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Frutex erectus, 3-4-pedalis, ramosissimus, aculeatissimus, rarais gracili- 

 usculis, junioribus ruberrimis,glabris ; aculeis in ramis floriferis homomor- 

 phis, confertis, rectis, rigidis, basi valde dilatatis, primum ruberrimis, 

 usque ad semipollicaribus. Folia in ramulis lateralibus brevissimis uni- 

 floris conferta, 6-12 lineas longa, 5-9-foliolata, subtus praecipue parce 

 glandulosa ; foliola subcoriacea, ovato-oblonga obovata vel interdum 

 fere rotundata, 2-3 lineas longa, serrulato-dentata ; stipulae incon- 

 spicuse. Flores aurei, vix 1 poll, diametro, breviter pedunculati; calycis 

 segmenta lanceolata, integerrima, vel apicem versus interdum pauciden- 

 tata, reflexa, petala fere aequantia, extus primum glandulosa, intus albo- 

 villosa; petala obovato-oblonga basi lata; achamia villosissima, stylis 

 liberis apice tantum glabris. Fructus globosus, 3-4 lineas diametro, 

 glaber, nitidus, laciniis calycinis reflexis coronatus, graciliter pedun- 

 culatus. 



A very distinct species, remarkable for the small size of its yellow 

 flowers and for the very broad bases of its homomorphous prickles, 

 resembling closely in this respect the Central-Asian JR. platya- 

 cantha, Schrenck. It differs from the section JUglanterice, as de- 

 fined by Boissier, ' Flora Orientalis,' ii. p. 669, in not having 

 dimorphic spines, and appears to be intermediate between the 

 EglantericB and Boissier's section ElymaiticcB. 



A small erect stiff shrub ; stems covered with extremely nume- 

 rous straight prickles varying in size ; leaflets 5 to 9, very small ; 

 flowers yellow, scarcely 1 inch in diameter ; fruit small, globose, 

 reddish, erect. A very common and characteristic shrub from 

 Habibkalla to Alikhel, forming, with Amygdalus eburnea, the 

 greater part of the scrub on the stony ridges of the Hariab district. 

 Named after Mrs. Aitchison. 

 Pyrus Malus, L. 



Several varieties of apples are cultivated in the orchards; none, 

 however, very good. 



P. communis, L. 



I have never seen any fruit, and very occasionally a pear-tree 

 in the gardens. 

 P. sp. 



A middle-sized tree near Badishkhel ; only one tree, not culti- 

 vated. 

 742. P. lanata, Don. 



A small tree in the forests at 8000 to 10,000 feet, up the 

 Shendtoi and Gandbao ravines. The fruit is eagerly sought by 

 the shepherds, and called by tbem "Amlok," the same name as 

 that applied to the fruit of Diospyros. 



