66 DR. 7. E. T. AITCHISON ON THE BOTANY OF 
exhibits а rose-coloured exudation, caused by the puncture of an insect. Тһе roots are 
collected and exported to India, vid Herat. 
TnAcHYvpiUM Котѕснүт, Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 929. 
Hari-rud valley: 417, May 10, 1885, June 18, 1885; 560, Paropamisus range: May 
25, 1885. General throughout the country in the low hills. 
SMYRNIUM CORDIFOLIUM, Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 926. | 
Paropamisus range: 399, May 5, 1885. Native name Kun-halk. In damp localities, 
near water; at an altitude above 3000 feet. Тһе natives eat it both raw and cooked. 
APIUM GRAVEOLENS, Linn.; var. Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 856. 
Badghis: 106, December 8, 1884. А very common plant, on the steep banks of slow- 
running streams. 
CanuM BuLBOCAsTANUM, W. D. J. Koch; Hook. f. Fl. British India, ii. p. 681. 
Hari-rud valley : 312, April 25, 26, 1885. Common in cultivated land. The bulbs, 
Jiri-shak, collected by the natives and eaten raw. Wild pigs are very destructive in 
fields, apparently on the search for these roots. 
CARUM ($ EUCARUYX), sp. | 
Hari-rud valley : 368, May 1, 1885. Common in soft soil ; roots tuberous, as in the last, 
Carum ($ Evcarum), sp. 
Badghis: 524, May 20, 1885. Profuse on sides of running streams. 
Слком ($ PTYCHOTIS) LEPTOCLADUM, Aitch. et Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate XXII.) Herbaannua, 
gracillima, glaberrima, divavieatim ramosa, 4-8 poll. alta. Folia biternatim partita, 
ternatim partita vel superiora simplicia, segmentis linearibus acutis 6-9 lineas longis. 
Umbelle 4~6-radiate, pedunculis divergentibus filiformibus ; umbellula 8—12-flore, | 
bracteis bracteolisque parvis scariosis. Flores albi; petala majuscula, valde inflexa ; 
stylopodium crassiusculum, basi non dilatatum ; styli recurvi, stigmatibus capitatis. 
Fructus latior quam longus, a latere breviter compressus, tota pilis crassiusculis 
albidis capitatis vestitus; vittze ad valleculas solitarize, inconspicuze, commissura 
bivittata ; carpophorum bifidum. 
Hari-rud valley : 603, June 5, 1885. Very common in gravelly soil. A small annual, 
usually from 3 to 4 inches in height, sometimes as much as 8 inches, with very elegant 
fine wire-like stems ; flowers minute, white. 
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PIMPINELLA, sp.. 
Hari-rud valley : 1062, 1885. _ Quite young and indeterminable. 
_ SCANDIX PINNATIFIDA, Vent.; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 916. 
: Badghis : 489, May 17,1885. In the shade of rocks and between boulders ; common. 
PRANGOS PABULARIA, Lindl.; Hook. f. FI. British India, ii. p. 695. : 
Badghis: | 386, Мау 3; 499, Мау 17, 1885; Paropamisus range, Мау 95, 1885. 
