THE KTTEAM VALLEY, ETC., AFGHANISTAN. 99 



MONOCOTYLEDONES. 



76. Palmace^i. 

 0. Chamaerops Ritchieana, Griff. 



This occurs as a very stunted shrub in the conglomerate stony- 

 country to the north of the Kuram river, near Badishkhel. To 

 the south of the river, from the Darwazaghai Pass to Hazarpir- 

 ziarat, it grows in great luxuriance, and covers miles of the allu- 

 vial plains with a dense thicket. The fibre obtained by merely 

 breaking the leaf is the usual material for rope in the Kuram 

 and Hariab districts. The leaves are made into baskets and mats. 



77. AEOIDE.E. 

 7/6. Arisaema abbreviatum, Schott. 



Common in hot exposed localities amongst stones at the very 

 exit of the Shendtoi river from the hills opposite Katskalle, as- 

 cending to 7000 feet. 



125. Arum Griffithii, Schott. 



Common under shrubs with Anemone hiflora, from Kuram to 

 Alikhel ; April and May. 



78. JUNCAGINACE^!. 



867. Potamogeton oblongus, Viv. 



In rice-fields from Kuram to Alikhel ; July. 



79. Alismace^;. 

 882. Triglochin palustre, L. 



In moist meadows near Biankhel ; July. 



652, 619. Alisma Plantago, L. 



Rice-fields, Shalizan, very common ; July. 

 869. Sagittaria sagittifolia, L. 



Pvice-fields, common, Shalizan ; July. 



80. OfiCHIDACEiB. 



570. Orchis latifolia, L. 



In meadow-land from 7000 to 9500 feet, at heads of springs ; 

 common from the Shendtoi to Sikaram and Alikhel ; June to 

 August. 



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