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1240. Tulipa chrysantha, Boiss. 



I doubt this being distinct from T. stellata, Hooker ; there are 

 intermediate forms. This is a high-altitude form ; the higher the 

 plant goes, the more yellow and dwarf it becomes. I have seen the 

 bulbs as woolly in the plains of the Punjab as any of these at 9000 

 feet, where the species is common. 



40. T. stellata, Hook. Typical form. 



Common from Badishkhel to Kuram ; April. 



62, 63. T. stellata, Hoolc., var. 



Sadatkalla ; April. Flowers bright yellow, outer segments more 

 or less flushed with dark red on the back. 



736, 918, 799. Lilium polyphyllum, Don, var. 



Occasional on the hills from 11,000 to 12,000 feet, growing 

 through the midst of juniper bushes, Ac. ; only one or two spe- 

 cimens found in each locality ; Shendtoi, Kaiwas, and Sikaram ; 

 July and August. Flowers not more than half as long as in 

 the form figured by Elwes, much more tinted with claret-purple, 

 the segments reflexing from halfway down, the bulb shorter with 

 more numerous scales, and the capsule not more than half as 

 long. 

 536. Asparagus brachyphyllus, Turcz. 



At Alikhel and Shalizan ; June. 



14. A. capitatus, Baker, var. 

 Alizai. The young shoots are eaten. 



327. A. trichophyllus, Bunge. 



Round Shalizan, very common ; May. 

 809. Polygonatum multiflorum, All 



Shendtoi; July. 



741. P. verticillatum, All 



The Darban and Shendtoi ravines, altitude 8000 feet. The 

 large roots are much sought after and eaten. 



730, 737. P. verticillatum, All, var. gracile, Baker. 



" Small slender form ; leaves below the summit of the stem not 

 more than two or three to a whorl." Under high rocks and, if 

 any thing, of a higher altitude than 741 (to 11,000 feet). The 

 roots are also very different 



26. Merendera persica, Boiss. 



From Kuram to Pewarkotal and meadows on the Spinghao ; 



