170 SURG.-MAJ. J. E. T. AITCHISON ON THE FLORA OF 
393. Chrysanthemum Griffithii, C. B. Clarke. 
Base of Mount Síka-rám, in the deep gorges, growing from the 
clefts of rocks, at an altitude of 9000 to 10,000 feet. 
A shrub, with a stem from 2 to 3 feet in height, throwing out 
a profusion of flowering shoots, each bearing one (or two) large 
handsome flower-heads, having a deep pure-white ray with a 
greenish-yellow disk. Flowers in July. 
366, 2820 (1879). Tanacetum F'isher&, Aitchison A Hemsley, n. sp. 
Suffruticosum, folis parvis rigidis pinnatis, segmentis angustissimis 
interdum pungentibus, capitulis discoideis solitariis, acheniis costatis, 
pappi palea unica magna. 
Suffruter glabrescens, ramosus, ramis graciliusculis, rigidis, usque ad 9 
poll. longis. Folia rigida, petiolata, imparipinnata, usque ad 1 poll. 
longa sed szepius breviora, segmentis utroque 2-5, teretibus, interdum 
pungentibus. Capitula solitaria, pedunculata, discoidea, multiflora, 
campanulata, 4-6 lineas diametro, flava ; involucri bracteze 3—4-seriatee, 
scarioso-herbaceze, ovatze, obtusissime, atro marginate ; receptaculum 
subplanum, leviter alveolatum. Fores involucrum vix excedentes, 
eglandulosi ; corolla late cylindrica; antherz basi brevissime caudatæ. 
Achenia (matura non visa) costata, glabra; pappi palea unica inte- 
rior magna, subquadrata, apice lacerata. 
In the Hariáb district, Mount Síka-rám, Serátígah, and Sergal, 
at an altitude of from 10,000 to 13,000 feet. Also collected by 
Griffith in the Bolan pass and elsewhere (941 and 3213). 
A very tortuous shrub, much browsed upon by goats and sheep. 
378. Artemisia Falconeri, C. B. Clarke. 
Hariáb district, near the rock of Sergal, at an altitude of 8000 
feet. 
406. A. Roxburghiana, Bessn., var. purpurascens, Jacq. 
In the Hariáb district, at 8000 feet, August. 
342, 392. Senecio pedunculatus, Edgew. 
In the Kuram and Hariáb districts, in stream-beds, where there 
was a small amount of moisture throughout the summer, at an 
altitude of from 6500 to 9500 feet. 
548. Echinops echinatus, DC. 
Near Shinak, on hot stony ground, not common. 
971 (1879). Cousinia ($ Squarros ) aptera, Aitchison Hemsley, 
n. sp. Aff. C. erinacee, a qua differt segmentis foliorum angustioribus, 
foliis eaulinis non decurrentibus, acheniis maculosis nec transverse 
rugulosis. : 
Herba biennis vel perennis, ramosa, 6-9 poll. alta, ramis divaricatis, graci- 
libus, apteris, plus minus floccosis, oligocephalis. Folia subsessilia, an- 
