60 DR. 7. Е. Т. AITCHISON ON THE BOTANY OF 
AMMOTHAMNUS LEHMANNI, Bunge; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 628. 
Hari-rud valley : 327, April 27, 1885; May 28, 1885 ; June 4, 1885. 
А common shrub, with a large root-stock, from which numerous annual flowering 
stems spring, bearing loose spikes of flowers from six to nine inches in length and pure 
white in colour. Тһе plant when in flower is very handsome. 
SOPHORA РАСНУСАВРА, C. А. Mey.—Goebelia pachycarpa, Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 629. 
Hari-rud valley : 435, May 10, 1885; June 3, 4, 1885; July 27, 1885. 
Native name Talkh-ak. 
Equally common with Ammothamnus, and scarcely to be distinguished from it when 
in leaf only. This blossoms later, and has the white flowers clustered. It is very bitter, 
hence the native name. 
SOPHORA MOLLIS, Graham in Wall. Cat.; Hook. f. Flora British India, ii. p. 251. 
Khorasan: 801, August 23, 1885. А shrub from four to five feet high ; only once 
collected and then neither in flower nor fruit. 
SOPHORA GRIFFITHII, Stocks.— Keyserlingia Griffithii, Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 630. 
Northern Baluchistan : 3, September 25, 1884. 
CERCIS SILIQUASTRUM, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 633. 
—. Mount Do-shakh : 765, August 4, 5, 1885. Native names: Arghamon, Argahwan. 
A tree, or tall shrub, common іп the stream-beds leading north from Mt. Do-shakh. : 
The shoots, which are a deep purple or almost black in colour, are employed largely in 
the manufacture of baskets, sieves, and strainers, especially in Persia, where the plant is 
also very common. Тһе tree at Baber's tomb, near Cabul, is this. It is а common 
shrub or tree, perfectly indigenous, and was not introduced, as some supposed, into that 
locality. 
PROSOPIS STEPHANIANA, Spreng. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. р. 688. 
Hari-rud valley: 1054, May 95, 1885; August 6, 19, 1885. Khorasan: August 23, 
28, 1885. Native names : Chiggak, Chogak, Khar-i-jinghak. 
А common shrub from the Helmand northwards. Over the whole Badghis from Bala 
Morghab to the Hari-rud valley and Persia. The pods are usually infested by insects, 
and become immensely enlarged and irregular in form. They are called He-chi, and are 
employed in tanning, for which purpose they are collected and exported. 
ROSACEA. 
PRUNUS DIvARICATA, Ledeb. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 651. 
Hari-rud valley: 253, April 16, 1885. Native name of the tree and its fruit Alw- 
bokhara. 
А small tree, cultivated in orchards ; usually self-sown, and not from grafts. The 
fruit is a small plum. 
_ PRUNUS PROSTRATA, Labill.— Cerasus Griffithii, Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 648. 
Badghis: 551, 554, Мау 23, 24, 25, 1885. А small tree or shrub, on the Paropamisus 
range, at an altitude above 3500 feet ; common. 
