THE KURAM VALLEY, ETC., AFGHANISTAN. 153 
320. Capparis spinosa, Linn. 
Common from Thal to Kuram, on conglomerate rocks, from 
2500 to 4000 feet. 
VIOLARIE Z. 
86, 391,=500, 119 (1879). Viola Patrinii, DC., vars. 
Hariâb, in pine forests, at an altitude of from 8000 to 
9000 feet. 
CARYOPHYLLE E. 
1,27, 173, 547,=638 (1879). Dianthus crinitus, Smith, vars. 
From Thal to the Kuram district, on stony ground ; but most 
profuse on the shingle plains of Kuram. Flowers white, some- 
times roseate. 
167, 351, 396, 2938, 856 (1879). D. fimbriatus, Bieb. 
Hariáb district, profuse on stony ground at an altitude of from 
8000 to 9000 feet. Flowers white to an orange-red. 
7, 31, 59, 352,=225, 225 a, 255 (1879). Gypsophila Stewartii, T. 
Thoms. 
From the plains of Kuram westward to the Hariâb district, 
Mount Sika-râm, and Serâtigah, from 4000 to over 10,000 feet in 
altitude. 
The plant varies greatly in appearance, according to the altitude 
at which it grows: on the Kuram plains it grows very close and 
compact in dense clusters, which early in the season, when they are 
bright green, look like clumps of moss ; at the higher altitudes it 
forms loose cushions from 6 to 8 inches in depth, and quite loses 
its moss-like appearance. 
473 (1879). Silene, n. sp. ? 
From the village of Péwár to Ali-khél, at an altitude of 6000 
to 7500 feet; June. 
182, 212, 412, —443 (1879). Lychnis ($ Melandrium) cabulica, Boiss. 
The specimen noted as L. sp., near macrorhiza, Royle, is pro- 
bably merely a stunted form of this. 
288. Cerastium Thomsoni, Hook. fil. 
On the Zérán pass from 11,000 to 12,000 feet, profuse ; flowers 
large, white. 
Stellaria glauca, Linn. 
Collected by Major Collett (no. 96) on the Saféd-koh. 
