THE AFGHAN DELIMITATION COMMISSION, 101 
SPINACEA OLERACEA, Linn.; DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 118.—Spinacia tetrandra, Stev. ; Boiss. 
Fl. Or. iv. p. 906. 
Badghis: 501, May 18, 1885. Profuse in the vicinity of Simkoh, collected as a pot- 
herb by the natives, and called Spinaj. І have no doubt that Mr. DeCandolle is quite 
correct in assuming Spinacia tetrandra to be the wild form of S. oleracea, the native 
country of which is unknown. 
ATRIPLEX DIMORPHOSTEGIUM, Kar. et Kir., var. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. р. 909. 
Khorasan: 696, June 21, 1885. Тһе fruit in our specimens is distinctly sagittiform. 
ATRIPLEX ROSEUM, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 911. 
Hari-rud valley: 781, August 18, 1885. Іп the vicinity of old buildings and villages. 
A. very variable plant, from a few inches to three feet in height. 
ATRIPLEX Moneta, Bunge; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 912. (Plate XLIV.) 
Hari-rud valley : 449, May 12, 1885; July 28, 1885. A very conspicuous plant, from 
its bright green foliage. Oceurring in abundance at the base of the sand cliffs over- 
hanging the river near Kumani-bhest and also at Kalcha. It is а most excellent 
spinach. 
We have identified this remarkable species from the description. Griffith’s number 
1750, cited by Bunge, is not represented in the Kew Herbarium; but two species of 
Atriplex were attached to the same sheet of Bentham’s set under the number 1751, 
cited by Moquin (DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 102), as the type of his 4. Griffithii. lt would 
appear, therefore, that the label of 1750 had been lost, and the plant taken to be tlie same 
as 1751. There is also a specimen of 4. Moneta in the Hookerian set of Griffith's plants, 
but without an originallabel. Our specimens are much more luxuriant than Griffith’s, 
and, at first sight, would be taken for a different species. 
Á TRIPLEX FLABELLUM, Bunge; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 912. 
Badghis : 362, Мау 1, 1885; 469, Мау 16, 1885. Amongst Tamarisk scrub, growing 
3 feet high, and occurring in great abundance ; eaten greedily by camels. 
Evrorra CERATOIDES, О. A. Mey.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 917. 
Hari-rud valley : 300, April 21, 1885, May 9, 1885, June 5, 1885. А very character- 
istic shrub of the gravel and boulder country, all over the plains. About 3 feet in height 
and often forming a bush 9 feet in circumference. The long silky hairs of the fruiting 
bracts are naturally pure white, but in the herbarium become a red-brown, like those of 
several Convolvuli and some other genera. 
CrnATOCARPUS ARENARIUS, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. PE a 
Hari-rud valley : 597, June 4, 1885. Covering the ground in the gravelly plains near 
Shekewan. 
Or. iv. p. 930. 
ConisPERMUM LEHMANNIANUM, Bunge; Boiss. Е]. 
d, on the banks of the river; not 
Hari-rud valley: 616, June 6, 1885. Ша: 
uncommon. 
