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LIST OF PLANTS. 
desert in the Yarkand plains under 6000 ft. ; the fruit 
and leaves are larger and coarser than in Panjab specimens. 
SIMARUBEiE. 
* 79. Ailanthus g-landulosa, Desf. — This was seen 
between Posgam and Yangi Bazar. The specimens collected 
have no flowers or fruity but there is little doubt as to the 
correct identification ; the trees were twenty to thirty feet 
high. 
AMPELIDEiE. 
* 80. Vitis vinifera, Linn. — Grapes of excellent quality 
are grown extensively in Yarkand, but not for making wine. 
In Ladak I got large bunches of black seedless grapes the 
size of the Zante currant,, but usually with one or two large 
grapes with seeds on each bunch. They were said to come 
from Skardo and to be exported in the dried state to Simla 
and the Panjab in large quantities. 
LEGUMINOS^. 
81. Trig-onella corniculata, Linn. — Dras. 
* 82. Trig'onella Foenum-g-raecum, Linn. — Culti- 
vated in Yarkand. 
* 83. Bledicagro lupulina, Linn. — Yarkand Plains, 
and in Kashmir up to 7000 feet. 
* 84. lUedicag'o sativa, Linn. — Cultivated in Ladak 
up to 11,000 ft., and also about the city of Yarkand, where 
it forms the principal fodder for horses. 
* 85. Melilotus alba, Lam. — Yarkand Plains, 5000 ft. 
* 86. l^elilotus officinalis, Linn. — In Ladak up to 
11,000 ft., and in Yarkand under 6000 ft. 
* 87. Trifolium repens. Linn. — Yarkand city. 
* 88. Sphaeropliysa salsula, DC. — Only got once 
near the city of Yarkand. 
* 89. Colutea arborescens, Lindl. — Common along 
roadsides within twenty miles of Yarkand city. 
* 90. Carag-ana versicolor, Royle. — Yarkand plains 
in deserts. 
