40 DR. 7. E. Т. AITCHISON ON THE BOTANY OF 
GYPSOPHILA PANICULATA, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 542. 
Badghis: 389, Мау 3, 16, 21, 1885; Khorasan, June 15, 1885. Native name Sao- 
safed ; the root, Behk. А shrubby plant, three or four feet in height, consisting of 
numerous annual stems springing from perennial underground root-stocks. These 
underground woody stems are collected and employed as soap. А characteristic plant of 
the sandy loamy districts; in Khorasan a weed in cultivated ground. 
GYPSOPHILA ALSINOIDEs, Bunge; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 549. 
Badghis: 520, May 19, 20, 1885; Hari-rud valley : 576, May 28, 1885. 
In sandy soil, frequent. 
GYPSOPHILA PORRIGENS, Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 557, syn. Saponaria porrigens, Linn. Mant. 
p. 239. 
Badghis: 506, May 18, 1885. Amongst grass and other herbage ; common. 
SAPONARIA VACCARIA, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. р. 525, syn. Gypsophila Vaccaria, Fl. 
Greece. t. 380. 
Hari-rud valley: 456, May 12, 1885. A common weed in cultivated land and 
amongst corn. | 
SILENE CONOIDEA, Linn.; Boiss: Fl. Or. i. p. 580. 
Hari-rud valley : 1022, April 25, 1885. Common in the open plains, and also a field- 
weed, as in the Punjab. 
SILENE CONIFLORA, Nees; Boiss. 
19. 172. 
Hari-rud valley : 214, 279, April 13, 19, 1885. 
of shrubs. 
Fl. Or. i. p. 578, syn. Silene acarpophora, Griseb. Spic. 
Common, in good soil, in the shade 
SILENE, Sp. 
Hari-rud valley : 170, April 6, 12, 15, 17 
height, branching from the base ; 
colour. In sandy soil, close to th 
‚ 1885. Ап annual, from 4 to 5 inches in 
petals slightly protruding beyond the calyx, lemon- 
e base of large shrubs, frequent. 
SILENE, sp. aff. S. leyseroidei, Boiss. 
Hari-rud valley : 1023, 1885. 
_ LYCHNIS VESPERTINA, Sibth.— Melandrium pratense, Roehl.; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 660. 
Khorasan ; 647, June 16, 18, 1885. On banks of stream near Bezd; in abundance. 
_ А tall straggling perennial, dicecious, with white flowers. 
Пүснхів, sp. 
Persia: 1024, Oct. 1885. On the descent to Asterabad, in clefts of limestone rock, 
forming moss-like masses, 
covered with a profusion of large brilliant-coloured flowers. 
_ Seed sent to Kew. 
| HorosrEUM UMBELLATUM, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 709. 
| Hari-rud valley: 167, April 6, 7, 18, 15, 1885; Badghis: 376, Мау 1, 1885. In 3 
quantity under the shade of rocks. 
