LIST OP PLANTS. 
believe ; a tree mucli resembling this is also commonly 
planted in Yarkand up to 9000 ft. The Turki name of all 
the Poplars is Toghrak. Both the Ladak and Yarkand 
trees have usually curious globular galls at the bases of 
many of the leaves. 
* 334. Populus alba, Linn.— One of the most common 
cultivated trees in Yarkand, up to 8000 ft.; it is often 15 ft. 
in girth and of immense height. I never saw it nearly so 
large in Ladak or Kashmir. 
335. Salix acutifolia, Willd.— Ladak, up to 14,000 ft. 
* 336. Salix viminalis, Linn. — Above Shahidulla, 
Yarkand. 
337. Salix ele^ans, Wall. — Dras Valley, near the snow. 
^ 338. Salix pycnostacliya ? Anders. — About 
Balakchi on the Karakash. 
339. Salix tetrasperma, Roxb. — Dras Valley and on 
the ravines above Sanju, Yarkand. 
340. Salix arbuscula? Linn. 
341. Salix rubra? Linn. — These two are common on 
the north side of the Zoji-la Pass. 
* 342. Salix ang-ustifolia, Willd. — In Yarkand, about 
Sanju; 8 to 10,000 ft. 
THYMELACEJl. 
343. Thesium multicaule, Led. — Dras Valley. 
BETULACEiS. 
344. Betula Bhojputra, Wall. — - Common on the 
Zoji-la Pass, but not noticed beyond. 
GNETACE^. 
* 345. Ephedra vulgaris, Rich. — This is very common 
throughout Ladak and Yarkand under 16,000 ft. It varies 
much in appearance in different localities, forming a large 
bush at 11,000 ft., and on the passes being reduced to half 
an inch in height. It is not improbable that there are two 
species, but it is very difficult to distinguish them. 
