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227. Polygonatum multiflorum, All., var. 
Shend-toi, under bushes, at an elevation of from 8000 to 9000 
feet. 
JUNCACER. 
308. Juncus lamprocarpus, Ehrh. 
In rice-fields and swamps at 4000 feet. 
COMMELINES. 
490. Commelina bengalensis, Linn. 
Near Alizai. 
GLUMIFERA. 
CYPERACEX. 
494. Cyperus puncticulatus, Vahl. 
Between Shinak and Alizai, in still water. 
438. C. niveus, Retz. 
From Thal to Kuram, in hot stony localities ; common. 
418. C. Iria, Linn. 
Near Kuram, in rice-fields. 
493. C.infraapicalis, Nees. 
Alizai, in still water. 
307. Fimbristylis dichotoma, Vahl. 
Kuram, in rice-fields. 
603. Scirpus atropurpureus, Retz. 
Shálizán, growing with S. juncoides, in rice-fields. 
420. S. juncoides, Rozb. 
At Shálizán, in rice-fields, at an altitude of 6000 feet. 
421,—868 (1879). Scirpus maritimus, Linn., var. macra, Boeck. MSS. 
From Thal to Kuram, profuse in rice-fields, up to nearly 7000 
feet altitude. 
Produees nodules or tubers on its roots. 
312,465. S. subulatus, Vahl. 
From Thal to Kuram, in rice-fields and still water; common. 
316. Eriophorum comosum, Wail. 
From Thal to Kuram, growing in great luxuriance from the 
face of conglomerate eliffs, up to an altitude of 4000 feet. 
Collected as fodder for cattle; not employed in the manufac- 
ture of twine or rope. 
