Lactuca dislocata occurs throughout.

The vegetation of Bamean is that of Topehee, but the small flowered Tamarisk is scarce—­Potentilla anserina is common, Hyoscyamus spinosus of Kaloo occurs.

The Bamean river divides the Kohi-Baba from the Hindoo-koosh, but both are obviously of the same system, i.e. they divide the ranges to the north.  To the east their offsets are divided by the Kaloo river.  The direction of the Hindoo-koosh and that of the Kohi-Baba, is about 115 west.  The space to the west consists of a low, rather flat plateau, (as it appears from the top of Kaloo,) this flat belongs to the Kohi-Baba range; the offsets of the Hindoo-koosh to the east and north are ordinarily shaped.  All the hills on the north side of the valley disintegrate on their south faces, forming cliffs of partial extent.

13th.—­Proceeded to Akrobat, ascending the Bamean river, and then diverging up a kotul or acclivity of considerable height, but gradual ascent.  Then descending at once steeply to Akrobat, which is about 9,500 feet above the sea.  Along the river, Rosa, Hippophae, and Salix occur, the two former being abundant.  Scarcely any change in vegetation occurs:  an Ephedra, very common up the kotul and abundantly in fruit.  The hills are very barren, and nothing remarkable is observable about Syghan.  Apricot constitutes the only fruit tree.  Salix, Populus, and Sinjit occur.

All the valleys are narrow, and the hills very barren, the chief vegetation being Salsolaceae.  The vegetation of the valleys is the same as that of Bamean; on the north of Akrobat two Statice occur, one with spathulate leaves scapigerous, the other a tall straggling plant.

22nd.—­Erak.  The vegetation of Kurzar consists of Hypericum, Salsolaceae, Carduacea, and Hyoscyamus spinosus, but Salsolaceae occur in profusion and several species.

Hypericum enjoys to perfection, the faculty of condensing water on its leaves, much more so than Salsolaceae; it presents an obvious affinity to Rutaceae, capsula radiata 5-valvis, loculicida:  valvis linea centrali notatis, septis solutis imo apice exceptis.  Seminibus basi locul. affixis, apice villosis; the tobacco is different from the Nicot. tobaccum, cor. virida tubo calyce, duplo longiore lamina brevi plicato:  apricots in sheltered places.

24th.—­Kurzar.  The Erak kotul is thickly covered with Festuca triticoides, two Carduaceae, Salvia, Artemisiae, and Statices on the south side.  On the north Statices, Onosma, and Carduaceae are most common, and the vegetation is scantier.  Ribes is common up the Erak ravine; with it, Rosa and Symphorema are the chief shrubs.  Ephedra ceases about 10,000 feet.  A snake found of general grey colour, with black-brown marking.

26th.—­Ascended Kohi-Baba from upper Kaloo, the ascent occupied about five hours, the ridge was surmounted but no view of Baissoat was obtained, except that the crest surmounted, as well as the still loftier culminating one belong to ridges running 30 degrees north from a main ridge, the passes of which, although apparently the same height as the peak surmounted, are much more heavily covered with snow.  These passes do not appear very difficult.