64 DR. 7. E. Т. AITCHISON ON THE BOTANY OF 
morghab a wild apple is reported to be common, and the fruit a little smaller than the 
cultivated one, yet good to eat. 
CRATJEGUS OXYACANTHA, Linn., var.; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 664. 
Badghis: 349, Мау 1, 25, 1885. Native names: Daluna, Alaf-karez, Alaf-khes, Guj- 
i-kohja, Seb-ak. Plentiful as a small tree, above 3000 feet elevation, usually in the 
vicinity of streams. 
CoTONEASTER NUMMULARIA, Fisch. & Mey.; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 666; Aitchison, Pharmac. 
Journ. & Trans. 3rd ser. xvii. p. 467, Lond. 1887. (Plate IX.) 
Paropamisus range: 396, May 5, 1886; May 24,1885; June 16,1885. Native 
name Siah-chob. А tall shrub or small tree; common on all the hills where there is 
moisture, at 4000 feet altitude. Тһе stems are esteemed for walking-sticks, and for 
handles to agricultural implements, axes, &c. From this shrub a manna called Shir 
khist at a certain season of the year is collected; it is largely exported to Hindostan 
and Persia. 
LYTHRARIE A. 
Lyrurum HyssoPrrorrA, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. р. 739. 
Khorasan : 783, August 19, 1885. Іп clay soil, on the sides of irrigation-channels 
and streams ; not common. 
ОХ АС ВА ВТЕ Ж. 
EPILOBIUM HIRSUTUM, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 746. 
Hari-rud valley : 768, August 5, 1885; Khorasan, June 29, 1885. Common in all 
irrigation-channels. 
ОСССВВІТАСЕ Ж. 
ITRULLUS Согосумтнтз, Schrad.; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 759. 
Northern Baluchistan : 16, Sept. 29, 1884. Native name Kur-kushta. Very common 
all over the desert country. 
CITRULLUS VULGARIS, Schrad.; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. р. 759, obs.; Hook. f. Fl. British 
India, iii. p. 621. 
Native name for the Water-melon Hindu-ani. Cultivated extensively over the whole 
country traversed from Northern Baluchistan to Bala-morghab, and west to Khorasan. 
During autumn, when travellers are moving in localities where they are uncertain of 
obtaining water, or there is a probability of its being saline, a donkey-load or so of 
water-melons is always conveyed along with the party, supplying both food and drink. 
The fruit, as a rule, is very much sweeter than any I ever tasted in India. 
Cucuwis TRIGONUS, Roxb. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 758. 
Helmand : Oct. 25, 1884. What I, from memory, believe to have been the above 
Species was extremely common in clayey soil, near cultivation, that had been flooded with 
water, between Kalifat and Padda-sultan. Our camp-followers feasted on the small 
ripe fruit, both in its natural condition and cooked 
