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ravine at 8000 feet, amongst shrubs and trees. The natives know 

 it is poisonous. 



624. Datura Stramonium, L. 



Very common weed, villages from Thai to Shalizan; June. 

 Known as poisonous. 



481, 222. Hyoscyamus niger, L. 



Very common in the Hariab district in fields and villages, 

 growing to 4 feet occasionally ; June. 



835. H. pusillus, L. 



Common in the Hazardarakht valley, Drekalla ; July. 

 844. H. reticulatus, L. 



At Drekalla, only one specimen ; July. 



988. Nicotiana rustica, L. 



Cultivated at Shalizan. The only species found. 



53. SCROPHULABINE^. 



645, 440. Verbascum erianthum, Benth. 



Very abundant on dry stony beds of mountain-streams, Kuram 

 district, from 5000 to 7000 feet ; June and July. 



685. V. Thapsus, L. 



Common everywhere up to 9000 feet in dry stony localities ; 

 June and July. 

 548. Linaxia venosa, Lindl. 



Alikhel, abundant in stony rocky soil ; June and July. 



264. Scrophularia cabulica, Benth. 



Erom Badishkhel to Shalizan, not uncommon in clumps j April 

 and May. 



919. S. sp. 



A dwarf species with extremely large flowers. Amongst rubble, 

 at 12,000 to 14,000 feet, Sikaram ; August. 



461. S. sy.=Griffith, no. 618. 



Common from Shendtoi ravine to Pewarkotal and the Hariab 

 district ; May and June. 



811. Wulfenia Amherstiana, Benth. 



Abundant on rocks in the Shendtoi gorge and up the valleys of 

 the Darban ; July and August. 



189. Veronica agrestis, L., var. 

 Habibkalla. 



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