100 DR. 7. E. T. AITCHISON ON THE BOTANY OF 
PLANTAGINE.E. 
PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA, Linn. (varietates) ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 881. 
Hari-rud valley: 313, April 25, and 770, August 5, 1885; Badghis: May 14, 1885; 
Khorasan: 620, June 14, 1885. Common іп cultivated soil and on the sides of irrigation- 
channels. | 
PLANTAGO MAJOR, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. р. 878. 
Khorasan: 701, June 28, 1885. Іп cultivated land ; common. 
PrANTAGO MARITIMA, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 889. 
Hari-rud valley: 758, August 1, 1885. Тһе encampment about three miles from 
Zindijan was on a dense turf of this plant, where it alone appeared to be able to struggle 
against the deposit of sand wafted by the wind from the low hills across the river. 
PLANTAGO LACHNANTHA, Bunge; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 887. 
Hari-rud valley: 275, April 19, 26, 1885, May 13, 1885. In sandy and clayey soil; 
very common. i 
ILLECEBRACEÆ. 
PARONYCHIA KURDICA, Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 744. 
Khorasan : 641, June 16, 1885. On the shady side of limestone rocks, at an elevation 
of 5000 feet. 
AMARANTACEA. 
AMARANTUS PANICULATUS, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 989. l 
Khorasan: 1101, August 1885. Native name Taj-Karrus. A cultivated plant in 
melon-fields, both red and yellow-flowered varieties. "There seems to be some superstition 
regarding the growing one or two of these in a field. 
Amarantvus Вілтом, Linn.—Amarantus sylvestris, Desf. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 990. 
Khorasan: 797, August 23, 1885. Common in moist soil. 
CHENOPODIACE. 
CHENOPODIUM Borrys, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 903. 
Mount Do-shakh: 764, August 4, 1885. Іп gravelly beds of water-courses. А large 
coarse herb, very strongly scented; collected and eaten as а pot-herb. 
СнехорорІсм Вілтт/м, Hook. fil. Flora British India, v. p. 5.—Blitum virgatum, Linn. ; 
Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 905. 
Khorasan : 652, June 16, 1885. Near moisture, in a limestone gorge, at an altitude 
above 5000 feet. | 
