82 DR. 2. E. T. AITCHISON ON THE BOTANY OF 
CENTAUREA IBERICA, Trevir.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 690. 
Hari-rud valley: 605, June 5, 1885. Common in cultivated ground near villages. 
CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 709. 
Khorasan: 792, August 23, 1885. Native name Kajura. Cultivated in Afghanistan 
as well as Khorasan for the dye-stuff obtained from the flowers. 
CARTHAMUS OXYACANTHA, Bieb.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 709. 
Hari-rud valley : 589, June 3, 1885; Khorasan, June 21, 1885. Very common. 
Стеновтом IwTvBus, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 715. 
Khorasan: 697, June 21, 1885. Native name Kashni. In loamy soil common every- 
where ; also cultivated in gardens as a pot-herb. 
KOELPINIA LINEARIS, Pallas; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 721. 
Hari-rud valley: 282, April 19, 21, 26, 1885. Very common amongst boulders in 
gravelly soil. 
. Ruacapiotus Hepypnots, Fisch. et Mey.—Garhadiolus Hedypnois, Jaub. et Spach; 
Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 723. 
Badghis: 363, Мау 1, 1885. 
НЕТЕВАСТА Szovrrsir, Fisch.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 724. 
Hari-rud valley: 426, May 10, 1885; Badghis: May 20, 1885. Common in stony 
soil. | 
CREPIS STOCKSIANA, Aitch. & Hemsl.—Heteroderis Stocksiana, Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. 
p. 794. . | 
Hari-rud valley: 324, April 26, 1885, Мау 9, 10, 28, 1885; 602, June 5, 1885; 
Khorasan: June 21, 1885. In loamy soil near the roots of shrubs. 
PrEROTHECA Елтсомевт, Hook. fil. Flora British India, iii. p. 399. 
Hari-rud valley : 293, April 21, 1885, Мау 10, 1885. Abundant, in gravelly soil, on 
low hills. | | 
TARAXACUM OFFICINALE, Web.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. р. 787. 
Badghis: 110, January 20, 1885; Hari-rud valley: April 2, 1885. Generally distri- 
buted, wherever there is moist soil, over the whole country. 
Lacruca Lonerrosrra, Aitch. et Hemsl., n. sp. Herba annua, undique fere glabra vel gla- 
_ . brescens, а basi ramosa, 3-6 poll.alta. Folia radicalia rosulata, obovato-spathulata, 
_ 3-2 poll.longa, irregulariter dentata vel plus minus lobulata, simul denticulata, supra 
_ glabra, subtus pilis longis albis parce instructa; folia caulina subnulla vel parva, 
amplexicaulia. Capitula numerosa, circiter 10-flora, 6-8 lineas longa; involucri 
ra bracteze 10-12, extime minime, calyculate, intimze lineares, vix acute. <Achenia 
"e pallida, obovato-oblonga, valde compressa, medio leviter 1-costata, transversim stria- 
tula, margine incrassata, obscure muriculata; pappus breviter exsertus, brevis, 
: longirostratus ; rostrum quam achzenium fere triplo longius. 
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