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МАГУАСЕ Ж. 
Аттнжа HOHENACKERI, Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 833. 
Khorasan : 713, July 19, 1885; June 17, 1885. 
On gravelly plains, above 4000 feet altitude; common. A very showy plant. 
ALTHJEA OFFICINALIS, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 825. 
Badghis : 497, May 18, 1885. In loamy soil, near a stream-bed at Chilgaz; and near 
villages on the Hari-rud, but local; where it occurs it is in some quantity. 
АІЛН ЖА LAVATERJEFLORA, DC.; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 828. 
Hari-rud valley : 584, June 3, 1885. A cultivated plant, on ridges between fields. 
MALvA SYLVESTRIS, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 819. 
Khorasan: 628, June 15, 1885; July 11, 1885. Native name Gul-i-Khadmi. A 
weed of cultivation ; common in gardens and also in fields. 
MALVA ROTUNDIFOLIA, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 820. 
Hari-rud valley : 252, April 16, 25, 1885; June 14, 1885. Near cultivation, in stony 
soil, every where. 
Hiniscus Trionum, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. р. 840, syn. H. ternatus, Cav. 
Khorasan: 799, August 23, 1885. A weed, in cultivated ground, frequent. 
GossyPIUM HERBACEUM, Linn.; Hook. f. Flora British India, i. p. 946. 
Khorasan: 1034, August 23, 1885. Native name бога. Cultivated throughout 
Afghanistan and Persia. 
ZYGOPHYLLE.E. 
TRIBULUS ALATUS, Del., var.— Tribulus macropterus, Boiss. Fl. Or. i. pp. 902, 903. 
Northern Baluchistan: 35, October 4, 1884. Characteristic of the drifting sand-hills 
of Baluchistan. | 
TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. р. 902. 
Hari-rud valley : 755, August 1, 1885; Khorasan : August 23, 25,1885. In soft soil, 
cultivated land, &c., common. 
NITRARIA SCHOBERI, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 919. 
Hari-rud valley : 724, July 27, 1885. A 7 
A shrub from four to six feet in height; stems and branches very white, and with 
its fleshy leaves and spinous branches very like а Lycium; flowers pure white, in large 
cymes; fruit, when ripe, a black-purple fleshy drupe, the size of a large pea. Common 
near Khusan. One of the few shrubs that is not browsed by camels. 
MILTIANTHUS PORTULACOIDES, Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 916. 
Hari-rud valley : 199, April 9-10, 1885; Badghis: May 13, 1885. 
Grows in a saline clay soil, on the sides of low hills, that are otherwise quite barren. 
It has large, spongy, rotting root-stocks, from which the annual flowering shoots 
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