THE KURAM VALLEY, ETC., AFGHANISTAN, 149 
93, 115. Ranunculus Aucheri, Boiss. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 1841, p. 351; 
Fl. Or. i. p. 34. Forma nana, 3-4-pollicaris. 
Mount Síka-rám, June, on stony ground, at an altitude of 
from 11,000 to 13,000 feet. The plant varies in size from 3 
to 9 inches. The sepals and petals persist; the latter increase 
in size, change in colour from a bright yellow to a livid brown, 
then crumpling up form a ball, the portions of which fall off 
on the fruit coming to maturity. 
311, R. aquatilis, Linn. 
Kuram distriet, in pools of water near the river, in water- 
courses,and flooded rice-fields, at an elevation of 5000 feet. 
354. R. Cymbalaria, Pursh. 
Péwár-marg ; very local, on grassy slopes near springs of water, 
at 8000 feet. 
123. R. demissus, DC. 
On Mount Síka-rám, June, at an altitude of 13,500 feet. 
116,=955 (1879). Oxygraphis Shaftoana *, Aitch. § Hemsley, n. sp. 
(Plate III. figs. 1-5.) Foliis 3-partitis, scapo sepissime 1-bracteato, 
petalis 5-8 latis. 
Herba perennis, scaposa, glaberrima, 3-4 poll. alta, radicis fibris carnosis, 
1-3 poll. longis. Scapus solitarius, 1-florus, I-bracteatus, bractea integra 
vel trifida. Folia (primum subtus purpurea) longe petiolata, crassa, sub- 
carnosa, 3-partita, segmentis obovatis vel fere orbicularibus, usque ad 6 
lineas latis, integris vel irregulariter dentatis. Flores lutei, circiter 
1 poll. diametro; sepala persistentia, inzegualia, oblongo-orbicularia, 
obtusa vel rotundata; petala 5-8, late obovata, striata, persistentia. 
Achenia immersa, levia, breviter rostrata. 
Mount Síka-rám ; on shingly débris, at an elevation of from 
11,000 to 14,000 feet, very profuse. The petals are at first 
of a bright Ranuneulus-yellow ; these, with the sepals, increase 
in size, change colour to a yellow-green, then brownish, and lastly 
to a purple hue, wither, form into a ball round the fruit, and 
fall off with the fruit as it ripens. 
802 (1879). Isopyrum uniflorum, Aitchison § Hemsley, n. sp. Aff. 
I. cespitosi, sed foliorum segmentis obovatis trifidis, floribus vix 6 lineas 
diametro, petalis suborbicularibus, stylis fere rectis, ovariis epapillosis. 
Herba cæspitosa, glaberrima, caudice petiolis vetustis dense vestito. Scapus 
* Named after Capt. E. D. Shafto, R,A., who was killed at Kabul on the 16th 
October, 1879, by the explosion of part of the Kabul magazine. 
