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being seldom above eighteen inches or two feet high, but 
bearing enormous quantities of pods with a much longer 
and softer fibre than Indian cotton. The mass of the people 
in Yarkand (including the Kirghiz) who live in the hills 
dress in cotton clothing, dyed blue or of a dull red colour 
usually, and the whole of this cotton is, I believe, grown in 
the country. A choga (dressing-gown) made of Yar- 
kand grown cotton, and padded with cotton wool, costs six 
shillings in the Bazaar at Yarkand, and many of our Indian 
servants provided themselves with these on account of their 
cheapness and good quality. Cotton is very little grown 
in Kashmir, and none is grown in Ladak. 
LINEiEJ. 
* 71. Xilnum usitatissimum, Linn. — Grown to a 
small extent both in Kashmir and on the plains of Yarkand, 
but only for its seed, I believe. 
72. Ziinuxu Stocksianum, Boiss. — Dras Valley, 9000 ft. 
ZYGOPHYLLACE^. 
* 73. Tribulus terrestris, Linn. — Near Pangong Lake 
at 14,000 ft., and common on Yarkand plains. The seeds 
are sold in Yarkand as a medicine, just as they are in India. 
* 74. Nitraria Scboberi, Linn. — Common in Yarkand 
under 12,000 ft. 
* 75. Zyg-ophyllum Fabag-o, Linn. — Common on 
Yarkand plains under 8000 ft. 
GERANIACE^. 
76. aeranium collinum, A. DC. — In Ladak, 9000 ft. 
* 77. Impatiens Balsamina, L. — Commonly culti- 
vated for ornament in Yarkand towns. 
RUTACEiE. 
* 78. Peranum Karmala* Linn. — Common in the 
