THE KURAM VALLEY, ETO., AFGHANISTAN. 177 
608. Pentatropis spiralis, Edgew. 
Common between Thal and Badish-khél. 
511. Daemia extensa, R. Br. 
From Thal to Alizai, common. 
492. Boucerosia Aucheri, Decne. 
Thal to Kuram, amongst large stones, in the clefts of rocks, and 
at the roots of large bushes, up to an altitude of 4000 feet. 
Collected largely,and eaten raw as well as cooked, by the natives. 
GENTIANEZ. 
345,=881 (1879). Gentiana aquatica, Linn. 
Hariáb district, in grassy loamy soil that is permeated by spring- 
water, at 8000 feet ; common. 
932, 1003 (1879). G. aurea, Linn. 
401. G. Kurroo, Royle. 
Kuram district, on the low outer hills near Shálizán, at an eleva- 
tion of 7000 feet, In some localities common. 
360. G. micrantha, Aitchison § Hemsley, n. sp. (Plate IX. figs. 1-5.) 
Annua, minima, calyce 4-partito corollam excedente, corolla cylindrico- 
campanulata intus omnino nuda. 
Herba annua, gracillima, glaberrima, erecta, vix ramosa, 1-23 poll. alta. 
Folia opposita, sessilia, tenuia, obovato-oblonga, usque ad 9 lineas longa. 
Flores cerulei, 3-4 lineas longi, breviter pedicellati, 2-8 aggregati ; 
calycis lobi 4, parum inzquales, lineares, acuti, corollam excedentes ; 
corolla cylindrico-campanulata, 4-lobata, intus omnino nuda glabraque, 
lobis semiorbicularibus, mucronatis, quam tubus paullo brevioribus; sta- 
mina 4, basi coroll: inserta ; stigmata sessilia. Capsula matura non visa. 
Saféd-koh range, under the shelter of Juniper bushes, at an 
altitude of nearly 12,000 feet. 
A small slender annual, scarcely 4 inches in height. The flowers 
hidden within the opposite leaves. 
Possibly a small-flowered state of a previously described species. 
BORAGINEZ. 
515, 529. Ehretia obtusifolia, Hochst. 
Near Thal; a common shrub with large heads of lavender- 
eoloured or white flowers. 
486, —11 (1879). Heliotropium cabulicum, Bunge. 
From Thal to Kuram, not above 5000 feet. Flowers large, few, 
and usually pure white. 
