THE KURAM VALLEY, ETC., AFGHANISTAN. 151 
B. calliobotrys, Bienert, ex herb. Bunge (of which I have not seen 
the fruit). The fruit of my specimens is spheroidal, and has the 
stigma supported on a distinct style. 
PAPAVERACER. 
139, 280, 357. Papaver nudicaule, Linn. 
From the Nangrar pass westwards along the Saféd-koh range to 
Mount Sikâ-ram, in the meadows on the ridges of the northern 
slopes, at an altitude of from 10,000 to 11,500 feet. Extremely 
abundant. 
114,295, 121 (1879). Corydalis Griffithii, Boiss.; C. rutefolia, Hook. 
fil.& Thoms., non Sibth. 
In the Hariâb district and on Mount Sika-râm, at an elevation 
of from 7000 to 12,500 feet. 
At the lower elevation growing near the roots of trees and 
bushes, where it flowers long before the bushes have any leaves ; 
flowers salmon-colour tipped with dark purple. 
201, 289,=789 (1879). C. pulchella, Aitchison § Hemsley, n. sp. 
(Plate IV. figs. 1-3.) Foliis iis C. meifolie simillimis sed glaucis, 
racemis laxioribus, bracteis amplis 3-pinnatisectis, calcari quam petala 
paullo longiore, petalo postico aptero, pedicellis fructiferis insigniter 
recurvis. 
Herba perennis, glaberrima, radice elongato-claviformi. Caules erecti, 
usque ad 10 poll. alti, basi tantum ramosi. Folia glauca, longiuscule 
petiolata, ovato-oblonga, 3-pinnatisecta, usque ad 6 poll. longa, segmentis 
ultimis brevibus angustissimis. Flores lutei, angusti, 6-8 lineas longi, 
laxiusenle racemosi ; racemi 10-20-flori, bracteati; bractesz elegantes, 
6-12 lineas longe, 2-pinnatisectze, segmentis filiformibus; sepala minuta, 
dentata ; petalum posticum galeatum, dorso apterum, calcari curvo paullo 
brevius. Capsula oblonga, pedicellis arcte recurvis szpius longior; 
semina 2-seriata, atra, nitida.—C. meifolia, Aitch. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xviii. p. 32, non Wall. 
Along the Saféd-koh range, in the shingle between the boulders 
on the sides of alpine stream-beds, at an altitude of from 9000 to 
11,000 feet. 
The root of what seems to be one plant is made up of several 
pliant fibrous bundles all twisted round each other like the several 
strands of a rope. This was also brought to my notice, by the 
natives, in a species I collected near Dalhousie in the Western 
Himalaya at 8000 feet. 
