THE AFGHAN DELIMITATION COMMISSION. 105 
of this species were picked up. It yields good fuel, and the young shoots make excellent 
camel-fodder. 
CALLIGONUM, sp. 
Hari-rud valley: 267, April 17, 1885. А shrub from four to seven feet high, in the 
beds of dry water-courses ; common, | 
CALLIGONUM, sp. 
Hari-rud valley : 1104, May 9, 1885; Khorasan: July 9, 1885. А tall shrub, with 
large corky nodes on the main stems, from which the annual flowering shoots are deve- 
loped. Fruit bright red, winged. 
PrEROPYRUM AUCHERI, Jaub. et Spach; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. р. 1002. 
Northern Baluchistan: 46, October 6, 8, 1884; Khorasan: 698, June 18, 1885. 
Native name Khar-whang-kush. А common shrub, two to three feet high, growing іп 
the shingly beds of dry water-courses. Very conspicuous from the profusion of its bright 
red fruit. 
ATRAPHAXIS SPINOSA, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 1020, var. у. ЗТМАТСА, Boiss. 
Khorasan: 708, July 1, 1885. А common shrub, in the shingly beds of dry water- 
courses. 
ATRAPHAXIS LATEVIRENS, Jaub. et Spach, Ill. Pl. Or. ii. p. 14? 
Hari-rud valley : 1105, Мау 10, 1885. Common in stony places. А shrub attaining 
five feet in height, spreading ten or twelve feet; in general aspect very like an over- 
grown, woody Polygonum. Fruit greenish white, large. 
ATRAPHAXIS LETEVIRENS, Jaub. et Spach, Ill. Pl. Or. ii. p. 14? 
Hari-rud valley : 274, April 19, 21, 1885. А large spreading bush, in stony localities. 
It may be the same species as 1105. 
POLYGONUM AVICULARE, Linn. (varietates); Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. р. 1036. 
Hari-rud valley : 283, April 19, 1885; 779, August 18, 1885. 
POLYGONUM AFGHANICUM, Meissn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 1041. 
Badghis: 470, May 16, 1885; Khorasan: June 17, 1885. Common at an altitude 
above 3000 feet. 
Рогувохом BELLARDI, Allioni; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 1034. s 
Khorasan: 1153, 696, June 21, 1885. Common, in the rubbish of old buildings. 
POLYGONUM, sp. 
Badghis: May 17, 1885; Paropamisus: 561, May 25, 1885. Onstony ridges, at an 
altitude above 3500 feet, common. Grows like a miniature sturdy tree, with stout woody 
branches. ! 
Внком Rises, Gronov.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 1003. : 
Paropamisus range: 397, May 5, 1885. Native names: Rewash, Rewand, Chukri. 
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