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of this Indigofera are said bo be eaten in Kangra as a 

 pot-herb. This species is prized as fodder for sheep and 

 goats, and buffulos are also said to be very fond of it". 



Jasminum liumile. (Oleaceae.) 39120. Seeds of a jas- 

 mine from Darjeeling, India. "A small, erect, rigid, yel- 

 low flowered shrub, native of the sub-tropical Himalayas 

 rrom Kashmir to Nepal, at altitudes of from 2000 to 5000 

 feet; found also in south India and Ceylon, from 2000 to 

 6000 feet. It is widely cultivated throughout, the gardens 

 of India. In the Kurram valley a yellow dye is extracted 

 from the roots. Like many other jasmines, this species 

 bears flowers which yeild an aromatic essential oil used 

 in native perfumery." 



Meconopsis wallichii. (Papaveraceae . ) 39022. Seeds from 

 Darjeeling, India. "This is undoubtedly one of the finest 

 of the poppyworts in cultivation. It is an extremely 

 handsome herbaceous perennial, and is remarkable, being 

 one of the few, if not the only true blue-flowered poppy 

 in cultivation at the present time. It- attains a height 

 of from 4 to 7 feet and forms a perfect pyramid. It is 

 exceedingly beautiful when in full flower. The blossoms 

 are about three inches in diameter, broadly saucer shaped, 

 pendent and of a lovely shade of blue. The blooms always 

 commence to open at the summit of the stem, then gradually 

 from day to day expand until the lowest and last bud is 

 reached." (The Garden, July 12, 1913.) 



Pedicularis spp . (Scrophulariaceae . ) 39031-037. Seeds 

 of seven varieties of lousewort from Darjeeling, India. 

 Many of this interesting genus are handsome perennials 

 suitable for borders' but in cultivation almost all have 

 proven short-lived' perhaps because of some dependence on 

 the root systems surrounding plants in their native habi- 

 tats. 



Picrorhiza kurroa. ( Scrophulariaceae .) 39041. Seeds from 

 Darjeeling, India. "A low, more or less hairy herb, with a 

 perennial woody, bitter rootstock , common on the alpine Hi- 

 malayas from Kashmir to Sikkim at altitubes of 9000 to 

 15000 feet. The root of this species is used in medicine 

 in case of fever and dyspepsia, and as an ingredient of 

 various purgatives." 



Piptanthus nepalensis . (Fabaceae.) 39043, 39128. Seeds 



from Darjeeling, India. "A shrub ten feet high with loose 



racemes of large yellow flowers, found on the temperate 



slopes of the Himalayas at an elevation of 7000 to 9000 



.feet, from Simla to Bhotan." 



