84 DR. 7. E. T. AITCHISON ON THE BOTANY ОЕ 
TRAGOPOGON GRAMINIFOLIUM, DC.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 752. 
Hari-rud valley : 459, May 12, 1885; Khorasan: 700, June 23, 1885, August 23, 1885. 
Very common in cultivated soil. Flowers yellow; heads closed during the heat of the 
day. ipe 
T. brevirostre, DC., T. floccosum, Kit., and T. graminifolium, DC., are so near each 
other that we are inclined to regard them as forms of one species. 
SCORZONERA TUBEROSA, Pall.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 777. 
Hari-rud valley : 192, April 7, 1885, Мау 9, 1885. Common. Bulbs of the size and 
somewhat of the form of a chestnut, with a yellow-ochre-coloured juice; eaten by the 
natives. 
ScoRZONERA MOLLIS, Bieb.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 761. 
Hari-rud valley : 1074, April 7, 15, 26, 1885, Мау 10, 1885. Native names Kambul 
and Jhag. Very common. With large roots, tuberous, irregular in shape, from two to 
three inches long, by an inch to one and a half inches broad. Both the bulbs and leaves 
largely collected and eaten ; the leaves are usually cooked. 
SCORZONERA PAPPOSA, DC.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 765. 
Badghis: 488, Мау 17, 1885. In loose sandy gravel; by no means common. 
SCORZONERA PUSILLA, Pallas; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. itl. 
Hari-rud valley : 175, April 6, 19, 21, 1885, Мау 10, 1885. Very abundant, growing 
near the roots of bushes, in good soil; bulbs eaten. 
EPILASIA AMMOPHILA, Bunge; Hook. fil. Flora British India, iii. p. 419. 
Hari-rud valley : 273, April 19, 21, 1885, May 12, 1885. Common in gravelly soil. 
САМРАМОГАСЕЖ. 
CAMPANULA INCANESCENS, Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. р. 912. 
Khorasan: 638,June 16, 1885. In the crevices of limestone cliffs, above 5000 feet 
altitude; only obtained near Bezd. 
| PLUMBAGINEZX. 
ACANTHOLIMON, sp. aff. A. roseo, Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 853. 
Hari-rud valley : 782, August 19, 1885. In stony ground on hill-sides, at an altitude 
of 3000 feet. А shrub about two feet in height, forming a dense spinous hassock, three 
feet across. The flowers of this species do not rise above the spiny branches. 
ACANTHOLIMON ($ Авмевторѕтѕ) Ec, Aitch. et Hemsl., п. sp. (Plate XXXVI.) 
Suffrutev nanus, densissime ramosus, foliis semiteretibus, spiniformibus pollicaribus 
 papillosis. Flores вресіові, in spiculas seepius trifloras subcapitatim dispositi ; 
: scapus gracilis, 2-3-articulatus, simul parvi-bracteatus, 2-4 poll. longus; capitula 
Ws circiter 8-spiculata ; bractez exteriores latissime, truneato-rotundats, ecarinate, 
