40 STTRG.-MAJ. J. E. T. AITCHISON ON TnE FLOBA OF 



587. Impatiens sp. = 1251 and 1252, Griffith. 



Very common amongst the shingly beds of streams at 7000 

 feet ; June. 

 653. I. sp. near I. racemosa, Wall. 



Small, white, minute flowers. Very common with 587 in stream- 

 beds ; June and July. 



17. Eutace^:. 

 838. Ruta acutifolia, DC. 



Local at Alikhel in cultivated fields, 7500 feet ; July. Leaves 

 vertical. 



636. Peganum Harmala, L. 



In certain localities very common, but very local. Eemarkably 

 frequent on graves. Shalizan ; June. 



18. Meliace^;. 

 334. Melia Azedarach, L. 



A small tree ; usually cultivated in sacred localities ; not seen 

 further west than Tiirai. An occasional escape along footpaths. 

 Called " Darachk." 



19. CELASTBINE2E. 



375. Euonymus fimbriatus, Wall. 



A small tree, common in the deep gorges of Kaiwas and Shend- 

 toi,from 8000 to 10,000 feet ; occasional in the hills to the north 

 of the Hariab district, usually near water. 



20. Ehamne^;. 

 650. Zizyphus vulgaris, Lamk. 



At Sbalizan a small shrub struggling for existence, and most 

 probably introduced for hedges, for which it is now employed; 

 not uncommon near the river between Thai and Kuram. 

 337- Berchemia lineata, DC. 



A small shrub, very much browsed by cattle; common at 7000 

 to 8000 feet ; Shalizan, Kaiwas, and to the east. The fruit is col- 

 lected largely and eaten by the people; it is called " Mahmannah," 

 the name applied round Peshawur to the fruit of species of Sage- 

 retia. 



357. Rhamnus persicus, Boiss. 



A common shrub from Thai up to hot hill-sides near Shalizan. 

 0. R. sp., flowers only =357 ? 



