90 DR. 7. E. Т. AITCHISON ON THE BOTANY OF 
ASPERUGO PROCUMBENS, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 275. 
Hari-rud valley : 190, April 7, 13, 1885 ; Paropamisus, May 26,1885. Very common, 
in good soil, and in the shade of bushes, &c. 
ANCHUSA ITALICA, Retz.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 154. 
Hari-rud valley: 314, April 25, 1885, Мау 12, 1885. Іп Ней land, common ; a 
very showy plant in corn-fields. 
Lycopsrs ARVENSIS, Linn.— Anchusa arvensis, Bieb. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 160. 
Hari-rud valley: 588, June 3, 1885. In eultivated soil, common. 
NOoNNEA PICTA, Fisch. et Mey. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. р. 166. 
Hari-rud valley : 168, April 6, 18, 1885. Very common. | 
Му Afghanistan specimens, distributed under the numbers 488 and 230, of 1879, are 
of this species and not N. nigricans, as originally named. 
Муозоттз stricta, Link; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 239. 
Badghis: 375, May 1, 1885. In the shade of rocks, growing in dense A 
LrTHOSPERMUM TENUIFLORUM, Linn. fil.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 217. 
Hari-rud valley : 234, April 13, 1885. А common plant in cultivated fields. 
LrTHOSPERMUM OFFICINALE, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 218. 
Khorasan: 676, June 18, 1885. In the shade of bushes near water, at an altitude of 
5000 feet ; not common. 
ARNEBIA LINEARIFOLIA, DO. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 214. 
Hari-rud valley : 184, 206, 263, during April 1885, June 5, 1885. Excessively common 
in the shade, in gravelly soil. The flowers usually straw-coloured, but frequently having 
а dot of deep purple on each lobe of the corolla resembling the flowers of Arnebia 
Griffithti in miniature. 
ONOSMA ECHIOIDES, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 181. 
Badghis: 550, Мау 23, 1885; Khorasan, June 16, 1885. Not uncommon, in clefts of 
rocks, at an altitude of 3000 feet and upwards. Flowers of a brilliant orange-yellow. 
CONVOLVULACE. 
CONVOLVULUS FRUTICOSUS, Pall.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 87. 
_ Hari-rud valley: 401, May 7, 1885; 418, May 10, 1885; 763, August 4, 1885. А 
low, woody shrub, armed with numerous sharp spines; жеу characteristic of the arid 
country. 
: CONVOLVULUS LINEATUS, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. р. 97. 
Badghis: 540, May 22, 1885. Local, on bare stony ground. 
222 CONVOLVULUS ERINACEUS, Ledeb. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 87. 
a Northern Baluchistan 26, Sept. 29, 1884; Hari-rud valley : 606, June 5, 1885 ; 731, 
