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yellow S. (/lutinosa ; pink motherwort, Leonurus cardiaca ; yellow spurge 

 Ewphorhia pilosa and yellow-green calanthe C. tricarinata. 



At a lower level during the summer are seen white flowers of Gypso- 

 phila cerastoides and yirenaria orbicidata ; lilac mallow, Malva silvestria ; 

 yellow and pink argyrolobium, A. Jiaccidum and roseum ; pink or white 

 Tilloea peutaudra ; yellow Datisca cannabina ; the marsh pennywort, Sydrn- 

 cotyle javanica, and hare's ear, Buyleurum tenue ; bright yellow cudweed, 

 Grnaphalium luteoalbum ; -guYT^ie ^ndi white convolvulus, C. arvensis ; h\aQ ov 

 white Evolvuhcs alsinoides ; white nightshade with black berries, Solanum 

 nigrum and the purple species with red berries, S. didcamara ; yellow or 

 blue wild gooseberry, Physalis minima ; the white trumpet-shaped datura, I). 

 atramonium ; yellow-mullein, Verbascum T/icqjsus, and celsia, C. corotnande.- 

 liana ; delicate rains' plants such as blue Platystemma violoides, purple 

 Chirita pumila, and white Didissandra lanuyinosa. Many varieties of skull- 

 cap blossom in the monsoon, yellow Scutellaria angulosa, and dark blue S. 

 yi'ossa, also the white purple-spotted Plectranthus Gerardianus. In August 

 the Dal Lake near Srinagar will be found covered with large white and 

 rose-coloured lotus flowers, Nelumhium -s-peciosum, which are tended for 

 religious services and reach a diameter of ten inches. 



Towards the end of the summer are found on the higher ranges the 

 light and dark neutral-tinted flowers of monkshood, Aconitum IieteropJiyllum, 

 and at greater elevations the small purple variety of aconite A. Lycoc- 

 tonum ; pink Silene tenuis and white »S'. Griffithii ; pink milkwort, Polygala 

 tripJiylla ; the purple species P. crotalaroides, and the yellow, P. chinensis ; 

 purple and yellow Lychnis fiinbriata ; white star-like Stellaria paniculata ; 

 purple Geranium divaricatum ; yellow lucern, Mendicago falcata, and senna, 

 Colutea nepalensis ; bright yellow Caragana brevispina ; lilac and yellow 

 Astragalus chlorostachys ; red vetch, Vicia rigidula ; bright yellow Geum elatwm ; 

 yellow saxifrage, S. jfilicaidis, a,nd the pink S. ciliata; lilac willow-herb, 

 Epilobium brevifolium ; small white Circma cordata, and the handsome yellow 

 Morina Coulteriana. Two species of aster are found with purple ray 

 flowers and j'^ellow discs, A. molliuscllus and A. aspendus ; yellow elecampane. 

 Inula cuspidat a •,'^\rik milfoil, Achillea millefolium; yellow Senecio gracili- 

 Jiorus, and many purple and lilac thistles, Echinops cornigerus and E. niveus, 

 Arctium Lappa, Cnicus arvensis, and Serratida pallida. The pretty Prenanthex 

 violoefolia flowers late, also the white Monotropa uniflora; blue gentians are 

 common from July onwards, G. capitata, G. contorta, and G. Kurroo, also 

 the pale blue halenia, II. elliptica, and Paracaryum gloshidiatum. The blue 

 and yellow forget-me-not, Myosotis ccasjjitosa, is found everywhere and the 

 forest variety, M. sylvatica, is found in the woods from 6,000 to 9,000 feet 

 height ; pale purple yellow-tinged nightshade, Atropa belladonna and yellow 

 purple-veined henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, are frequently met with. Also 

 pink and white polygonums of many species. 



