Foreword by Dan Hinkley A History of the Study of Himalayan Plants by Dr. Hideaki Ohba Acknowledgments IntroductionPolygonaceae, 1--5 Rheum nobile, 1 Bistorta macrophylla, 2--3 Bistorta vacciniifolia, 4 Aconogonon tortuosum, 5 Caryophyllaceae, 6 Silene nigrescens, 6 Ranunculaceae, 7--11 Caltha scaposa, 7 Anemone polyanthes, 8 Anemone obtusiloba, 9 Delphinium brunonianum, 10 Paraquilegia microphylla, 11 Papaveraceae, 12--19 Corydalis calliantha, 12 Corydalis inopinata, 12 Papaver nudicaule, 13 Meconopsis grandis, 14 Meconopsis sherriffii, 15 Meconopsis paniculata, 16 Meconopsis horridula, 17 Meconopsis bella, 18 Meconopsis napaulensis, 19 Crassulaceae, 20--23 Rhodiola… tibetica, 20 Rhodiola bupleuroides, 21 Rhodiola crenulata, 22--23 Cruciferae, 24 Christolea himalayensis, 24 Saxifragaceae, 25--30 Saxifraga pilifera, 25 Saxifraga engleriana, 26 Saxifraga pulvinaria, 27 Saxifraga punctulata, 28 Saxifraga saginoides, 29 Bergenia purpurascens, 30 Rosaceae, 31--33 Potentilla fruticosa var. pumila, 31 Potentilla coriandrifolia, 32 Potentilla tapetodes, 33 Leguminosae, 34--35 Spongiocarpella purpurea, 34 Thermopsis barbata, 35 Geraniaceae, 36 Geranium pratense, 36 Thymelaeaceae, 37 Stellera chamaejasme, 37 Umbelliferae, 38 Cortia depressa, 38 Ericaceae, 39--43 Cassiope fastigiata, 39 Rhododendron aeruginosum, 40 Rhododendron nivale, 41 Rhododendron arboreum, 42--43 Primulaceae, 44--57 Androsace tapete, 44 Androsace selago, 45 Androsace globifera, 46 Androsace robusta, 47 Primula megalocarpa, 48 Primula sikkimensis, 49 Primula wollastonii, 50 Primula stuartii, 51 Primula strumosa and Primula obliqua, 52--53 Primula concinna, 54 Primula tenuiloba, 55 Primula capitata, 56 Primula deuteronana, 57 Gentianaceae, 58--60 Gentiana waltonii, 58 Gentiana emodi, 58 Gentiana ornata, 59 Swertia wardii, 60 Plumbaginaceae, 61 Acantholimon lycopodioides, 61 Boraginaceae, 62--63 Chionocharis hookeri, 62 Onosma hookeri, 63 Labiatae, 64--65 Phlomis rotata, 64 Eriophyton wallichii, 65 Scrophulariaceae, 66--73 Lagotis species, 66 Lagotis kunawurensis, 67 Veronica lanuginosa, 68 Pedicularis bicornuta, 69 Pedicularis longiflora var. tubiformis, 70 Pedicularis cheilanthifolia, 71 Pedicularis cornigera, 72 Pedicularis nepalensis, 72 Oreosolen wattii, 73 Compositae, 74--93 Hippolytia gossypina, 74 Allardia glabra, 75 Cremanthodium ellisii, 76 Achillea millefolium, 77 Richteria pyrethroides, 78 Soroseris hookeriana, 79 Aster diplostephioides, 80 Anaphalis xylorhiza, 81 Anaphalis nepalensis, 82 Leontopodium monocephalum, 83 Leontopodium jacotianum, 84 Anaphalis cavei, 85 Cirsium falconeri, 86 Saussurea gnaphalodes, 87 Saussurea gossypiphora, 88 Saussurea simpsoniana, 89 Saussurea graminifolia, 90 Saussurea tridactyla, 91 Saussurea bracteata, 92 Saussurea obvallata, 93 Alliaceae, 94--95 Allium carolinianum, 94 Allium semenovii, 95 Liliaceae, 96--98 Lilium nepalense, 96 Cardiocrinum giganteum, 97 Notholirion macrophyllum, 98 Convallariaceae, 99 Polygonatum hookeri, 99 Zingiberaceae, 99 Roscoea auriculata, 99 Iridaceae, 100 Iris kemaonensis, 100 Orchidaceae,101--103 Cypripedium cordigerum, 101 Cypripedium tibeticum, 102 Pleione hookeriana, 103 Ephedraceae, 104 Ephedra pachyclada, 104Conversion Chart, 105 Bibliography Index of Botanical Names