50 SUBG.-MAJ. J. E. T. AITCHISON ON THE ELOKA OF 



294. Lathyrus Aphaca, L. 



Profuse as a field-weed from Kohat to Karatigah ; May and 

 June. 

 581. L. sphaericus, Retz. 



A field- weed ; very common at Karchatal. 

 691, 910, 666. Glycine Soja, Sieb. $ Zucc. 



Largely cultivated in the Kuram district, occasionally in 

 Hariab, also frequent as a weed in cultivated ground ; June. 



973. Phaseolus vulgaris, L. 



Cultivated as a field-crop near Rokian j August. 

 566. Sophora (Goebelia) alopecuroid.es, L. 



Only collected at one locality near Alikhel, on dry stony clay- 

 soil at 7200 feet, and there it was profuse ; June and July. 

 93. S. (Edwardsia) mollis, Royle. 



From Kohat, Thai, and Kuram, through the Hariab district 

 to Karatigah, profuse, from 2000 to nearly 10,000 feet, in pine- 

 forests. 



25. Kosace^;. 

 419. Prunus Amygdalus, Baill. 



A small tree, occurring in gregarious patches in certain loca- 

 lities from near the Shendtoi ravine to Karatigah. Said to be quite 

 common by the natives, and well known to them ; called by the 

 same native name as the cultivated almond, "Bedam?'' The fruit 

 is not eaten. The stems are employed as rods to carry in the hand 

 by the priests, but are not used as we do walking-sticks ; they are 

 considered more or less holy. In orchards a tree or two of the 

 almond may exist ; but I never saw it, nor is it cultivated, to my 

 knowledge, in the Kuram valley. 

 852. P. sp. near P. Amygdalus, Baill. 



The form of the fruit is quite different from that of 419, being 

 longer and more flat. The surface of the fruit resembles that of 

 the peach in texture and colour ; and the nut is quite distinct 

 from that of 419. The whole shrub resembles more what one 

 might consider a wild form of the peach than that of the almond. 

 Collected only in the Hazardarakht ravine, fruiting in July. 



108. P. eburnea, Spach ?= Griffith, no. 1212. 



A small stiff scraggy shrub which covers the whole of the open 

 stony ground from Zabardastkalla to Alikhel ; particularly cha- 

 racteristic of the country. Flowers in April, before the leaves. 

 The profusion of rose-pink flowers on the light-grey stems of 



