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837. Cousinia minuta, Bains. 



Drekalla ; July. 

 1226. C. multiloba, DC. = Griffith, nos. 3327 & 3326. 



At Biankhel, common to 9000 feet. 

 1234. C. sp. (probably the same as 1226). 

 850. C. racemosa, Boiss. 



The most common Cousinia at 8000 to 11,00 feet, from 

 Kuram along the dry country and on the Merge at the Kotal. 

 923. C. sp. 



Common from 9000 to 11,000 feet, Sikarain. A species be- 

 tween C. multiloba, DC, and my 921. 



921. C. sp. ; 



This is an extremely woolly form. Sikaram, from 10,000 to 

 14,000 feet, on stony ground. 



922. C. sp. 



Sikaram, 11,000 to 13,000 feet. The leaves on drying become 

 quite yellow, as if a dye had become matured in the process of 

 drying. 



971. C sp., near C. heterolepidis, C. Koch. 



On fields near Alikhel ; August. 

 362. C. sp. near C. microcarpa, Boiss. = Grijfit h, 3271. 



A dry hot-country form from Kuram to Shalizan and Habib- 

 kalla, amongst stones. 



221, 301, 706. Carduus acanthoides, L. 



Common everywhere in fields from 5000 to 9000 feet. 



751, 877. Cnicus argyranthus, DC. 



Kaiwas and Shalizan to Shendtoi. It is a moist-country plant, 

 also met with in great luxuriance in the Murree Himalaya. 



698. C. arvensis, Hoffm. 



A common field-weed in the Hariab district, and occasional 

 round Shalizan ; June. 



970. C. horridus, Bieb. 



Amongst debris at Drekalla, at 8500 feet, growing to 5 feet in 

 height. 

 871. Onopordon Acanthium, L. 



Hariab district only. A large plant surrounding village filth- 

 pits. 

 319, 888, 913. Saussurea hypoleuca, Spreng. 



One of the few plants to be found growing freely under pine- 



