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642, 641. Cephalaria sp. 

 Shalizan; June. 



551. Scabiosa Olivierii, Coult. 



Common in dry stony localities from Kuram to Alikhel ; May 

 and June. 



707. s. s P . 



Kaiwas; July. 



82. S. sp. 



Extremely profuse everywhere, from Kuram all over the dry 

 country to Alikhel and Karatigah ; May and June. 



883. S. (Pterocephalus) afghanica, Aitchison et Hemsley, n. sp.,=761 

 and 856, Griffith. Suffruticosa, caespitosa, nana, ramis brevissimis, foliis 

 viride puberulis spathulatis et integerrimis vel lyrato-pinnatifidis, capi- 

 tulis breviter pedunculatis vel subsessilibus saepe 18-25-floris, involucello 

 truncato, calycis aristis 17-18. 

 Suffrutex densissime caespitosus, 1-3 poll, altus, ramis procumbentibus 

 crassis. Folia conferta, sessilia, spathulata, integerrima vel anguste 

 lyrato-pinnatifida, 6-15 lineas longa, minute puberula, viridia. Capitula 

 solitaria, terminalia vel pseudo-term inalia, saepe 18-12-flora, subsessilia, 

 vel pedunculo usque ad pollicari; involucri bracteae 9-11, pubescentes, 

 lanceolatse, biseriatae, floribus breviores. Flores lilacini, exteriores bila- 

 biati, interiores tubulosi, 5-dentati ; receptaculum pilosum ; involucellum 

 sericeo-hirsutum, truncatum ; calycis aristae 17-18, plumosae, corollas fere 

 aequilongae ; corolla extus birsuta. 



Allied to Pterocephalus Parnassi, Spreng., and P. Pinardi, 

 Boiss., from both of which it is readily distinguished by its almost 

 glabrous foliage and other characters. Very local, but gregarious 

 in great patches. Biankhel, Sergal, west base of Sikarara, alt. 

 9000 feet. Has a very large purple handsome inflorescence for. 

 a small stunted woody-rooted plant. 



39. Composite. 



1237. Solidago Virga-aurea, L. 



Shendtoi, 8000 to 9000 feet, common ; July. 



994. Myriactis Wallichii, Less. 



Profuse at 8000 to 10,000 feet ; Shendtoi ; August. 



244. Aster altaicus, Willd. 



One of the most common plants in the dry country from 

 Thai to Alikhel, all through the summer and late into winter ; 

 November 1878. The flowers vary greatly in size. 



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