THE KURAM VALLEY, ETC., AFGHANISTAN. 193 
Kuram distriet, on the margins of fields at 7000 feet; pro- 
fuse. 
648 (1879). Agrostis verticillata, Vill., distributed as Polypogon litto- 
ralis, Sm. 
534. Pappophorum Aucheri, Jaub. 
At Tór-ghar, a common grass. 
525. Dactyloctenium egyptiacum, Willd. 
Chapri to Mandüri, common. 
14, 504. Chloris villosa, Pers. 
From Thal to the shingle-plains of Kuram, up to an altitude of 
6000 feet. The commonest and most characteristic grass of the 
Kuram plains. 
510. Fingerhuthia africana, Lehm. 
From Thal to Shinak, on the low hills up to 3000 feet altitude. 
Extremely common, and one of the chief fodder-grasses of 
these parts; flowering in August and September, after the usual 
rains of this period of the year. Previously known only from 
South Africa. 
543. Phragmites communis, Trin. 
From Thal to Kuram, in the vicinity of water; common. 
Poa annua, Linn. 
From Thal throughout the Kuram district, to an altitude of 
7000 feet; common. 
177,=367 (1879). Avena ($ Crithe) oligostachya, Munro in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xviii. p. 108 (nomen tantum). (Plate XXX. figs. 1-7.) 
Species nana, distinctissima, foliis (saltem in siccis) involutis, spiculis 
seepissime 4 aggregatis racemosis erectis. 
Herba annua, cespitosa, 9-15 poll. alta, culmis gracilibus, simplicibus, 
glabris, lavibus, quam folia radicalia sepius brevioribus. Folia radi- 
calia numerosa, conferta, angustissima, in siccis arcte involuta, vix 
acuta, glabra, subtus levia, supra scabrida ; caulina similia sed multo 
breviora; ligula angusta circiter 2 lineas longa, apice lacerata. Spicule 
sepius 3-florze, racemose, szepissime 4 aggregate, breviter pedicellatz, 
erectz,, cum aristis usque ad 2 poll. longz, axi in aristam brevem pro- 
ducto. Glume exteriores leviter inzequales, glabre, margine apiceque 
searioso-membranacez, inferior 7-nervis, superior ll-nervis. Gluma 
florifera infra medium longe pilosa, bifida, dorso longe aristata, arista 
infra medium torta, medio geniculata. Palea glabra, bidentata, glumam 
subequans. | Ovarium longe pilosum, stylis elongatis, glumas exceden- 
tibus, exsertis. 
