104 DR. J. E. T. AITCHISON ON THE BOTANY OF 
GIRGENSOHNIA OPPOSITIFLORA, Fenzl; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. 967. 
Hari-rud valley : 728, July 27, 1885. Іп dry stony soil, growing among other bushes. 
It is semiscandent іп habit, its hard recurved leaves helping it to climb. 
ANABASIS ERIOPODA, Benth. et Hook. f—Brachylepis eriopoda, C. A. Mey. ; Boiss. Fl. 
Or. iv. p. 971. 
Hari-rud valley: 774, August 17, 1885. Native names: Jshlun, Ishlan. A very 
peculiar and characteristic plant. Тһе branches spring from a curious, corky, warted, 
shortened stem, and are furnished with a ring of pure white hairs at the base. The plant 
is largely employed in the manufacture of a coarse barilla, KAar, Ishkhar. 
ANABASIS, Sp. 
Northern Baluchistan: 54, Oct. 9, 1884. А common plant in the desert country; 
flowers pink. 5 
ANABASIS, Sp. 
Northern Baluchistan: 42, Oct. 6, 1886. Native name .La-rag. А small spreading 
bush, about a foot in height; common in the desert country. 
HALOCHARIS SULPHUREA, Moq.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 975. 
Northern Baluchistan: 34, Sept. 29, 1884; Harirud valley: 721, July 26, 1885; 
Khorasan: June 21, 1885. Оп saline plains; a foot in height, and spreading so as to 
form a soft turf. | 
HALOCHARIS ? | 
Hari-rud valley : 719, July 26, 1885. Common on saline plains. About a foot high, 
and spreading. Тһе whole plant is hairy, and of a very peculiar blue-grey colour. 
Flowers light purple. - 
HALIMOCNEMIS PILOSA, Moq.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 976. 
Hari-rud valley : 722, July 26, 1885. 
HALIMOCNEMIS MOLISSIMA, Bunge; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 977. 
Locality unknown ; probably Hari-rud valley, 1152. 
HALANTHIUM, sp. 
Hari-rud valley : 615, June 6, 1885. А common plant on stony ground ; about a foot 
high, the branches spreading. Flowers straw-coloured. This, I believe, is a plant I 
also got in some quantity in Baluchistan (No. 38, Oct. 5, 1884), but it was so brittle and 
dry that the specimens were useless. | : | 
|  POLYGONACEX. 
CaLLIGONUM сомозом, L'Hérit.?; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 1000. 
E Northern Baluchistan : 30, October 3, 1884. Native name Phog. Common in Balu- 
Chistan. There was no fruit on the plant when I collected it, but near it the comose fruits 
