*  824.  Monuk— Mulberries  are  cultivated  in  Yarkand
for  feeding  silkworms.  The  trees  are  planted  along
roadsides  and  round  fields.  They  are  also  occasionally  seen
in  Lad&k.
826.  Ortloaf  hyperbovaAf  Jacq.— *-Below  P&ngong  Lake,
18,000  ft.
CAKKABIKACEiB.
*  826.  Oaanabift  Indioa,  Lam. —- Indian  hemp,  or
rather  the  extract,  is  one  of  the  principal  exports  from  Y&r-
kand.  The  plant  grows  to  8  or  10  feet  in  height.  I  was
unable  to  see  the  process  by  which  the  extract  is  prepared.
I  was  told  that  the  fibre  is  seldom  extracted,  the  straw
being  used  only  as  friel.
LKT  OP  PLAST8.  tU


JlTGLANDAOEiB.
*  327.  JToglaiui  regla,  Linn. — The  Walnut  is  ctdtivated
in  Yarkand^  and  the  trees  are  often  of  large  size^  and  firuit
very  fireely.  At  Sanju  and  Kargallik  we  encamped  in  groves
of  Walnut  trees.  In  Lad&k  there  are  a  few  solitary  trees
planted  at  villages  on  the  Indus^  below  JA.  Walnuts  are
so  plentiful  in  Kashmir  that  oil  is  expressed  from  the
kernels.
ELiEAONACEiB.
*  828.  Blppaphae  rbamaoides,  Linn.  —  Lad£k  and
Yarkand,  from  7  to  15/XX)  ft.  At  11,000  ft.  it  often  grows
into  a  good-sized  tree,  20  ft.  high,  but  as  the  altitude  above
the  sea  increases  it  beccmies  reduced  in  size,  and  is  often
met  with  only  a  few  inches  in  height.  Called  Sir  ma  in
Lad&k.
829.  BlesairiMui  aniriMtlfalia  f  Linn.  —  Lad&,  along
the  Indus  Valley,  where  it  is  called  Sir  lAng ;  the  roots  are
said  to  be  used  for  making  matches  for  matcUocks.
