30 DR. J. E. T. AITCHISON ON THE BOTANY OF 
pedunculis teretibus ; sepala patentia, late ovata, obtusissima, extus hirsuta, margine 
membranacea, colorata; petala obovata, venosa, subunguiculata, basi squama lata 
truncata vel leviter rotundata instructa. Carpella numerosissima, longe spicata 
(matura non visa), glabra, levia, valde compressa, oblique rotundata, infra inser- 
tionem magis producta, longe arcuatim uncinato-rostrata, rostro tenui. 
Hari-rud valley: 210, April 12, 13, 21, 22, 1885. 
Very abundant in the shingle plains of the Hari-rud valley as well as in the Badghis. 
The plant varies from one foot to two feet in height, and the flowers increase in size 
as the fruit forms; it sends out stolons which bear young plants. 
RANUNCULUS ARVENSIS, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 57. 
Paropamisus range: 556, May 24 and 25, 1885. 
Not common, in moist meadow soil, at an altitude of 3500 feet and upwards. 
RANUNCULUS FALCATUS, Linn.— Ceratocephalus falcatus, Pers.; Boiss. Fl. Or. 1. p. 58. 
Hari-rud valley: 149, April 2, 1885. 
Spread over the whole country, and flowering in early spring, under the shade of shrubs. 
ERANTHIS CILICICA, Schott et Kotschy; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 60. 
Badghis: 118, March 9, 1885. 
Common from Bala-morghab to Gulran, throughout the whole of the Badghis. 
NIGELLA INTEGRIFOLIA, Regel in Suppl. 2 ad Enum. Pl. Semenov. p. 10; Bull. Soc. Nat. 
Mose. xliii. (1870), p. 246. (Plate II.) Folia superiora tantum indivisa, caulina 
sessilia, sepissime ad basin tripartita vel suprema interdum quinquepartita. 
Nigella diversifolia, Franchet (in Ann. Sc. Nat. 67% série, xv. p. 9, t. 10), is very near, 
if not the same as N. integrifolia, Regel. | 
Hari-rud valley: Мау 10, 14, 1885; Badghis: 372, Мау 1, 1885. А small, weak, 
erect annual, with light blue flowers, that are much hidden in the deeply cleft bracts ; 
occurs singly all over the shingly plains. 
DELPHINIUM PERSICUM, Boiss. ; Fl. Or. i. p. 76, et var. floribus numerosissimis. 
Hari-rud valley: 1002, May 26, 1885, June 4, 1885 ; 1001, May 10, 1885. 
Common on the shingly plains. 
DELPHINIUM RUGULOSUM, Boiss. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 76. | 
Hari-rud valley : 310, April 25, 1885; April 27, Мау 11, 1885. 
_ On the shingly plains everywhere. Flowers from greenish to pure white, and often 
tipped with purple. | 
DELPHINIUM ORIENTALE, J. бау; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. р. 79. 
Hari-rud valley : 233, April 13, 1885; 444, May 11, 1885. 
Oceurs commonly in the open country, as well as in corn-fields, where it is a much 
taller and more erect plant. 
DELPHINIUM ($ DELPHINASTRUM) ZALIL, Aitch. et Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate III.) Herba 
