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FLORA INDICA. 



Prunus insititia. 

 Potentilla reptans. 



Marrubium vulgar e* 

 Salix purpurea. 



^* 



grandiflora. 



?? 



rubra. 



Cotoneaster numnxularia. 



Of the following list of eastern forms some may no doubt 

 be discovered in Marri, and even further west, in Afghani- 



stan : 



Thalictrum paucijiorum 

 „ foliolosum. 



Anemone rupicola. 



„ rupestris. 



rivularis. 



Cotoneaster microphylla. 

 Rubus roscdfolius. 



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parvifolius. 



Ranunculus hirtellus. 

 Delphinium denudatum. 



>j 



w 



in can urn. 



ranuncu lifoliu m 



Potentilla desertorum, 



„ argyrophylla. 

 Spiraea canescens. 

 Osmothamnus fragrans. 

 Salix elegans. 

 Efceagnus parvifolia. 

 Betula BJiojputra. 



Alnus nitida. 

 Juniperus recurva. 



Epimedium elatum. 

 Podophyllum Emodi. 

 Eury ale ferooo. 

 Pyrus variolosa. 



Kashmir affords several instances, already mentioned, of 

 anomalous distribution, instanced by the absence of Andro- 

 meda ovalifolia and Rhododendron arbor eum; and of oaks, of 

 which five species occur in the adjacent provinces, namely, 

 Quercus Ilex, annulata, dilatata, incana, and semecarpifolia. 

 Also the appearance of Salvinia natans, of Eury ale ferox, if 

 really wild, and Nelumbium speciosum, must be considered as 

 very singular, though the latter is found considerably further 

 north, on the shores of the Caspian. The bullace, Prunus 

 insititia, has been found nowhere else in a wild state, except 

 indeed it be a variety of P. spinosa. We believe also that the 

 cherry is truly wild in the valley, and it is abundantly culti- 

 vated in orchards. The prevalence of these, with Planes, 

 Lombardy Poplars, Walnuts, Berberis vulgaris, Colchicum, 

 Crataegus Oxijacantha, Acttea spicata, Thalictrum minus, Al- 

 liaria officinalis, and the great majority of the plants men- 



