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permitted me to consult him. То Mr. Baker I am again indebted for identifying the 
Leguminose and Monocotyledones Petaloides ; to Dr. M. C. Cooke for his determi- 
nations and descriptions of the Fungi, and to Mr. N. E. Brown for the identification of 
the Aroids and other assistance. ' 
I feel that I cannot sufficiently thank my friend Mr. W. B. Hemsley, who has again 
come to my assistance as my coadjutor in working out this my third collection of Afghan 
plants. I need not say that without his valuable aid this paper could not possibly have 
been eompleted within the period prescribed by the Government of India. 
I have to thank Miss Smith for her excellent drawings and dissections under 
Mr. Hemsley's supervision. 
ENUMERATION OF THE PLANTS. 
RANUNCULACE.E. 
CLEMATIS ORIENTALIS, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or.i. p. 3; var. foliorum segmentis angustis. 
Northern Baluchistan: 6, Sept. 27, 1884; Hari-rud valley : 772, August 5, 1885. 
Common in the beds of streams amongst Tamarisk. 
THALICTRUM ISOPYROIDES, C. А. Mey.; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 6. 
Hari-rud valley: 427, May 10, 1885; Badghis: 345, April 29, 1885. 
Profuse in clay soil amongst stones and rocks in the low hills. 
ANEMONE BIFLORA, DC.; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 12. 
Badghis: 378, May 2, 1885; May 1, 1885. 
Not uncommon in the clefts of sandstone rocks. The persistent sepals increase largely 
in size until the fruit ripens. 
ADONIS JESTIVALIS, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 17, et var. floribus majoribus. 
Hari-rud valley : 235, April 13, 1885. зан 
Occurs іп two forms, опе with small flowers, generally spread over the whole country ; 
the second with large flowers, usually in corn-fields and on cultivated land. 
RANUNCULUS AQUATILIS, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 23, var. foliis omnibus dissectis, 
segmentis filiformibus. 
Khorasan : 815, August 29, 1885. 
Was seen also in the basin of the Harut river ; and in the Badghis, in the Kushk stream. 
RANUNCULUS ($ EURANUNCULUS) LEPTORRHYNCHUS, Aitch. et Hemsl, п. sp. (Plate I.) 
Herba perennis, erecta, 4—12 poll. alta, parce adpresse hirsuta, radicis fibris fasciculatis 
elongatis subcarnosis, caule swepius triflori. Folia radicalia usque ad 35 poll. longa, 
petiolata, nune tripartita nunc pinnatipartita, segmentis angustis acutis trilobatis vel 
lateralibus interdum aut bilobatis aut integris; caulina superiora subsessilia, tripar- 
tita, segmentis fere linearibus. Flores aurei, 1-1} poll. diametro, longe pedunculati, 
