12 DR. J. E. T. AITCHISON ON THE BOTANY OF 
CAUCALIS LATIFOLIA, Linn.—Z'urgenia latifolia, Hoffm.; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 1087. 
Badghis: 479, Мау 16, 17, 1885. Very common in good soil. 
PSAMMOGETON SETIFOLIUM, Boiss.; Fl. Or. ii. p. 1079; Aitchison, Pharmac. Journ. & 
Trans. 3rd ser. xvii. p. 467 (Lond. 1887). | 
Hari-rud valley: 335, April 27, 1885; Мау 10, 1885; June 3, 1885. Native name 
Kara-bia. Common over the whole country. The fruits largely collected and employed 
in native medicine. 
PsAMMOGETON BITERNATUM, Edgew.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 719.—Psammogeton 
erinitum, Boiss. ; Fl. Or. ii. p. 1078. 
Hari-rud valley : 742, July 7, 1885. Not common; about a foot in height; flowers 
tipped with magenta whilst in bud, this colour rapidly disappearing as the flowers 
expand. Boissier describes the plant as an annual; there are such specimens in the 
Herbarium at Kew, but it is sometimes biennial. : 
UMBELLIFERARUM GENUS? Herba perennis ?, circiter bipedalis, omnino glaberrima, 
ramosissima, caule striato basi tantum foliato, ramulis gracilibus. Folia angusta, 
absque petiolo plano alato caule appresso 8-4 poll. longa, laxe bipinnatisecta, seg- 
mentis ultimis parvis angustis vix acutis. Umbelle composite, szepissime valde 
inzequaliter triradiate ; involucri bractez 3, ovate, acute ; umbellule pauciflore, 
bracteolis latioribus, margine albo hyaline. Flores lutei, polygami; calycis dentes 
obsoleti; petala lata, apice acuminato-incurva. Fructus (maturus non visus) 
deorsum attenuatus ; mericarpia eequaliter 5-alata, alis sinuatis ; valleculze conspicue 
univittate. 
Hari-rud valley: 1063, June 5, 1885. In stony ground, common. 
We have not succeeded in identifying this very distinct plant, and the fruit is in too 
young a state to determine the genus. 
CAPRIFOLIACEA. 
` LONICERA NUMMULARIFOLIA, Jaub. et Spach; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 7, forma floribus 
majoribus. 
Badghis : 395, Мау 5, 1885, 555, Мау 24,1885; Khorasan: 674, June 16, 17, 18, 1885. 
Native name Kulfa, Kalpa. Usually met with as a shrub, but in certain localities it 
attains the dimensions of a small tree, with a short stem four to five feet in circumference, 
forming thin forests, at an altitude of about 5000 feet. Near Bezd and also on the 
Paropamisus range. 
Specimen 674, collected June 17, 1885, has much smaller leaves than the type. 
. RUBIACE М. 
GAILLONIA OLIVERII, А. Rich.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 13. 
 Khorasan; 691, June 18,1885; Hari-rud valley: 730, July 27, 1885. Very common; 
in dry shingle, old water-courses, and stony places generally. The annual shoots and 
woody root-stocks make excellent fuel. 
