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Common on west side of Lanak La. It has a slightly resinous 
smell and taste, and is called “tseput” by the Ladakis, who mix 
it, when dried and powdered, with tobacco to make “ tso tuck,” 
a pinch of which they place under the tongue.—Deasy & Pike. 
TRIpAcE.s. 
Iris Thoroldii, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. xxx. (1894) 
p-118 et p. 1389; Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 2302. 
Top of pass, 17,800 ft., Thorold, 116 bis. Sharakuyi Gol, 
93° 27’, 35° 50, 13,800 ft., May 29, Rockhill; 91°, 35° 16, 
16,301 ft., August 8, Wellby § Malcolm. Flowers yellow. 
LtLIace®. 
Allium Jacquemontii, Regel, in Act. Horti Petrop. iti. 2 
(1875) p. 162; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 342. 
Near Rakas Tal, 15,000-17,000 ft., Strachey & Winterbottom. 
Flowers lilac. 
Allium Semenovi, Regel, in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. xii. (1868) 
1, p. 449, Pl. Turk. i. p. 49, t. 8. ff. 4 et 5; Peterm. Mitterl. 
Erg.-Heft 131, p. 375; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 338. 
Camp 31, September 7, Hedin. Widely distributed: 88°-96", 
35° 10'-35° 20', 14,600-17,000 ft., Wellby § Malcolm. 
Flowers dull white or pale yellow. 
Allium senescens, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 299, var. Journ. Linn. Soc., 
Bot. xxx. (1894) p. 119. 
Rocky hill among stones, 16,200 ft., Thorold. Without locality. 
Deasy § Pike. Flowers pink. 
The same variety was collected by Conway in the Karakorum. 
Gagea pauciflora, Z'urcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1838, p. 102 
(name only), et xxvii. (1854) pars 11. p. 113; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 
iv, p. 143. ; 
Plecostigma pauciflorum, Zurcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. XXVil. (1854) 
pars 1. p.113; Trautv. Imag. t. 2; Mavim. Ind. Fl. Mongol. in Prim. 
Fl. Amur. p. 485. ; - 
Ornithogalum pauciflorum, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. xxvii. 
(1854) pars ii. p. 113. . ; 
Tulipa ornithogaloides, Fisch. ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. iv. p- 143. . 
Szechenyia Noydioides, Kanitz, Pl. Exped. Széchenyt Asia Centr. p. 60, 
t. 7. ff 1-3. 
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