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ARTEMISIA MARITIMA, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 366. 
Hari-rud valley : 370, May 1, 1885: 734, J uly 27, 1885. Native name Trek. With 
A. campestris characteristic of the whole country, growing in the most arid parts; con- 
stituting the chief camel-fodder, and valued for fuel. 
ARTEMISIA SCOPARIA, Waldst. et Kitaib ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 364. 
Khorasan: 807, August 27, 1885. Very seldom seen, but occasional in the Hari-rud 
valley. 
SENECIO CORONOPIFOLIUS, Desf.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 390. 
Hari-rud valley : 197, April 7, 13, 11, 1885. Common in the shelter of bushes and 
in cultivated soil. 
DIPTEROCOME PUSILLA, Fisch. et Mey.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 420. 
Hari-rud valley: 447, May 12, 1885. In clayey soil, common. 
GUNDELIA TouRNEFORTI, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 421. 
Badghis: 548, May 22, 1885; Khorasan, June 16, 1885. Native name Kangar. 
This, like Codonocephalum Peacockianum, occupies vast tracts of country, its size 
depending greatly on the soil and locality ; but it averages from two to four feet in 
height. It is of spreading habit, and the radical leaves"alone often measure three feet, 
and stick out like bayonets. It forms dense impassable thickets, owing to its stout hard 
spines. In autumn it is collected and stored, as we do hay, for fodder for cattle. When 
dry it easily breaks up, and is then very like crushed straw fodder. 
ECHINOPS GRIFFITHIANUS, Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 434? 
. Khorasan: 705, June 30, 1885. Іп shingle, common. 
CHARDINIA XERANTHEMOIDES, Desf.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 446. 
Hari-rud valley: 334, April 27, 1885; Badghis, Мау 16, 1885. А very common 
plant; flowers somewhat tinged with rose when collected. 
THEVENOTIA SCABRA, Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 455. 
Hari-rud valley: July 31, 1885; Khorasan: 1069, August 24, 1885. А very local 
plant, characteristie of clayey plains; widely scattered, singly and in pairs. 
CousINIA MICROCARPA, Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 496. ( 
Badghis: 498, May 18, 21, 1885; Khorasan, June 6, 1885. | Very common. This 
plant varies in size from eight inches to a spreading bush of three to four feet. 
СопзтхтА DzesERTI, Bunge; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 468. | 
Hari-rud valley: 740, July 28, 1885; Khorasan: 621, June 9, 1885. Characteristic 
of the arid desert country in shingle, associated with other species of Cousinia and 
Artemisia. Тһе annual shoots and leaves are very brittle, and easily swept off by the 
wind. Flowers yellow, tipped with purple. This is the Holly-leafed Thistle of the 
Mission. 
