. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory, vol. 12. Botany; Botany. Phot. T. The T'shkul Valley. J^hol. 2. RJiododciulrou caucasicitin thickets above Kal-Ushkul, approaching^ the Latpar Pass. Phot. -J, Alpine lields of (kranium pasteyus with scattered RliO(lodciidvo}i patches near the Patpar Pass, with the j^reater part of the main Caucasian Range in view; Shkara is on the right, and Tetnuld on the left. f I ^SJ â¢>,â â \ I V \ William Seifrtz 159 Aconitum nasutum Sedum sp. Saxifraga moschata var. exarata Cotoneastcr pyracantha Potentilla tormentilla Trifolium ambiguum T. pratense Geran
. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory, vol. 12. Botany; Botany. Phot. T. The T'shkul Valley. J^hol. 2. RJiododciulrou caucasicitin thickets above Kal-Ushkul, approaching^ the Latpar Pass. Phot. -J, Alpine lields of (kranium pasteyus with scattered RliO(lodciidvo}i patches near the Patpar Pass, with the j^reater part of the main Caucasian Range in view; Shkara is on the right, and Tetnuld on the left. f I ^SJ â¢>,â â \ I V \ William Seifrtz 159 Aconitum nasutum Sedum sp. Saxifraga moschata var. exarata Cotoneastcr pyracantha Potentilla tormentilla Trifolium ambiguum T. pratense Geranium sylvaticum Malva neglecta Helianthemum chamaecistus Daphne glomerata Astrantia helleborifolia Pimpinella rhodantha Seseli libanotis Vaccinium myrtillus Gentiana septemfida G. caucasica Bctonica granditiora Brunella vulgaris Veronica gentianoides Alectorolophus major Fedicularis condensata Chamaemoluni caueasicum Scabiosa ochroleuca Podanthum eampanuloides Campanula collina C. alliariaefolia C. rapunouloides Erigeron pulchollus E. caucasicus Solidago virga aurca Anthemis regiscens A. rudolphiana Artemisia sp. Khynchocorys orientalis Senecio ncmorensis Centaurea fischeri var. ochroleuca C. nigrotimbria Cirsium colchicum C. macrocephalum Hicracium sp. Beyond Ushkul is the superb glaciated ridge of Shkara in the Main Range, and the conical, ice-capped peak of Tetnuld, the " Jungfrau" of the Caucasus One returns to Kal for the night, although at Ushkul there is shelter with a caretaker, but without accommodation. From Kal the journey out of Upper Svanetia begins. Happy is the traveller who has good weather, for the tTip is one of great splendour. On leaving Kal the trail mounts through a deciduous forest of Acer Imutvetleri, Fagm orientalis, Quercus harttvissiana and Prums padus. In these woods the following mosses were collected: Dropanocladus uncinatus Pogonatum alpinum Pogonatum urnigcrum Dicranoweisia crispula Polytrichum junipcrinum P. alpinum At the edge of t
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