168 SURG.-MAJ. J. E. T. AITCHISON ON THE FLORA OF 
707 (1879). Scabiosa, arvensis, Linn., var. 
Kaiwás; July. 
883 (1879). S. ($ Pterocephalus) afghanica, Aitchison & Hemsley in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. p. 67. (Plate XV. figs. 1-4.) 
4, 34, 174,=82 (1879). S. Candolliana, Wall. 
Not common at Thal, becoming more so on reaching Badish-khél, 
whence it is excessively common throughout the Kuram and 
Hariáb districts, and very characteristic of the shingle-plains of 
Kuram, at an altitude of from 3000 to 7500 feet. 
It has alarge woody rootstock, around which are clusters of short 
leaves, from amongst which spring up slender flowering stems 
averaging from 1 to 2 feet in height; they are almost leafless, 
and bear at their extremities usually only one large flower-head ; 
the flowers are of a bright lavender-colour. "These flower-heads, 
owing to their extremely slender stems, which are not easily 
detected at a short distance, seem to float gracefully in the air at 
every breath of wind, resembling butterflies rather than flowers. 
COMPOSITA. 
306, —901 (1879). Aster lacunarum, Aitchison § Hemsley, n. sp. (Plate 
XVI. figs. 1-5.) Humilis, ramosus, dense foliosus, foliis parvis linearibus, 
capitulis minimis, involucri bracteis 3-4-seriatis ligulas fere zequantibus, 
acheniis compressis pubescentibus, pappi setis l-seriatis basi connatis 
deciduis. 
Herba perennis vel biennis, habitu foliisque Alyssi maritimi, ramosa, 2-4 
poll. alta, glabra, ramis graciliusculis. Folia linearia, usque ad 1 poll. 
longa. Capitula ad apices ramulorum solitaria, circiter 3 lineas diametro, 
radiata; involucri bractez 3-4-seriate, lanceolato-oblongse, ligulis paullo 
breviores, acute, interiores scariosæ; receptaculum leviter foveolatum. 
Flores radii rubro-purpurei, circiter 15, l-seriatz, ligulis angustis in 
siecis revolutis; disci numerosi, minimi, corollis quam pappus breviori- 
bus. Achenia oblonga, compressa, ecostata, pubescentia; pappi sete 
scabree, l-seriatæ, basi leviter connate, deciduse.—A. roseus, Stev. ? 
Aitch. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. p. 68. 
Kuram district, common on the shingle at the sides of streams, 
at an altitude of from 4000 to 6000 feet. 
Distributed under 901 (1879) as Aster roseus, Stev. ? 
323,=812 (1879). A. pseud-Amellus, Hook. fil, was distributed as 
A, Amellus, Linn. 
920 (1879). Brachyactis umbrosa, Benth., was distributed as B. pubes- 
cens, Aitch. & C. B. Clarke. 
484. Conyza eegyptiaca, Aiton. 
Between Shinak and Badish-khél, on the sides of watercourses. 
