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perus chinensis, standing apart from each other. I have never 
seen them close enough together to warrant calling them a 
thicket or wood. The thickets along the river-valley resemble 
those in Wakhan: Hippophaés, willows and Clematis are the 
most important species found in them, but in many places 
(O. OLUFSEN FE 
Fig. 29. The camp of the expedition at Kuh-i-lal. 
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Cynanchum acutum and Cuscuta reflexa var. grandiflora are 
common. 
In so far as the advanced season of the year permitted 
us to judge, the plants cultivated near the villages were the 
same as in Wakhan. By degrees others appeared, Cotton, 
(Gossypium herbaceum) was only cultivated in northern Goran, 
the village of Piesh is the highest point, where I have seen 
it growing. “Misfar”, Carthamus tinctorius was cultivated here 
and there, all the way from Ishkashim, whereas “Kindjit”, 
(Sesamum indicum), and “Mash”, (Phaseolus Mungo), were only 
