THE KTJKAM VALLEX", ETC., AFGHANISTAN". 81 



145, 217. Asperugo procumbens, L. 



A common field- weed from Badisbkhel to Habibkalla ; April. 



507, 569, 858. Anchusa Milleri, Willd. 



Hariab district, Sergal and Biankbel ; June, July.j 



483, 230. Nonnea nigricans, DC. 



Hariab district to Karatigab. ; June, July. 



136. Lithospermum arvense, L. 

 Sbalizan to Alikhel; May. 



338. L. officinale, L. 

 Sbalizan ; May. 



0. L. officinale, L., var. =L. erythrorhizon, Sieb. & Zucc. 

 Sbalizan ; May. 



720. Arnebia (Macrotomia) speciosa, Aitchison et Hemsley, n. sp. 

 Perennis, tota planta hispido-pilosa, caulibus erectis usque ad bipedali- 

 bus simplicibus, foliis lineari-lanceolatis trinerviis, floribus densissime 

 cymosis, cymis in racemum laxum elongatum dispositis, calycis segmentis 

 primum corollam fere aequantibus fructiferis longe accrescentibus, nuculis 

 maturis non visis. 



Herba perennis, omnino longe hispido-pilosa (pili in vivis virides in siccis 

 aurei), caulibus erectis simplicibus usque adbipedalibus. Folia lineari-lan- 

 ceolata ; inferiora 6-10 poll, longa, 3-5 lineas lata ; superiora gradatim 

 breviora et basi rotundata, omnia prominente trinervata, obtusiuscula. 

 Flores densissime cymosi, breviter pedicellati ; cymae 5-9-florae, in ra- 

 cemum laxum distichum elongatum (6-12 poll.) dispositae ; calycis seg- 

 menta lineari-lanceolata, primum corollam fere aequantia, fructifera longe 

 accrescentia usque sesquipollicaria ; corolla hypocraterimorpha, 10-12 

 lineas longa, extus hirsuta, intus glabra, nuda, lobi breves rotundati. 

 Nucules (maturse) nobis ignotae, abortu saepe 1 vel 2, semiovatae, dorso 

 laminatae, rugosae. 

 Hills above Kaiwas, on exposed ridges from 9000 to 12,000 



feet ; July. 



824, 498. A. (Macrotomia) endochroma, Hook./. $• Thorns. 



On Sikaram and Seratigah, altitude 10,000 to 12,000 feet, on 



dry exposed soil. Employed as medicine by tbe natives. 



28. Onosma echioides, Sm. 

 Sbinnak ; April. 



45, 235. O. sp. = 997 Stocks, = 530 Griffith. 

 Erom Sbinnak to Kuram ; April. 



51. CONTOLVULAOEiB. 



989. Ipomaea (Pharbitis) Nil, Roth. 



Common round villages, and may be a garden escape, Shalizan ; 

 August. 



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