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122766 to 122984— Continued 



122892. Malva sylvestris L. 



No. 1417. Gralchampa. From Leh, 

 Ladak, Punjab, September 16, 1936, at 

 10,500 feet altitude. A cultivated win- 

 ter annual 4 feet tall with dark-magenta 

 flowers 1M inches across, borne over a 

 long season. 



For previous introduction see 122518. 



122893. Malva verticillata L. 



No. 1610. Nikantsi. From Pukar, 

 Lahul, Punjab, August 1936, at 12,000 

 feet altitude.. 



122894. Malva parviflora L. 



No. 1^ 



native. 



-I. Seeds presented by a 



122895. Meconopsis acdleata Royle. Pa- 

 paveraceae. 



No. 1766. Presented by the Director, 

 Department of Agriculture, Kashmir. A 

 biennial Himalayan plant with hairy stems 

 and rosettes of blunt pointed leaves. The 

 flowers, bright blue with golden yellow 

 throats, are borne in spikelike racemes, the 

 flowers opening from the top of the raceme 

 downward. 



For previous introduction see P. I. 55300. 



122896. Meconopsis sp. 



No. 1782-D. Seeds presented by a 

 native. 



122897. Melia sp. Meliaceae. * 



No. 1505. From Kulu, Kulu, Punjab, 

 November 12, 1936, at 4,500 feet altitude. 

 An attractive tree with long trusses of 

 large purple flowers. 



122898. Melothria sp. Cucurbitaceae. 



No. 1508. From Lahul, Punjab, Novem- 

 ber 1936. 



122899. Melothria sp. Cucurbitaceae. 



No. 2165. From Dacca, Bengal, Janu- 

 ary 14, 1936. An annual climber, hairy 

 throughout, with small red fruits. 



122900. MOMORDICA CHARANTIA L. CuCUr- 



bitaceae. Balsam-pear. 



No. 1676. Karela. Presented by the 

 Director, Department of Agriculture, Kash- 

 mir. A form with large fruits, less bitter 

 than usual. 



122901. Morina sp. Dipsacaceae. 



No. 1300. Dohila. From Morungkor, 

 Baltistan, Kashmir, August 2, 1936. 

 Found on a dry slope. The snowy white 

 flowers, 3 inches across, have a strong 

 Madonna-lily scent. 



122902. Myricaria sp. Tamaricaceae. 



No. 1360. O mtu. From Tarkalung, 

 Baltistan, Kashmir, September 6, 1936, at 

 9,000 feet altitude. An attractive well- 

 formed bush 8 feet high, with small leaves 

 and long terminal spikes of small lose- 

 colored flowers. 



122903. Nepeta sp. Menthaceae. 



No. 1546. From Koti, Kulu, Punjab, 

 October 27, 1936, at 9,000 feet altitude. A 

 tall perennial mint 3 feet high, with pale, 

 bluish-purple flower heads iy 2 inches long. 

 Found growing along the edges of fields. 



122904. Paeonia emodi Wall. Ranuncula- 

 ceae. 



No. 1722. Presented by the Director, 

 Department of Agriculture, Kashmir. A 



122766 to 122984— Continued 



peony up to 2 feet high, with ternatisect 

 leaves 6 to 12 inches long and wMte flow- 

 ers. Native to the temperate Himalayas. 



122905. PASTrNACA sp. Apiaceae. 



No. 1601. Shuass. From Pukar, Lahul, 

 Punjab, August 1936, at 12,000 feet alti- 

 tude. An umbellifer 4 feet tall, found 

 growing in meadows. 



122906 to 122912. PEDICDLARis Spp. 

 Scrophulariaceae. 



Nos. 122906 to 122908 were purchased 

 from the Director, Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Kashmir. 



122906. Pedicularis btcornuta Klotzsch. 

 No. 1765. 



122907. Pedicularis pectinata Wall. 

 No. 1764. 



122908. Pedicularis siphonantha D. 

 Don. 



No. 1767. 



122909. Pedicularis siphonantha D. 

 Don. 



No. 1522. Hunamentok. From Ko- 

 lung, Lahul, Punjab, October 1, 1936, at 

 12,000 feet altitude. An attractive per- 

 ennial 1 foot high ; flowers large, old 

 rose, with a large white eye. Found 

 growing in sod, watered well by springs. 



122910. Pedicularis sp. 



No. 1572-A. From Pukar, Lahul, 

 Punjab, August 20, 1936, at 12,000 feet 

 altitude. An attractive pink-flowered 

 species. 



122911. Pedicularis sp. 



No. 1576. Litgruserpo. From Pukar, 

 Lahul, Punjab, August 15, 1936,- at 12,- 

 000 feet altitude. A showy species 1 

 foot high with large yellow flowers. 



122912. Pedicularis sp. 



No. 1361. From Chalunka Nulla, Bal- 

 tistan, Kashmir, September 5, 1936, at 

 10,000 feet altitude. A pedicularis about 

 8 inches high, with white flowers, the 

 beaks tipped with rose. 



122913. Phlomis spectabilis Falc. Men- 

 thaceae. 



No. 1723. Purchased from the Director, 

 Department of Agriculture, Kashmir. A 

 tall herbaceous perennial about 6 feet high, 

 with large ovate-cordate basal leaves, the 

 stem leaves smaller upwards, and whorls 

 of rather large rose-purple flowers. Na- 

 tive to the Himalayas from 3,000 to 8,000 

 feet altitude. 



122914. Phlomis sp. Menthaceae. 



No. 1782-A. Seeds presented by a 

 rative. 



122915. Picrorrhiza kurroa Benth. 

 Scrophulariaceae. 



' No. 1725. Purchased from the Director, 

 Department of Agriculture, Kashmir. 



122916. P i n u s roxburghii Sargent (P. 

 longifolia Roxb.). Pinaceae. 



No. 1673. Kail. From above Kulu, 

 Kulu, Punjab, November 15, 1936, at 5.000 

 feet altitude. A tree, native to the lower 

 Himalayas at altitudes of 1,500 to 7,500 

 feet, often over 100 feet high, with a round 

 symmetrical head, but sometimes stunted 

 and gnarled. The light green pendulous 



