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Plants of the steppe: 1) Calligonum pterococcus with fruits (right); 2) Astragalus gummifer with blossom (right); 3) Camelthorn (Alhagi maurorum, or Alhagi camelorum); 4) Tamarix pallasii with blossoms (left); 5) Anabasis articulata with fruit (left); 6) Esparto grass (Stipa tenacissima); 7) Sarcocaulon rigidum; 8) Ferula moschata (or Euryangium sumbul) with blossom (right); 9) Acantholimon acerosum; 10) Arthrocnemum macrostachyum (or Arthrocnemum glaucum) with blossoms (right); 11) Echinothamnus pechuellii with blossoms (left). Chromolithograph, published in 1897.