficit, inter gradus latitudinis circiter 31 

 et 36, Tsaidamo incluso vero 39, et gradus longitudi- 

 nis a Greenwich ad orientem computatos 80 et 104 

 positum. Limites ejus hi sunt: versus occidentem jugum 

 montium Karakorum, versus meridiem civitas tibetica 

 ubi domicilia stabilia habent incolae cujusque montes 

 Himalaici ordinis sunt, et versus septentrionem juga 

 altissima Kuen-lun, Toguz-daban, Altyn-tag et Nan- 

 shan. Limes orientalis non tam bene expressus est col- 

 ligendusque ex altitudine magna supra oceani superfi- 

 ciem, caelo aspero agri culturam prosperam haud con- 

 cedente totaque animalium ac plantarum natura, de- 

 nique incolis Tangutis. Per hos fines orientales dorsa 

 plana 10 et 12 millia pedum supra maris superficiem 

 elata locis paucis incisa sunt vallibus profundis angu- 

 stisque fluminum Yedsin (cum valle 8000 p. s. m. sita), 

 Sining-ho, Hoang-ho (7600 p. s. m. prope oppidum 

 Hui-dui), Urun-wu, Tumun-kuan (10000 p. s. m.) et 

 aliis, vallibus his quo magis versus meridiem sitae sunt 

 eo altius supra mare elevatis. Ab hac regione ad orien- 

 tem inter 36 et 35 grad. lat. effusa sunt versus pro- 

 vinciam Shansi strata limosa (Loess dicta) elatissima, 

 labyrinthi in modum faucibus abscisisfissurisqueinnu- 

 meris dissecta, versus meridiem vero, inter 35 ad 32 

 grad. lat. , jam partim intra fines prov. Sze-tshuan, 

 regio montuosa invenitur jugis angustis altisque et 

 valiibus profundis abundans, quarum aquae fluvium 

 Yang-tze-kiang alunt; quae regio admentem Potanini 1 ) 



1) Otwt-b. H3B. Teorp. 06w, XXIII. 



