THE AFGHAN DELIMITATION COMMISSION. 85 
fere omnino scariose, emarginatw, interiores longiores, preter carinam elevatam 
hirsutam scariosæ, bracteæ carina in mucronem distinctum producta; calyx 
cylindricus, bracteas paulo superans, elimbatus, 5-costatus, inter costas breviter 
5-lobatus, costis extus hirsutis breviter mucronatis; corolla ampla, rosea. 
Badghis: 573, Мау 27, 1885. А small shrub, forming dense hummocks of a foot in 
height and а foot across. The flowers bright rose-pink, on peduncles three inches long ; 
very common in rocky places, at an altitude of 3000 feet. 
ACANTHOLIMON, sp. 
Khorasan: 1075, July 1, 1885. A shrub, about two feet in height, forming hassocks 
as much as three feet in breadth. Only one set of poor specimens collected. 
ACANTHOLIMON LONGIFLORUM, Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 849. 
Badghis: 400, Мау 5, 19, 20, 1885; Hari-rud valley: 408, May 9, 10, 1885. А low 
shrub, common in rocky places, forming very loose open soft hassocks; the flowers іп 
loose panicles on long pliant peduncles, from four inches to over a foot in length. 
Flowers rose-coloured, large and distant. 
ACANTHOLIMON ($ GLUMARIA) SPECIOSISSIMUM, Aitch. et Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate XXXV.) 
Herba perennis, ezespitosa, graminifolia, ramis subelongatis, foliis vetustis refractis 
textis. Folia omnia plana, glauca, pulverulenta, scabrida, pungentia, inferiora 
latiora, breviora, crassiora, glabrescentia, cetera elongata, longiuseule lateque vagi- 
nantia. Scapus lateralis, circiter semipedalis, simplex vel 2-3-ramosus; spiculæ 
demum dissitze, 2—3-florze, ssepius 3-Йота, 3-bracteate, bracteis latis acerosis late 
scariosis. Flores splendide rosei, circiter 1 poll. diametro; calyx cylindricus, fere 
elimbatus, valide 10-costatus, costis distincte puberulis; limbi lobi scariosi, breves, 
acuti. 
Badghis: 350, Мау 1, 1885; 512, May 19, 20, 21, 1885. А shrub, from one to two 
feet in height, with grass-like leaves nearly three inches in length; flowers large, rose- 
coloured, in short broad spikes. A very well-marked species, common throughout the 
Badghis at 3000 feet altitude. 
Allied to A. splendidum and A. latifolium, which it resembles in its inflorescence and 
calyx. | 
STATICE SUFFRUTICOSA, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 867. 21 
Between Sher-baksh and Gaz-i-cha іп the Harut basin; 65, November 10, 1884; Hari- 
rud valley: May 9, 1885; 780, August 18, 1885. In the shingly beds of dry water- 
courses; very characteristic and common. 
STATICE PERFOLIATA, C. A. Mey.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. р. 866. 
Hari-rud valley: 744, July 29, 1885. Іп saline, moist soil, associated with cheno- 
podiaceous plants, ranging from a few inches in height to over four feet, with weak 
straggling branches often semi-scandent, springing from а large woody root-stock. 
In some localities it forms a thick scrub, but it is not generally common in the country. 
