THE KURAM VALLEY, ETC., AFGHANISTAN. 175 
ERIcacez, 
344 (1879). Rhododendron Collettianum, Aitchison § Hemsley in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. p. 75. (Plate XX. figs. 1-8.) 
457 (1879). R. afghanicum, Aitchison $ Hemsley, loc. cit. (Plate X XI. 
figs. 1-7.) 
PLUMBAGINEA. 
361. Acantholimon sp. (nov. ?) near A. roseum, Boiss. 
Hariâb district, from 10,000 to 12,000 feet. Flower-heads 
almost sessile, 
A. ($ Armeriopsis) calocephalum, Aitchison $ Hemsley in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xviii. p. 77. (Plate XXII figs. 1-4.) 
439. Statice Griffithii, Aitchison § Hemsley, n. sp. (Plate XXIII. 
figs.1-4.) Aff. S.cabulica, differt foliorum rosulis laxioribus, foliis longi- 
oribus angustioribus, scapis gracilioribus simplicibus vel 2—4-ramosis, 
bracteis bracteolisque minoribus. 
Herba perennis, scaposa, pauciramosa, ramis brevissimis, crassis. Folia 
lepidota, rosulata, obovata vel linguseformia, usque ad 23 poll. longa, 
obsolete trinervia, apice aristulata, deorsum attenuata. Scapi graciles, 
simplices vel pauci et stricte ramosi, 8-20 poll. alti, spiculis sepius 
1-floris, sparsis; bractea exterior suborbicularis, mucronata, margine an- 
guste scariosa, ceterze prseter costam scariosze, interiores apice rotundatze. ` 
Flores rosei; calyx appresse hirsutus, breviter 10-lobatus, 5-costatus, 
lobis obtusis, alternis brevioribus, ecostatis, omnino scariosis; petala 
integra, apice rotundata ; stigmata capitulata. 
On the low hills opposite Kuram, to the south ofthe river ; also 
in the vicinity of Badish-khél and Shinak on similar low hills, at 
an elevation of from 3000 to 5000 feet ; very common. 
Griffith, Khyber pass, 4172 and 4173 Kew distribution; J. L. 
Stewart, Jhelum valley, 3000 feet. 
PRIMULACEZ. 
355. Primula denticulata, Sm., var. capitata. 
Hariâb distriet, common in boggy and spongy meadow-ground 
that is watered profusely by springs, at an elevation of 8000 feet. 
462 (1879). P. rosea, Royle, var. 
This variety has each flower supported on a long slender pedicel ; 
and the tube of the corolla islonger and narrower than that of the 
type. 
