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FRANKENIACE.E. 
FRANKENIA PULVERULENTA, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 779. 
Hari-rud valley ?: 1017 (1885). 
To these specimens there was no locality nor date attached ; they were certainly col- 
lected during 1885, and probably in the Hari-rud valley. 
FRANKENIA LEVIS, Linn.— Frankenia hirsuta, Linn., var. æ. (егіз, Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 780. 
Hari-rud valley : 581, Мау 28, 1885; 747, July 29, 1885; Khorasan: August 18, 
$5. In saline soil, very common. 
CARYOPHYLLE.E. 
DIANTHUS CRINITUS, Smith; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 496. 
Khorasan: 715, July 19, 1885. Оп stony ground, above an altitude of 3000 feet; in 
quantity near Bezd. 
DIANTHUS FIMBRIATUS, Bieb., var., Boiss. Fl. Or. 1. p. 495. 
Hari-rud valley: 1018, August 3, 1885. At the base of Mount Do-shakh ; common. 
ACANTHOPHYLLUM MACRODON, Edgew.; Hook. f. Fl. British India, i. p. 216. 
Khorasan: 673, June 17,1885. Native name Вей. Growing at an altitude of above 
5000 feet, it occurs in dense hummocks, fully four feet in depth, and from six to twelve 
feet across. Тһе stems and root-stocks are collected and sold in the markets, being 
employed in lieu of soap for washing clothes, wool, &c. 
ACANTHOPHYLLUM SORDIDUM, Bunge; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 565. 
Khorasan: 1020, June 22, 1885. Forming very loose small hummocks, occurring singly 
or in pairs, in stony soil in the Badghis, Hari-rud, and Khorasan; the flowers very incon- 
spicuous when compared with those of the other species met with. Bunge’s typical 
specimens are less vigorous, and the only one we have seen has no perfect petals ; yet we 
have little doubt of the correctness of this identification. 
ACANTHOPHYLLUM SQUARROSUM, Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 562 (varietates). 
Hari-rud valley: 575, May 28, 1885; 1021, 1885. | 
А spinous shrub, forming loose hummocks, bearing a very conspicuous inflorescence of 
white or rose-coloured flowers, appearing like large natural bouquets ; it is characteristic 
of the boulder and gravel country. 
ACANTHOPHYLLUM SQUARROSUM, Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 565, forma nana. 
Hari-rud valley : May 27, 1885; Badghis: 475, May 16, 1885. 
This forms small, dense, tight pillows or hummocks, with a great profusion of flowers 
over the whole surface, varying in colour from white to almost red. Associated with the 
ordinary form in the boulder and gravel country. | 
A. squarrosum, Boiss. is а very variable species, having a wide range, and should 
probably include A. pungens, Boiss., and A. elatius, Bunge. 
