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LIST OF PLANTS. 
* 406. Horde um (cultivated species and varieties). — 
Barley is cultivated in Ladak up to 15,000 ft., and in Yar- 
kand to 9000 ft. ; the flour made from roasted barley is 
called sutoo in Ladak, and is used as oatmeal is in Scot- 
land, simply mixed with water ; very sour beer, called 
chang, is also made from it, but in Yarkand no fermented 
or spirituous liquor of any sort is allowed. 
* 407. Andropog'on Ischaemum, Linn. — Yarkand 
Plains. 
* 408. Andropog'on Sorg-lium, Brot. 
* 409. Andropog'on saccbaratus, Roxb. — The two 
last are cultivated near Yarkand City. 
FILICES. 
410. Cystopteris frag'ilis, Bernh. — This was the only 
fern met with in Ladak ; it was found growing along the 
Indus. No ferns were seen in Yarkand. 
EQUISETACE^. 
411. Equisetum arvense, L. — Dras Valley. 
412. Equisetum ramosum, Schl. — Indus Valley, 
Ladak. 
ALGiE. 
Tibet. 
Schizosiphon ? fragments only. 
Pleurococcus cinnamomeuSj Menegh ? 
Cosmarium Cucumis, Corda. 
A small variety, and very scarce. 
Odontidium hiemale, Lyngb. 
Navicula cryptocephala, Ktz. 
From hot saline springs above Gokra, Tibet. 
Phormidium lucidum, Ag. ? rather fragmentary, nearest 
that species if not identical. 
Denticula obtusa, Sm. 
