74 DR. 7. E. Т. AITCHISON ON THE BOTANY ОЕ 
CRUCIANELLA GLAUCA, Rich.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 24. 
Badghis: 488, May 17, 1885. In large quantity, on the top and northern exposure 
of Mount Sim-koh, at an altitude of 3500 feet. 
Var. В. LAXIFLORA, Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 25. 
Khorasan: 672, June Ap 1885. A weed in cultivated soil, аб an altitude of 5000 
feet. 
CRUCIANELLA FILIFOLIA, Regel et Winkler іп Herb. Kew. ; cf. Acta horti Petrop. iii. 
p. 419, n. 2526, Regel et Schmalh. ? 
Hari-rud valley: 580, May 28, 1885. An excessively common, erect, rather stiff 
annual, in gravelly soil. Flowers yellowish green. 
VALERIANEÆ. 
VALERIANELLA DIODON, Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. р. 99.—V. oxyrrhyncha, var. diodon, Krok. 
Hari-rud valley : 1066, May 10, 1885. 
VALERIANELLA DUFRESNIA, Bunge ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 109. 
Hari-rud valley : 1067, May 9, 1885. Common, growing under shrubs, in loamy soil. 
VALERIANELLA, Sp. 
Hari-rud valley : 215, April 13, 19, 1885. 
VALERIANELLA, Sp. 
Hari-rud valley: 1068, April 17, 18, 19, 1885. Occasional, under bushes in loamy 
soil. 
DIPSACACE. 
CEPHALARIA SYRIACA, Schrad.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 120 (Scabiosa, Linn.). 
Hari-rud valley: 587, June 3, 1885. А common weed in corn-fields. 
ScaBrosa OLIVIERI, Coult.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 141. 
Hari-rud valley : 453, May 12, 1885; 578, Мау 28, 1885; July 27, 1885. Extremely 
common in stony ground over the whole country. 
ScABIOSA ROTATA, Bieb., var.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 145. 
Hari-rud valley : 424, May 10, 1885. Very common, in stony soil; flowers whitish 
The segments of the calyx in these specimens are included well within the involucre, 
not exserted, as in the type. 
е  СОМРОВІТ Ж. 
ASTER, sp. 
Khorasan: 789, August 21, 1885. 
PrvcenrA Caspra, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Boe. xiii. p. 416.— Karelinia Caspia, Less. ; 
Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 218. 
Khorasan: 786, August 20, 1885; Helmand: 90, October 28, 1884. Extremely 
