46 DR. J. E. Т. AITCHISON ON THE BOTANY OF 
supra discum sessile, tuberculato-glandulosum, lobis apice gibbosis, loculis 2-ovulatis, 
ovulis collateralibus. | Capsula deest. 
Hari-rud valley : 457, May 12, 1885. Common in sandy soil. This strongly resembles 
В. glaberrima in general appearance, but the bearded filaments, gibbose ovary, and gemi- 
nate ovules readily distinguish it. 
PEGANUM НАВМАГА, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 917. 
Hari-rud valley : 579, May 28, 1885; Northern Baluchistan: 17, Sept. 29, 30, 1884. 
Native names : Spand, Spanj, Ispanthan. А very common shrub over the whole country, 
from Baluchistan to Bala-morghab. Тһе natives everywhere seem to hold it in some 
superstitious awe. 
TETRADICLIS SALSA, Stev.; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 918. 
Hari-rud valley: 332, April 1885. Extremely common in salt spongy soil, growing 
in dense moss-like clusters, іп shade; the fleshy leaves much resemble those of many 
salsolaceous plants. 
КНАММАСЕ 2. 
ZIZYPHUS VULGARIS, Lam.; Bois. Fl. Or. ii. p. 12. 
Khorasan: 748, July 30, 1885. Native name Anab. A tree about 20 feet high, 
largely cultivated in orchards throughout Afghanistan and Persia for its fruit. On 
the 6th of December, 1884, amongst the hills between Palounda and Karez-darra, 
I eame upon a thicket of this species, which I have no doubt was here indigenous, as 
it is in Kashmir. 
RHAMNUS PERSICA, Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 17. 
Khorasan : 654, June 6, 1885; August 21, 1885. А smallshrub growing in the clefts 
of limestone rocks, at an altitude of about 5000 feet; not uncommon. 
AMPELIDE.JE. 
VITIS VINIFERA, Linn.; Hook. f. Fl. British India, i. p. 652. 
Hari-rud valley: 1038, May 12, 1885. Native name Тай. The grape-vine largely | 
eultivated in orchards, throughout Afghanistan and Persia, for its fruit, called Angur. : 
SAPINDACEA. - 
STOCKSIA BRAHUICA, Benth.; Hookers Kew J ournal of Botany, v. p. 304 (1853). 
Northern Baluchistan : 5, Sept. 27, 1884. А spinous tree or shrub, up to eighteen 
feet in height, covered in autumn with brillantly coloured inflated fruit about an 
 ineh long and three inches in circumference, which remains hanging on the tree long 
after the leaves have fallen ой. Native name Koh-tor or mountain-peach. Thearea of 
this extends into Afghanistan as far north as Sang-bar, where I saw it, and in all 
_ probability it will be found in North-eastern Persia. 
