LIST OF PLANTS. 
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A great variety of Cucurbit acese is grown in Yarkand. 
Water-melonsj melons, cucumbers, and gourds of every 
description are grown for the table, and the rind of a large 
gourd which often grows into very extraordinary shapes is 
used for carrying water, for stems of hookahs. Sec. It is 
generally grown on trellises in front of houses, and in the 
large towns on beams placed across the streets. 
UMBELLIFER^. 
146. Vaoatla cerisifolia, Wall. — Lama Yuru, Ladak. 
147. Bupleurum tenue, Ham. — Lama Yuru, Ladak. 
148. Carum Carvi, Linn. — About villages in Ladak 
(to 12,000 ft.). 
149. Chaerophyllum, sp. = 5 H. f. and T. dist. — Zoji-la 
Pass. 
150. Chaerophyllum villosum, Wall. — Dras Valley, 
and ravine below Lama Yuru, Ladak. 
* 151. Seseli sibiricum, Benth., or a nearly allied 
species. — Karakash Valley, and ravine north of Sanju Pass 
about 12,000 ft. 
* 152. Seseli (Cnidium) diifusum, DC. (Athamanta 
diffusa. Wall.).— Karakash Valley : about 12,000 ft. 
153. Prang'os pabularia* Lindl. — This is found in 
very great abundance above Dras, and in October it, as 
well as almost every green thing, is cut down and stored 
as winter fodder. I do not think that animals readily eat 
it in the fresh state ; in the winter they are so pressed by 
hunger in these regions that they will probably eat any- 
thing. The plant grows to four feet high, and even more, 
and in many places near Dras forms the bulk of the 
herbage. The plant was also found on the south side of 
Banihal Pass and in the Sind Valley. The native name 
is Premgos. 
* 154. Iii^usticum, sp. =1 Oreocome, H. f. and T. 
dist. — Sanju Pass, 14,000 ft. 
* 155. Pleurospermum, sp. = 9 Hymenolsena, H. f. 
and T. dist. — Mallik Shah, in desert plains ; 16,000 ft. 
156. Ferula, sp. = 3 Dorema, H. f. and T. dist. — One if 
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