ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 
No. 5.] | (1911. 
XXIV.—ON THE BALSAMINACEAE OF THE STATE OF 
CHITRAL. 
J. D. Hooxer. 
_ Geographically the State of Chitral is of interest as occupying 
the limited area in ich the four great Asiatic dominions 
approximate or meet, British on the south-east, Afghanistan on the 
west, Russian on the north-west and Chinese on the north-east. 
Its latitude, 34-36° N. and longitude 71-73° E., reach the extreme 
north of the British possessions in Asia. Botanically it occupies 
the extreme north-west of the Himalayan flora. It is a mountainous 
member of the great Hindu Kush range, consisting of barren stony 
tracts alternating with cultivated valleys, limited forests, pastures 
and naked or snow-capped peaks. The indigenous flora commences 
-at an elevation of 3000 ft. and ascends to between 14,000 and 
15,000 ft., and is described as remarkable for the prevalence in 
summer and early autumn of species of Impatiens at medium 
elevations. 
the pages prefacing that essay Mr. Duthie has discussed the gence 
‘ atacre, 
(20080—6a,) Wt 118—~9, 1125, 6/11, D.&§, 
