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coriacea, elliptica vel obovata, 2-4 lineas longa, saepe abrupte breviterque 

 acuminata ; ochrese ampUe, bifida;, longe biaristata;. Flores rubri, poly- 

 gami, axillares, solitarii vel bini, sessiles vel breviter pedicellati, 1-2 

 lineas diametro ; periantbium 5-partitum ; segraenta similia et subcar- 

 nosa vel 2 interiora tenuiora ; stamina 8 ; filamenta basi dilatata J ova- 

 rium glabrum ; styli teretes. Nax triquetra. 

 A very distinct species. Seratigah, at 12,000 feet ; a dense 



woody miniature shrub. 



655, 632. Polygonum sp. 

 Shalizan ; June. 



791, 952. Rheum Moorcroftianum, Wall. 



Very common above 10,000 to 14,000 feet, from Shendtoi 



westward to Seratigah. 



539. R. Ribes, L. 



From 8500 to 11,000 feet on the hills along the Hazardarakht 

 river. Eaten by the natives, and preferred by them to R. Moor- 

 croftianum, although this is also eaten ; they chew the raw stems 

 as they travel. 

 465, 827, 940. Oxyria reniformis, Hook. 



Common on all the hills at 10,000 to 13,000 feet, from Shendtoi 

 to Seratigah ; July and August. 



705. Rumex nepalensis, Wall. 

 Kaiwas ; July. 



1202. R. orientalis, Bernh. 



Fields near Sergal, very common ; August. 

 611. R. sp. 



Pewarkotal, in woods ; June. 

 302. R. sp. 



Shalizan ; May. 



64. Thymelace^:. 

 10. Daphne oleoides, L. 



From Hazarpirziarat, the Kuram, and Hariab districts up to 

 11,000 feet in dry localities. As already stated, this, with Sophora 

 mollis aud Cotoneaster nummulariafolia, are to be met everywhere 

 forming part of the scrub. Camels will not eat this shrub except 

 when very hungry. It is poisonous, producing violent diarrhoea. 

 I feel certain that much of the mortality of camels in the Kuram 

 division was due to the prevalence of this shrub. It was notice- 

 able when camels were grazing that the Daphne was not touched 

 until all the other scrub had been eaten. 



