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by both of whom it is eagerly eaten. This is probably Griffiths’ 
““Stapelioides, eaten as a vegetable” found by him in the Khyber Pass 
and appears to be the plant alluded to by Masson (Vol. II. p. 80) 
which however he calls “ a lichen.” 
Tecoma undulata is not uncommon in the Peshawur valley as 
elsewhere, Trans-Indus. It has by far the largest corolla of any wild 
plant I collected in the Punjab, and its gorgeous orange-coloured 
blossoms present a striking appearance in April and May. 
Cuscuta reflexa is by no means rare, and is the only parasitical 
plant found in the plain near Peshawur. (Viscum album is, however, 
evidently common above a certain height in the hills around, as it 
was at once recognized and named, both fresh and dried, by Tira 
men, who stated it to be frequent in their country). 
A yellow-flowered variety of Heliotropium Europeum (or a differ- 
ent species?) was only got in two places, and is probably the “ Helio- 
tropium flavum” found by Griffith near Jellalabad. 
The unnamed species of Nonnza (flower white, that of N. Edge- 
worthii being rose-coloured in all my specimens,) I only found in 
successive seasons in one field where it was abundant. 
Arnebia echioides is common near Peshawur, as elsewhere beyond 
the Indus, and in March and April its pretty yellow flowers enamel 
the ground in many places where it occurs in profusion. It has a 
pleasant smell, and under the name of the “ Prophet-flower” is held 
in much esteem by the Affghans (but not to the south of the Trans- 
Indus salt range so far as I could learn) who attribute the five dark 
spots upon its corolla to the pressure of Mahomed’s fingers. I do 
not know of its having been found to the Hast of Hussan Abdal, 
there being some doubt as to specimens collected near Jhelum 
by Dr. Aitchison, but its congener A. hispidissima, which occurs in 
the Kohat Pass,is common in Rohilkhund, and is enumerated by 
Dr. Anderson in the flora of Lucknow. 
Lithospermum arvense is an abundant field-weed in spring, and 
Lycopsis arvensis occurs sparingly in waste places. 
Ehretia aspera is frequently found, Trans-Indus, on dry precipitous 
banks, but always much more stunted than in the lower North-West 
Himalaya. 
Withania coagulans is an abundant small shrubby plant and 
extends eastward at least to Jhelum. Its Persian name pani bad 
