LIST OF PLANTS. 
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* 384. CalamagTostls laxa, Host. — Very abundant 
in Yarkand, from 8000 to 15,000 ft. 
* 385. Arundo madag'ascarensls, Kth. — Yarkand 
Plains, wherever there is water. 
386. Crymnothrix flaccida, Munro. — Ladak, up to 
13,000 ft. 
* 387. G-ymnothrix ? sp. — Yarkand Plains. 
388. Stipa sibirica, Lam. — Dras. 
389. Stipa orientalis, Trin. — Ladak, up to 12,000 ft. 
390. Poa pratensis, Linn. — Ladak, 11,000 ft. 
* 391. Poa alpina, Linn. — Ladak and Yarkand, 9 to 
12,000 ft. 
* 392. Poa soongrarica, Pers. — Small tufts of this 
grass were not uncommon on the Lingzi Thang Plains, far 
away from any water. It was got at altitudes from 15 to 
over 18,000 ft. 
393. I^elica ciliata, Linn. — Dras. 
394. Kceleria cristata, Pers. — Dras Valley. 
395. Festuca duriuscula, Linn. — Dras Valley. 
* 396. Chloris barbata, Sw. — Yarkand City. 
397. Bromus japonicus, Thb. — Ladak, up to 12,000 ft. 
* 398. Polypog-on monspeliensis, Linn. — Ladak and 
Yarkand Plains. 
399. Triticuxn repensy Linn. — Dras. 
* 400. Triticum vulgrare, Vill. — Wheat of several 
varieties, and of very superior quality, is the principal crop 
on the plains of Yarkand. The bread, which is very white, 
is in unleavened cakes, usually over a foot in diameter. 
Biscuits are also made, and keep good for six months. 
* 401. Arundinella nipalensis, Trin. — Yarkand 
Plains. 
* 402. Blymus dasystachys, Trin. — Upper Karakash 
Valley, 16,000 ft. 
* 403. Blymus sibiricus, Linn. — Ladak and Yarkand, 
up to 14,000 ft. 
404. Blymus pseudo-ag-ropyrum, Turcz. — Tankse 
Valley, Ladak, 14,000 ft. 
* 405. Hordeum pratense, Linn. — Ladak and Kara- 
kash Valley, 13,000 ft. 
