LIST OF PLANTS. 
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* 221. Sonchus oleraceus, Linn. — Kashmir, Ladak, 
and Yarkand. Common up to 15^000 ft. 
* 222. Voung-la g-lauca, Edgew. — Common in Lad^k and 
Yarkand, from 10 to 15,000 ft. Very generally distributed, 
and differing much in habit at different altitudes. 
* 223. Ittulg-edium tataricum, DC. — Seen every- 
where in Yarkand under 15,000 ft. 
APOCYNACE^. 
224. Apocynum Sendersonll, Hook, f., sp. nov. — 
Ramis gracillimis, foliis anguste lineari-oblongis acutis 
serrulatis, cymis terminalibus puberulis, lobis calycinis trian- 
gularibus corolla multo brevioribus. 
Herba v. suffrutex, parce ramosa, ramis erectis gracilibus 
teretibus glaberrimis paucifoliatis. Folia ^-f poll, longa, 
in petiolum brevem angustata, crassiuscula, pallide viridia, 
enervia, costa obscura. Cymae geminse v. dichotomse, 
2-3-pollicares, pilis brevibus patentibus subscaberulse. Flores 
i'f poll* diam., pedicellis ^-pollicaribus. Calyx parvus, 
lobis -pV poll- longis acutis incanis ciliolatis. Corolla late 
campanulata, tubo inflato puberulo, lobis 5 late triangulari- 
bus obtusiusculis recur vis tubo brevioribus. Fil amenta 
brevia, pilosula, supra basin dilatata ; antherse sagittatae, fila- 
mentis quadruplo longiores, membrana terminali loculia 
longiore. Ovarium pilosum ; stylus brevis, stigmate incrassato 
ellipsoideo, apice contracto breviter 2-fido. Folliculi 8-pol- 
licares, vix J poll, diam., cylindracei, breves, glaberrimi, 
utrinque longe attenuati. Semina parva, una cum coma 
poUicaris, supra medium constricta. 
The nearest ally of this fine plant is the Soongarian A, 
pictum, Schrenk, which is a much larger, coarser and more 
branched species, with very much larger, quite entire leaves ; 
and judging from imperfect specimens, the cymes are quite 
glabrous. 
Very abundant within ten miles of Yarkand. ^ 
Explanation of Plate. — Fig. 1, leaf; 2 and 3, flowers; 
