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Hari-rud valley : 416, May 10, 1885. "This is near Г. undulata, Ledeb., and also to 
Г. canescens. Winkler writes “ Lactuca nova species а L. undulata, Ledeb., cui proxima; 
foliis cuneatis subtus pilis parcis scabris differt. 2. canescens, Regel et Schmalh., foliis 
involueri phyllisque scabris (ut species nova) foliorumque forma et habitu persimilis, 
differt achzeniis muricato-scabris, rostro triplo breviore." 
Ап annual, from three to four inches in height, with numerous copper-coloured basal 
leaves and a large loose corymbose inflorescence. | | 
LACTUCA ORIENTALIS, Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 819. 
Northern Baluchistan: 52, Oct. 9, 1884; Hari-rud valley : July 30, 1885; Khorasan: 
August 27, 1885. А characteristic shrub of the dry, arid, stony regions, from Baluchis- 
tan to the Hari-rud and Persia. Its branches so densely interlace that it forms a hard 
| prickly ball. 
Lactuca ScARIOLA, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. р. 809. 
Khorasan: 699, June 21, 1885. Common in cultivated soil, and in hedges near 
villages. 
LACTUCA persica, Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 806. 
Badghis: 366, 466, Мау 1, 14, 1885. А very handsome-flowered species; would be 
worth cultivating. It was in some quantity near the Nihal-sheni Pass. 
SONCHUS ASPER, Vill.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. р. 796. 
Hari-rud valley : 455, May 12, 1885. Common. 
MICRORHYNCHUS NUDICAULIS, Less.— Zollikoferia nudicaulis, Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 824. 
Hari-rud valley : 726, July 27, 1885. 
MICRORHYNCHUS SPINOSUS, Benth. & Hook. f., forma.—Zollikoferia spinosa, Boiss. Fl. 
Or. iii. p. 826; Aitch. in Trans. Pharmac. Soc. Lond. vol. xvii. (1887), p. 468. 
Hari-rud valley: 723, July 26, 27, 1885. This is the same plant as 3373, and 2 
Griffith's Journal, and the same form as our plant is in the Herbarium at Kew from 
Persia, the Egyptian desert, and Syria. It differs from typical M. spinosus in its lateral 
capitula being on short scaly peduncles. Native name Chirkah. This and Lactuca | 
orientalis are extremely characteristic of the arid gravelly tracts of the whole country, | 
and form spinous balls, those of the present plant being larger and much laxer. M. spi- 
nosus yields a resinous exudation, which is collected for adulterating true Anzerut. 
This when freshly gathered has a most horrible odour like decaying animal matter. 
y.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 746 (varietates). 
TRAGOPOGON COLORATUM, C. A. Mey. ; Boiss Е | 
 Harirud valley: 325, April 26, 1885; Badghis: 1073, May 1, 4, 20, 1885. Profuse 
in sandy loam ; flowers purple. 
Native name Gash-goshi. s 
