THE KURAM VALLEY, ETC., AFGHANISTAN. 179 
45, 235 (1879). Onosma stenosiphon, Boiss. 
From Shinak to Kuram, under 5000 feet; April. 
720 (1879). Arnebia, ($ Macrotomia) speciosa, Aitchison & Hemsley in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. p. 81. (Plate XXIV. figs. 1-6.) 
CoNVOLVULACES. 
436. Ipomoea eriocarpa, R. Br.—I. sessiliflora, Roth. 
From Thal to Kuram, under 5000 feet; a common weed near 
cultivation. 
15 (1879). Convolvulus Aitchisoni, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. Suffrute- 
scens, patule fulvo-hirsutus nec sericeus, dense czespitosus, foliis fascicu- 
latis linearibus ; caulibus annuis floriferis 4-4-uncialibus, capitulis brac- 
teatis, sepalis lanceolato-linearibus hirsutissimis.— C. lanuginosus, Aitch. 
Cat. Punjab Pl. 98, an Lamk.? 
Species C. lanuginoso vel C. Calverti (Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 94) proxima, 
sed validior, fere hispida. 
Herba perennis, basi ramosissima ; e ramis plures abbreviati, dense foliati, 
ezspitem efformant. Corolla uncialis. Ovarium glabrum; stigmata 
filiformia, stylo longiora. Fructus non visus.—Bractez floresque fere 
similes iis C. capitati (Cav. Ic. ii. p. 72, t. 189), sed paullo majores, 
multo hirsutiores. Species forsan, cum aliis Boissierianis, sub C. lanu- 
ginosum revocanda. 
From Alizai to Habib-kalla, from 3000 to 6000 feet. Punjab: 
Jhelum and Salt range, Aitchison. 
Very characteristie of the open gravel plains, forming almost 
hummocky woollen patches. 
526. Evolvulus alsinoides, L. 
Near Chaprí, common ; August. 
SoLANACES. 
500. Solanum coagulans, Forsk. 
Thal to Badish-khél, up to 3000 feet, common. 
Has a large globose fruit, very like that of some forms of Solanum 
Melongena Linn. 
483. S. xanthocarpum, Schrad. $ Wendl. 
Between Thal and Badish-khél. 
521. S. gracilipes, Decne. 
From Thal to Alizai, under 3000 feet. 
Always grows in the shelter of large bushes. Flowers from 
white to lavender. Fruit, when ripe, bright orange-red. 
