76 DR. 7. E. T. AITCHISON ON THE BOTANY OF 
ACHILLEA SANTOLINA, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 266. 
Paropamisus range: April 2, 1885; Hari-rud valley : 434, Мау 10, 1885. Іп clayey 
soil, extremely common. 
ACHILLEA MICRANTHA, Bieb.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 264. 
Badghis: 541, Мау 22, 1885. In meadow-land, near water, where Orchis grows ; а 
very handsome and showy species. 
ANTHEMIS CAULESCENS, Aitch. et Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate XXXIII.) Herba perennis, 
1-2-pedalis (forsan interdum ultra) cano-pubescens, caule basi simplice sursum 
divarieatim ramosa. Folia petiolata vel subsessilia, inferiora 3—9 poll. longa, 2-3- 
pinnatipartita, segmentis ultimis parvis linearibus acutis. Capitula numerosa, longe 
pedunculata (pedunculis bracteis parvis instructis), discoidea, hemispheerica; involucri 
bracteæ pauciseriatze, ovato-oblong:e, obtuse, arcte appressse, incurve ; receptaculi 
рае» lineares vel filiformes, flores paullo breviores. Flores flavi, omnes tubulosi, 
parcissime papillosi. Achenia glabra, matura non visa. 
Badghis: May 4, 1885; Hari-rud valley: 610, June 6, 1885. Ап occasional plant, 
spread generally over the country. Leaves strongly scented. 
This is quite unlike any other species of Anthemis, yet we think it can belong to no 
other genus. 
MATRICARIA LASIOCARPA, Boiss. ; Fl. Or. iii. p. 324. 
Hari-rud valley: 198, April 7, 16, 17, 1885. This is an extremely common species, 
growing usually in loamy soil, under the shade of shrubs. 
TANACETUM UMBELLIFERUM, Boiss.— Pyrethrum umbelliferwm, Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 352. 
Hari-rud valley: 460, Мау 13, 1885; Badghis: May 20, 22,1885. On the rolling 
downs of the Badghis; very common in certain localities. А very showy species. 
ARTEMISIA CAMPESTRIS, Linn., var.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 363. 
Hari-rud valley : 609, June 6, 1885; 735, July 27, 1885. This and 4. maritima are 
the two most characteristic plants of the great gravel- and boulder-plains of the whole 
country. Native name for both Trek. They have large woody root-stocks from 
which numerous annual stems spring; these annual shoots form the chief camel- 
fodder of the arid tracts of the country, and the woody root-stocks are splendid fuel. 
The two plants are easily distinguished from each other when growing; this species 
having white stems and the general aspect of the plant grey, whereas the stems of the 
other are deep red, almost black. | 
At first sight this is so unlike European 4. campestris that one would take it for a 
distinct species. The foliage is much reduced, and the slender red-brown, eventually 
shining stems and branches are woody and wiry. The same state is in the Kew Her- 
barium, collected by Griffith (547), and it was named 4. campestris b 
> , > th l t . ya 
tham. Mr. C. Winkler, Н нана 
Curator of the St. Petersburg Herbarium, who obliei 
A | E. : ; gingl 
_ compared a number of our Composite with Turkestan types, independently ЙТЫ ut 
. the same conclusion. 
