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foliosi ; ramuli floriferi axillares, 6-12 lineas longi, 2-10-flori. Folia 

 carnosa, rosulata, obovato-spathulata vel suborbicularia, 3-5 lineas 

 longa, apice ssepe 3-5-dentata, caulina obovata basi soluta. Flores stra- 

 minei, 4-5 lineas diaraetro, brevissime pedicellati ; sepala subcarnosa, 

 oblonga, obtusa, petalis g— § breviora, basi haud producta ; petala tenuia, 

 oblongo-spathulata, obtusa, subtrinervia ; stamina 10, alterna petalis 

 adnata, filamentis filiformibus petalis paullo brevioribus. Carpella 

 subinflata, longe rostrata, oligosperma ; semina raatura non visa. 

 This species is very distinct from all others that we have seen. 

 Profuse in rocks between Shalizan and Shendtoi ; June and July. 



937. Sedum adenotrichum, Wall. 

 At 11,000 feet, Sikaram ; August. 



935. Sempervivum acuminatum, Dene. 



Very profuse on the ascent to Sikaram and to Seratigah, on 

 stony debris at 10,000 to 12,000 feet ; August. 



28. Hamamelide^e. 



291 . Parrottia Jacquemontiana, Dene. 



A very abundant shrub, occurring in the interior of the hills 

 and forming much of the low dense shrub-jungle which grows 

 in the damper localities and northern exposure of these hills from 

 7500 to 9000 feet (if so -much). The long slender stems and pliant 

 branches are much employed in making the wicker-work of which 

 most of the houses in the villages consist, and which are plastered 

 over with clay, also as handles for ordinary farm implements 

 axes, &c. 



29. MyhTacej3. 



47. Myrtus communis, L. 



Occasionally met with in local dense clumps on cultivated land. 

 In all cases the bushes seem very old, and most probably had been 

 planted beside graves. Very common in this form near Ibra- 

 himzai, Alizai, and Badishkhel, villages on the Kuram river, 

 from 3500 to 4000 feet in altitude. Not seen near Kuram. I 

 never met with solitary bushes. 



30. LYTHRACEiE. 



0. Ammannia senegalensis, Lamk. 



In rice-fields at Shalizan, August ; very common. 



0. Punica granatum, L. 



A common wild shrub, forming part of the scrub of the outer 

 hills at from 6500 to 7000 feet ; not in the Hariab district. 



