72 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 142 



136023 to 136117— Continued 



136042. Codonopsis sp. Campanulaceae. 



No. 4560. From a damp meadow at Sabz Pass, August 28, 1939, at 10,000 feet 

 altitude. Plant 3 feet in height. 



136043. Colutea sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 4889. From Burchao Pass, October 16, 1939, at 8,500 feet altitude. A 

 shrub growing up to 8 feet in height; the leaves are eaten by cattle in the fall. 



136044. Corydalis sp. Papaveraceae. 



No. 4755. From the face of a shaded dry limestone cliff in Bandichakawak, 

 September 29, 1939, at 9,000 feet altitude. Plant with fleshy pendulous leaves 

 and upright flower stalks. 



136045 to 136049. Cousinia spp. Asteraceae. 



136045. Cousinia sp. 



No. 4732. From Safedsang, September 24, 1939, at 10,000 feet altitude. A 

 common thistly peremr.al 2y 2 feet high, found in dry places; flowers 2 inches 

 across with white inner bracts forming an attractive involucre for the rose- 

 anthered flowers. Collected and mashed for fodder. 



136046. Cousinia sp. 



No. 4733. From dry places at Safedsang, September 24, 1939, at 10,000 

 feet altitude. A bristly perennial 18 inches in height with heads (l l / 2 inches) 

 of bright rose-purple flowers. Cattle eat the leaves when the thorns are crushed. 



136047. Cousinia sp. 



No. 4868. From a dry slope at Bandar, October 9, 1939, at 7,000 feet alti- 

 tude. An annual growing up to 6 feet in height; leaves long and spiny, ar- 

 ranged around the base of the stalk up to about 1 foot, and at the top a large 

 open panicle with small flower heads, probably yellow. Rare and probably 

 not weedy. 



136048. Cousinia sp. 



No. 4877. From a dry slope at Khoshbai, October 16, 1939, at 8,000 feet 

 altitude. An annual growing up to 2 feet high with a single stalk bearing 

 globular clusters of 1-inch heads of rose-purple flowers, often arranged in a 

 terminal umbel on long pedicels. 



136049. Cousinia sp. 



No. 4883. From Burchao Pass, October 15, 1939, at 9,000 feet altitude. A 

 low-branched annual 1 foot in height with large heads of rose-colored flowers. 



136050. Delphinium sp. Ranunculaceae. 



No. 4727. From a dry-summer area in Safedsang, September 20, 1939, at 

 10,000 feet altitude. An attractive perennial 4 inches in height, with blue-purple 

 flowers. 



136051. Elaeagnus sp. Elaeagnaceae. 



No. 4871. From along a torrent at Burchao Pass, October 11, 1939, at 9,000 

 feet altitude. A well-formed tree 20 feet high, with a trunk 1 foot in diameter, 

 silvery leaves, and fruits about y 2 inch long. Stands a mild winter. 



136052. Ephedra sp. Gnetaceae. 



No. 4544. From Lorinj, August 27, 1939, at 8,000 feet altitude. An attractive 

 dense bush, 2 feet high, heavily loaded with orange fruits. 



136053 to 136070. Eremurus spp. Liliaceae. 



Nos. 136053 to 136056 are from a dry slope at Lorinj Pass, August 27, 1939. 



136053. Eremurus sp. 



No. 4548. Altitude 10,000 feet. Plant Sy 2 feet in height with leaves \y 2 

 inches in length. 



136054. Eremurus sp. 



No. 4549. Grows in clumps 4 feet high; spikes 18 inches long; leaves 1 inch 

 in length. 



