156 SURG.-MAJ. J. E, T. AITCHISON ON THE FLORA OF 
491. Zizyphus oxyphylla, Edgew. 
Common along the banks of the Kuram river and its tribu- 
taries as far as Shinak, up to an altitude of 3000 feet. 
It occurs as a large shrub, and in many cases it is almost arbo- 
reous. 
106, 107,=915 (1879). Rhamnus persica, Boiss. Forma alpina, nana, 
disco glabro. 
Saféd-koh range, at an altitude of 13,000 feet. 
This seems to be an alpine form of R. persica, extending 
eastward to Garwhal. 
319. Sageretia, Brandrethiana, Aitch. 
From Thal to Kuram, up toan altitude of 4000 feet. 
759 (1879) is an extremely glabrous form of the same species. 
SAPINDACEEX. 
853 (1879). Acer, sp. 
Seems to be a variety of A. monspessulanum, Linn. 
605. Dodonza viscosa, Linn. 
From Thal to the hills south ofthe Kuram river opposite Kuram, 
up to an altitude of 5000 feet. 
400, 396 (1879). Staphylea Emodi, Wall. 
The bark on the young stems is marked with splashes of white 
on a dark olive-green ground, resembling the markings on the 
skin of a snake; hence sticks of this shrub are carried by the 
natives as a protection against snakes. The same protective power 
is ascribed to them along the whole frontier, through Hazara to 
Kashmir, where they are similarly employed. As walking-sticks 
they are useless, owing to their being hollow and the wood very 
brittle, 
ANACARDIACE Z. 
607,=233, 342 (1879). Rhus Cotinus, Linn. 
38 (1879). Pistacia integerrima, J. L. Stewart? 
606,=234 (1879). P. mutica, Fisch. & Mey. 
The nuts are roasted and eaten. 
17, 361 (1879). P. mutica, Fisch. & Mey., var. cabulica, Eng. 
—nos. 1268, 1269 Griffith, 1072 Stocks, 126 Bellew, in herb. 
Kew. 
528 (1879). P. sp. 
Is near P. Lentiscus, Linn. 
