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41581 to 41618— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. K. E. Cooper.) 



41584. Satjssurea sp. Asteraceae. 



" (No. 4818.) With papery translucent bracts; grows among frag- 

 ments of granite rock and peaty soil on scree at an altitude of 14,000 

 feet. Plant 10 inches high ; head 4 inches in diameter." 



41585. Lilium sp. Liliaceae. Lily. 



"(No. 4819.) Grows in turf on rock ledges at an altitude of 13,000 

 feet. Flowers reddish green, hanging bell-like on a 6-inch stem." 



41586. Cardamine sp. Brassicaceae. 



" (No. 4821.) Small slender rambling crucifer with showy blue 

 flowers growing over grass or turf by a stream at an altitude of 12.000 

 feet." 



41587. Primula sp. Primulaceae. Primrose. 

 " (No. 4822.) A la tibetica (blue sp.). Found only in fruit that was 



hardly ripe on exposed peak at an altitude of 16,000 feet, growing in a 

 dryish but sunny position at the base of large overhanging rocks." 



41588. Arenaria sp. Silenaceae. 



"(No. 4824.) Tufted Arenaria sp. Grows on granite bowlders at an 

 altitude of 14,000 feet. Flowers white." 



41589. Salvia sp. Menthaceae. 



" (No. 4825.) Pink-flowered, silvery, hairy plant 6 inches high on 

 gravel and scarce peaty compost, mostly gravel, growing on scree at an 

 altitude of 16,000 feet. 



41590. Meconopsis napaulensis DC. Papaveraceae. 



" (No. 4827.) Plants growing on bare exposed hillside of patchy turf 

 and bowlders at an altitude of 14,000 feet." 



41591. Swertia hookeri C. B. Clarke. Gentianacese. 



" (No. 4828.) A tall column (3 feet) of reddish flowers growing in 

 peaty turf among dwarf junipers at an altitude of 13,000 feet." 



41592. Meconopsis lyrata (Cumm. and Prain) Fedde. Papaveraceae. 



" (No. 4840.) A yellow-flowered herb 3 feet high at base of rock cliffs 

 in soil similar to that of Abies forest at an altitude of 11,000 feet." 



41593. Primula sp. Primulacese. Primrose. 

 " (No. 4855.) Allied to Primula tibetica, but only found in fruit not 



fully ripe on granite debris at an altitude of 16,000 feet." 



41594. Morina sp. Dipsacaceae. 



" (No. 4914. ) Tall plant 1 to 2 feet high, arising from rosette of regu- 

 lar falling spiny leaves; whorls of reddish (?) flowers on upright prickly 

 bracted stem ; growing in sheltered recess of bare exposed hill in little 

 plat of turf over gravel at an altitude of 10,500 feet." 



41595. Coriaria terminalis Hemsl. Coriariaceae. 



" (No. 4757.)" See S. P. I. No. 41562 for previous introduction and 

 description. 



