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Our specimens correspond exactly with those of Cerasus Griffithii, Boiss. ; and this 
we consider to be a form of Prunus prostrata, Labill. 
PRUNUS PROSTRATA, Labill.; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. р. 648, var. ? 
Paropamisus range: May 25, 1885; Khorasan: 1055, June 16, 1885. 
Near water, at an altitude above 3500 feet. By an oversight no specimen of this was 
retained for the Kew Herbarium. 
Prunus ($ Cerasus), sp. 
Hari-rud valley: 257, April 15, 1885. Native name Gurjha, the fruit Alu-balu. 
A small tree, cultivated in orchards for its fruit, which is rather larger than an ordinary 
cherry, almost black in colour, and very austere and harsh to a European palate. 
Prunus ($ Cerasus) canycosus, Aitch. et Hemsl. n. sp. (Plate VIII.) Frutex 8-10- 
pedalis, undique fere glaber, dense ramosus. Folia parva ad apices ramorum late- 
ralium brevium conferta, graciliter petiolata, papyracea vel fere membranacea, 
ovato-oblonga, absque petiolo 6-12 lineas longa, apice sepius rotundata, basi cuneata, 
argute serrulata; petiolus 2-4 lineas longus; stipule membranace:, lineares, 
acutissimze, 3—4 lineas longs, dentatze vel sublaceratee. Flores rosei, ssepius bini, 
graciliter pedunculati, e gemmis lateralibus infra folia oriundi ; peduneulus gracilis, 
4-6 lineas longus; calycis tubus cylindricus, basi leviter ventricosus, 3—4 lineas 
longus; calycis segmenta petaloidea, venosa, tubo paullo longiora, obovato-oblonga, 
concava, subsinuata, intus basi villosa; petala nulla vel saltem non visa; stamina 
8-10; ovarium glabrum, stylo staminibus апай. Fructus maturus ignotus. 
Badghis: 1059, Мау 1, 3, 1885. Native name Siah-ling, yields a fruit Alucha. 
A shrub or small tree, with very dark-coloured cherry-like bark; common in the hills 
at an altitude above 3000 feet. "The stems are valued as staves, and the bark of the root 
is employed as a dye-stuff, for producing a dark red or maroon colour. Тһе fruit is said 
to be the size of a cherry. 
PRUNUS TORTUOSA, Aitch. et Hemsl.— Cerasus tortuosa, Boiss. et Haussk.; Boiss. Fl. Or. 
ii. p. 647. 
Badghis : 134, March 18, 31, 1885; April 1, 1885. 
А common bush in the hills, above 3000 feet elevation. Flowers before the leaves. 
It would be better perhaps to treat this as a variety of Prunus microcarpa, C. A. Mey., 
syn. Cerasus orientalis, Spach. | 
PRUNUS MICROCARPA, C. А. Mey.—Cerasus microcarpa, Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 646. 
Paropamisus range: 1058, May 25, 1885; Khorasan, June 16, 1885. 
Common at an altitude above 3500 feet. 
PRUNUS ARMENTAOA; Linn.—Armeniaca vulgaris, Lam.; Boiss. Fi. Or. п. р. 652. 
Hari-rud valley: 259, April 16, 1885; 256, April 16, 1885. Native name Zard-alu. 
The ordinary cultivated apricot, the kernels of which are bitter; it is raised from seed 
and layers. Common in orchards. a 
There isa variety with sweet kernels, which is grafted; it is merely spoken of аз 
* the grafted,” or as “ the sweet-kernelled "one, and is much less common than the former, 
