92 DR. 7. E. Т. AITCHISON ON THE BOTANY OF 
DATURA STRAMONIUM, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 292. 
Hari-rud valley ; Nov. 20, 1884. Native name Katchola or Datura. This plant was 
common in the neighbourhood of the fort at Khusan, but I did not see it anywhere else. 
I doubt its being indigenous, although propagating itself freely. 
HYOSCYAMUS PUSILLUS, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 294. 
- Hari-rud valley : 265, April 17, 19, 1885. Very common everywhere in good soil. 
CHxoscvAMUS RETICULATUS, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 295. 
Badghis: 545, May 22, 1885; Paropamisus range: 567, May 22, 1885; Khorasan: 
June 17,1885. Generally common, at an altitude above 2500 feet. It is greedily eaten 
by goats and sheep. 
Hyoscyamus Земестомтз, Willd., var. ? MULTIFIDUS, Aitch. et Hemsl. (Plate XXXVIII.) 
Ab typo et var. 3. differt foliis tripinnatisectis, calycis lobis pinnatifidis. 
Khorasan: 635, June 16, 1885. Only obtained in one locality, at an altitude above 
5000 feet, on limestone formation, on the banks of a stream, in a deep gorge of the hills, 
to the south of Bezd. In general habit it strongly resembles cucurbitaceous plants, 
.ereeping over gravel and boulders. 
We were at first disposed to regard this as a distinct species, and we are still іп doubt 
whether it should rank as one, though it hardly differs more from И. Seneciouis, В. bi- 
pinnatisectus, Boiss., than that does from typical H. Senecionis. 
Nicorrana TABACUM, Linn. ; Hook. fil. Fl. British India, iv. p. 245. 
Khorasan: 797, August 93, 1885. Native names: Tumaku, Tambaku. Cultivated 
largely both in Afghanistan and Khorasan. 
NICOTIANA RUSTICA, Linn.; Hook. fil. Fl. British India, iv. p. 245. 
Khorasan : 798, August 23, 1885. Native names: Turkamani-tambaku. Cultivated 
equally with N. Tabacum. From the native name this is supposed to have been ап 
introduction from the Turkiman country. There is а considerable local trade in tobacco, 
but whether it is exported I was unable to find out. 
| SCROPHULARIACE Ж. 
VERBASCUM, sp. 
Badghis: 531, Мау 21, 1885; Khorasan: June 16,1885. Common, at an altitude 
above 3000 feet, in the Badghis, and in the hills to the south of Bezd. А very handsome 
plant, from 3 to 4 feet in height; flowers large, bright yellow, with bright orange 
2 filaments. 
CELSIA HETEROPHYLLA, Desf. ;: Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 359. 
Hari-rud valley : 1090, 1885. Іп gravelly soil, near running water at Tirphul. 
Lara EraTINE, Mill.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 367. 
oe Khorasan : 810, August 28, 1885. Only one specimen. obtained, in the shadow of a 
_ large rock, at Rui-khauf, 
