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altitude. A small perennial usually found 

 growing in crevices in dry cliff faces. The 

 pale, bluish-purple, campanulate flowers are 

 6 inches in diameter and very attractive. 



For previous introduction see 42615. 



122810. Campanula sp. Campanulaceae. 



No. 1594. From Tinu, Lahul, Punjab, 

 August 1936, at 12.000 feet altitude. A 

 rare plant, 5 feet tall, with large flowers 2 

 inches across, white tinged with red inside. 



122811. Canavalia sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 2166. From Dacca, Bengal, Janu- 

 ary 15, 1937. The tender pods of this vine 

 are used as a vegetable. 



122812. Caragana sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 1448. Drama. From the Taklung 

 Pass. Ladak, Kashmir, September 27, 1936, 

 at 15,000 feet altitude. A low shrub found 

 in dense clumps 3 to 4 feet across and 12 

 to 18 inches high ; found on dry slopes 

 and plains where it is browsed by sheep 

 and goats when other forage is scarce. 



122813. Cakex sp. Cyperaceae. 



No. 1496. Longams. From Tsokar. 

 Rupshu, October 1, 1936, at 15,000 feet al- 

 titude. A stout sedge with heavy stiff 

 leaves 1 foot long ; growing in masses in 

 both wet and dry situations and forming 

 one of the most important grazing asso- 

 ciations of the Tibetan plateau. 



122814 to 122816. CAkum carvi L. Apia- 

 ceae. Caraway. 



For previous introduction see 86309. 



122814. No. 1591. From Pukar. Lahul, 

 Punjab, August 1936, at 10,000 feet 

 altitude. Found in dry isolated 

 places. 



122815. No. 1595. Gonyot. From 

 Pukar, Lahul, Punjab, August 1936, 

 at 12,000 feet altitude. A pink-flow- 

 ered species that grows 2 feet high in 

 hayfields ; the seeds are used as spice. 



122816. No. 1614. Gonyot. Said to 

 have come from Zanskar, Punjab, a 

 high province adjoining Lahul. Used 

 as spice and considered better than 

 the Lahul sort. 



122817. Carum copticdm (L.) Benth. and 

 Hook. Apiaceae. 



No. 1235. Shuts ; she neid. From 

 Skardo, Baltistan, Kashmir, where it is 

 used medicinally. 



122818. Caryota mitis Lour. Phoenica- 

 ceae. Fishtail palm. 



No. 2124. Presented by the Royal Bo- 

 tanic Gardens, Calcutta, January 6, 1937. 

 A palm, native to the Malay Peninsula, 

 about 20 feet high, with a straight cylin- 

 drical spineless ringed trunk 4 inches or 

 more in diameter and bipinnate leaves 4 

 to 9 feet in length. The purple fruits are 

 about the size of cherries. 



For previous introduction see 81584. 



122819. Caryota urens L. Phoenicaceae. 



Toddy palm. 



No. 2126. Presented by the Royal Bo- 

 tanic Gardens, Calcutta, January 6, 1937. 

 A fishtail palm up to 80 feet high and 18 

 inches in diameter, with bipinnate leaves 

 20 feet long by 12 feet wide, with curved 

 and drooping segments. Native to the 

 Malay Archipelago. 



For previous introduction see 103160. 



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122820. Cassia sp. Caesalpiniaceae. 



in N o. 2127. From Calcutta, January 7, 

 1937. Said to be an ornamental shrub 8 

 feet high, with orange and red flowers. 



122821. Cedrus deodara (Lamb.) Loud 

 Pmaceae. Deodar cedar. 



No. 1751. Keoru. From above Kulu, 

 Kulu, Punjab, November 16, 1936, at 5,000 

 feet altitude. 



122822. Cedrus libani Loud. Pinaceae. 



Cedar of Lebanon. 



No. 2010. Presented by the Botanical 

 Gardens at Darjeeling, December 25, 1936. 



122823. Centaurea sp. Asteraceae. 



No. 1241. From Safaranga, Baltistan, 

 Kashmir, August 18, 1936, at 6.500 feet 

 altitude. Found growing in clumps a foot 

 high on rock faces ; flowers small, rose- 

 purple and thistlelike. 



122824. Chaerophyllum sp. Apiaceae. 



No. 1581. Shakara. From Pukar, La- 

 hul, Punjab, August 1936, at 12,000 feet 

 altitude. A biennial 3 feet high, with a 

 white, carrotlike, root, and umbels of white 

 flowers. 



122825 to 122827. Chenopodium spp. Che- 

 nopodiaceae. 



122825. Chenopodium botrys L. 



No. 1493. Sokann. From Kolung, 

 Lahul, Punjab, at 12,000 feet altitude, 

 October 15. 1936. A wild plant 1 foot 

 high whose leaves are used for flavoring. 



122826. Chenopodium sp. 



No. 1400. O st ah ah. From Leh, 

 Ladak, Kashmir, September 16, 1936, at 

 10,500 feet altitude. A plant about 6 

 feet high, used as a potherb. 



122827. Chenopodium sp. 



No. 1715. Ostahak. Presented by 

 the Director of Agriculture, Kashmir. 

 A delicious native potherb ; sown in the 

 fall and available early in the spring. 



122828. Cirsium sp. Asteraceae. 



No. 1519. Tultsoak. From Pukar, La- 

 hul, Punjab, August 1936, at 12,000 feet 

 altitude. A thistle 18 to 24 inches high, 

 with attractive rose-purple flowers. Found 

 on dry slopes and eaten by horses and 

 donkeys when green. 



122829 to 122832. Clematis spp. Ranun- 

 culaceae. 



122829. Clematis orientalis L. 



Oriental clematis. 



No. 1677. Presented by the Director, 

 Department of Agriculture, Kashmir. 

 An ornamental vine with finely cut 

 leaves and erect, green-tinted yellow 

 flowers, 1% inches across. The seeds 

 are borne in terminal clusters, each 

 seed havine a fluffy or feathprlike ap- 

 pendage. Native to Iran (Persia). 



For previous introduction see 115071. 



122830. Clematis sp. 



No. 1526. Emong. From Gundla, 

 Lahul. Punjab. October 16. 1936, at 

 10.500 feet altitude. A creeping vine 

 with gold-sprinkled brown flowers 1 

 inch in diameter. 



