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71. JuGLANDACE^I. 



378. Juglans regia, L. 



A cultivated tree in the Kuram district, very occasional at 7200 

 feet in the Hariab. It occurs wild in the Shendtoi and Darban 

 ravines from 7000 to 9000 feet, but not in the Hariab district. 

 The walnut-groves of Stuilizan surpass any thing of the sort I 

 ever have seen ; the trees average from 12 feet in circumference, 

 and one is 17 feet, with splendid timber. 



72. Cuptjlifee^. 



719. Betula Bhojpattra, Wall. 



To the east of Sikaram at 11,000 feet, not common. The bark 

 is not employed by the Afghans for any purpose, at least in this 

 district. 



25, 128, 87, 262. Quercus Ilex, L. 



Common everywhere from 6500 to 9000 feet in the Kuram and 

 Hariab districts. Used largely as fodder for cattle, and the 

 branches for fences and wattling houses ; as fuel it burns fairly, 

 even when green. 



394. Q. semecarpifolia, Wall. 



A large forest tree. I measured one 18 feet in circumference, 

 with the trunk 100 feet before it divided. This had been cut 

 down by the Afghan army just previous to our occupation of 

 the Kuram district. Common from 9000 feet to the limits of 

 trees (11,000 feet), in the Hariab as well as Kuram district. The 

 leaves afford good fodder for goats. 



73. Salicine^e. 



49, 64, 365, 39. Salix acmophylla, Boise. 



Sadatkalla and Shalizan ; April and May. Badishkhel ; April. 

 A large cultivated tree ; but I found it in localities near Shalizan, 

 where I doubted its being in cultivation. 



111. S. angustifolia, Willd. 



Alikhel ; April. A large shrub, quite wild, and also cultivated 

 round fields. 



413. S. elegans, Wall. 



A large shrub, just above the limits of trees, from 11,000 to 

 12,000 feet, Shendtoi ; July. 



