THE KURAM VALLEY, ETC., AFGHANISTAN, 165 
cito deciduz ; umbellule multiflore, pedicellis gracilibus, brevibus; 
bracteole parvee, lineari-subulate. Flores parvi, luteo-virides ; calycis 
dentes obsoleti ; petala zequalia, ovato-acuminata, apice inflexa ; discus 
majusculus, margine undulatus; styli per anthesin erecto-patentes, 
demum reflexi. Fructus (maturus non visus) oblongus, 4-5 lineas 
longus, dorso compressus, jugis primariis alatis, lateralibus late alatis ; 
valleculze univittatze ; commissura bivittata. 
From Mount Síka-rám westwards to Mount Serâtigah, growing . 
out of the clefts of rocks, at from 9000 to 13,000 feet. 
Used as a vegetable by the natives, in its raw state as well as 
cooked. Distributed as Lgusticum sp. in my former collection. 
81. Ferula communis, Linn. 
In the Hariáb district, under the shelter of trees or rocks, on 
the hills, at an altitude of 10,000 feet. Occurs as an occasional 
plant, and not, as is usual with the Umbellifere of these parts, 
in great patches. 
234, 292,— 738, 848, 930, 948 (1879). Heracleum propinquum, Aitchi- 
son § Hemsley, n. sp. Aff. H. Thomsoni, sed differt foliis glabris, 
segmentis angustioribus, vittis omnibus usque ad basin attingentibus. 
Herba perennis, fere glabra, caulibus gracilibus, pauciramosis, sepius 
1-13 ped. altis, interdum humilioribus. Folia gracilia, petiolata, rigida, 
glabra, cireumscriptione ovato-oblonga, usque ad 6 poll. longa, bipin- 
uata, segmentis ultimis angustis 3-5-lobatis, nonnullis integris acutis. 
Umbelle composite (in speciminibus depauperatis interdum simplices) 
maxima 12-15-radiatz et 2 poll. diametro; radii puberuli, usque ad 
sesquipoll longi, sed plerumque breviores; bractez paucz, lineares, 
basi dilatatze, scariosze ; umbellulze multiflore, pedicellis brevibus fere 
filiformibus; bracteolz lineares, puberulze, pedicellos zeguantes vel exce- 
dentes, Flores parvi, albi; calycis dentes obvii; petala inzequalia, exte- 
riora alte obcordata ; styli longiusculi, per anthesin patentes, dein arcte 
recurvi, Fructus puberulus, oblongo-ellipticus, circiter 3 lineas longus, 
anguste alatus, marginatus; vallecule univittate ; commissura bivittata, 
vittis omnibus linearibus usque ad basin attingentibus. 
Kuram and Hariáb districts, at an altitude of from 9000 to 
12,000 feet. Akrobat pass, Griffith 1014 a, and 2622 Kew distri- 
bution. Distributed as Peucedanum sp. in my former collection. 
760 (1879). H. leucocarpum, Aitchison $ Hemsley, n. sp. Sparse pilo- 
sulum, foliis ampliusculis (ternatis ?) bipinnatifidis vel infra bipinnatipar- 
titis, segmentis ultimis oblongis subduplicato-dentatis, umbellis circiter 
25-radiatis, fructu obovato-oblongo late circumalato, ala alba, vittis om- 
nibus linearibus semen zequilongis. 
Herba perennis, sparse pilosula, caule crassiusculo, sulcato, 3-4 ped. alto, 
apice pauciramoso. Folia tenuia, ampliuscula (basi ternata, segmentis 
