90 ST7R0.-MAJ. J. E. T. AITCHISOK ON THE ELORA OF 



980. Chenopodium murale, L. 



Shalizan ; August. 

 491. C. sp. 



Sikaram, at 10,000 feet. 

 577 • Blitum virgatum, L. 



Common, Kuram and Hariab districts, but more especially so 

 in forests of the Hariab district where wood has been burnt ; 

 June and July. 



63. POLYGOtfACEiB. 



767. Polygonum amplexicaule, Don. 



Shendtoi, abundant at 10,000 feet ; July. 

 315. P. aviculare, L, 



Shalizan; May. 

 0. P. aviculare, L., var. 



Pewarkotal ; August. 



656. P. Bellardi, All., var. 0. patulum, Meissn. 

 Shalizan ; June. 



657. P- Convolvulus, L. 



Fields, Shalizan ; June. 



0. P. dumetorum, L. 

 Fields, Shalizan ; June. 



866. P. glabrum, Willd. 

 Fields, Shalizan ; July. 



986. P. nepalense, Meissn. 



Shalizan ; August. 



215. P. paronychioides, C. A. ftley. 



Everywhere at 5000 to 8000 feet ; May. 

 1203. P. perforatum, Meissn. 



Sikaram, at 12,000 feet. 

 794. P. rumicifolium, Royle. 



Shendtoi, at 10,000 feet, and up to nearly 12,000 feet amongst 

 rhododendron and juniper, common. In Kashmir the young 

 stems are eaten cooked. 



816. P. (Avicularia) biaristatum, Aitchison et Hemsley,n. sp. Suffru- 

 ticosum, prostratum, glabrum, ramis tortuosis, foliis parvis confertis 

 subcoriaceis ellipticis, ochreis ampiis bifidis longe biaristatis, floribus 

 polygamis axillaribus solitariis binis sessilibus vel breviter pedicellatis. 



Suffrutex glaber, omnino prostratus, contorte ramosus, ramis saepe brevi- 

 bus. Folia conferta, sessilia vel in petiolum brevissimum attenuata, sub- 



