JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



Part II.— NATURAL SCIENCE, &e. 



No. 4.— 1904. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 On a Scirpus from BelitcJiistan and certain of its allies. — By J. R. 



Drummond, I.C.S., B.A., F.L.S., etc. ... ... 137 



The Himalayan summer storms of September 24:tli, 1903, and the 

 tveatJier immediately subsequent to that date in Northern India. 

 —By 0. Little, M.A,, (with Plate VI) ... ... 148 



Rusot : An ancient Eastern Medicine, — B?/ David Hooper ... 176 



On Dioscorea birmanica — a new species from Burma — and. tiuo allied 



-By D. Prain & I. H. Burkill ... ... 182 



