THE KURAM VALLEY, ETC., AFGHANISTAN. 191 
540. Lappago racemosa, Willd. 
Near Tör-ghar, not very common. 
440, 467,=271 (1879). Saccharum Griffithii, Munro, MSS. 
Kuram district, on the arid shingle-plains and borders of fields, 
up to 6000 feet ; common. 
546. S. Sara, Roxb. 
From Thal to Kuram, always in the vicinity of water. 
532. Elionurus hirsutus, Munro. 
Between Thal and Mandüri, not very common. 
429. Hemarthria fasciculata, Kunth. 
Near Kuranı, in rice-fields. 
533. Heteropogon contortus, Roem. & Schalt H. hirtus, Pers. 
Between Thal and Mandüri and on Tör-ghar hill, very 
common. 
6. Andropogon commutatus, Steud. 
On the shingle-plains of Kuram, up to 6000 feet, profuse. 
602. A. laniger, Desf. 
On the shingle plains of Kuram, very common. 
443. A. Schcenanthus, Linn., var. 
Tn the vicinity of Kuram, on the low hills to the south of the 
river; common. 
441,503. Chrysopogon ciliolatus, Nees. 
From Thal to Mandüri, and the low hills on the south of the 
river near Kuram; very common. 
19. Anthistiria anathera, Nees. 
On the shingle-plains of Kuram, in profusion. 
328, 444, 723, 896, 898 (1879). Piptatherum, sp. near P. holciforme and 
P. molinoides. 
Kuram district and Péwár-kotal, from 6000 to 8000 feet, very 
common. 
278. Stipa sp.? 
Malána and Zérán valleys and eastwards, from 7000 to 8000 
feet altitude. x 
Colleeted and employed as bedding at the shrines. 
535. Aristida czrulescens, Desf. 
On Tör-ghar hill, near Thal; a common grass. 
